The PARTENALIA Association, the pan European network of Local Intermediate Authorities, held its 2023 annual conference on 15 November 2023 in Timişoara (RO). The conference was titled ‘Cultural Catalysts: Local Intermediate Authorities Nurturing Heritage, Collaboration, and Funding for the Arts’. The programme included sessions on: Brussels, Patron of the arts: a European perspective Empowering Europe’s […]
Other LD events & activities
CENTRINNO’s Focus Group series: the Fab City Hubs workshop
The grand finale of the CENTRINNO project’s Focus Group series, the Fab City Hubs workshop took place online on 23 November 2023. Over the past months, the focus groups engaged in insightful discussions on key topics such as Social Inclusion, Circularity, and Vocational Training. This last Focus Group on Fab City Hubs encapsulated the essence […]
European LEADER Congress: 18-19 December 2023, Brussels
The 2023 European LEADER Congress will take place in Brussels from 13.00 CET on 18 December to 17.00 CET on 19 December 2023. The venues will be at the European Parliament, the Committee of the Regions and the European Economic and Social Committee. This Congress is the first event to bring together as many European […]
Workshop: Multi-funding opportunities expand LEADER’s potential
This workshop of the EU CAP Network on LEADER and multi-funded CLLD approaches was held on 18-19 October 2023 in Ljubljana (SI). It was attended by participants from 20 Member States who exchanged experiences and discussed the challenges and practical solutions in the implementation of multi-funded CLLD at the policy and operational level. The LEADER […]
Euracademy – Györ 27-31 August 2023: Rural communities responding to the climate crisis and commiting themselves to a regenerative future
The Euracademy Association and Széchenyi István University invite participants in the 20th Summer Academy, to be held in Györ, Hungary from 27th to 31st August 2023. Theme: How can rural communities respond to the climate crisis and commit themselves to a regenerative future by changing farming practices? The Euracademy wishes to redefine sustainable rural development […]
Local development beyond Europe: UN resolution on the promotion of social and solidarity economy and the localisation of SDGs.
At its 66th plenary meeting on April 18, 2023, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution “Promoting the Social and Solidarity Economy for Sustainable Development” (A/77/L.60). The resolution provides an official definition for the Social and Solidarity Economy and acknowledges that it can contribute to the achievement and localisation of the Sustainable Development Goals. […]
The launch of the Michael Dower Award for European Rural Resilience
Michael Dower a great champion of rural communities, leading light in rural development, long-standing friend and member of LDnet, passed away on 7 November 2022. On Saturday 22 April 2023, the Michael Dower Award for European Rural Resilience will be launched in his honour at an event dedicated to his life and work, in the […]
JRC Webinar Series – Future of Cities
RSA Europe is working with the EU Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) to deliver a webinar series on the Future of Cities. This series focuses on The Future of Cities report which identifies challenges influencing the future of cities in Europe and beyond. It also presents several perspectives from which to look at resolving these […]
RSA Annual Conference 2023: Policies and Planning for People and Places
The 2023 RSA Annual Conference will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia between 14–17 June 2023 and is entitled “Transforming Regions: Policies and Planning for People and Places”. Planning is well underway. Registration is due to open in January 2023, and proposals for special sessions or abstracts can be submitted now. More information HERE.
Maria Nowak (1935 – 2022)
Maria Nowak who has died on 22nd December 2022 at the age of 87 single handedly changed the path of micro credit in Europe. Born in Lviv (then in Poland) in 1935 Maria survived the war and the destruction of her family home and went to live in France as hostilities ceased at the age […]
Smart Rural 21 Final Conference in Sopot/Gdańsk (PL): Encouraging encounters
Under the autumnal sky of the vintage sea resort of Sopot adjacent to the Polish coastal metropole of Gdańsk a noteworthy event took place on October 17th and 18th 2022: The final conference of the European pilot project on Smart Villages, Smart Rural 21, having been organised in the premises of the Grand Hotel, where […]
European Rural Parliament 2022 – Resilience to Crises, Security and Solidarity
Report, Joint Declaration & Workshop (Does anyone listen?) The fifth meeting of the European Rural Parliament took place in Kielce, Poland, from 12 to 15 September 2022. The European Rural Parliament is a process aimed to strengthen the voice of rural communities in Europe, to promote self-help, solidarity, exchange and cooperation between rural communities and […]