SIMRA, the Horizon 2020 project “Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas” has been at the forefront in promoting the contribution of social innovation to social, economic and environmental development in disadvantaged rural areas since 2016. On 19.2.2020 SIMRA is holding its final conference in Brussels, to present the project’s main findings and discuss their policy … [Read more...]
Other LD events & activities
Highlights from the LEADER/CLLD 2019 Conference: 25-26.11.2019 Amarante, Portugal
ELARD and the Portuguese LEADER network Minha Terra have organised the last gathering under the Portuguese Presidency of Maria João Botelho in the beautiful town of Amarante in Northern Portugal, hosted by the LAG Dolmen. The workshop on Nov. 25th served as an exchange platform to discuss the state of play in the member countries and to lay out priorities for the upcoming … [Read more...]
Rural Areas for Young People: Policy Responses from Italy and Scotland
LDnet had devoted its workshop at EWRC2018 to the theme of "Local strategies for retaining and attracting talent". Therefore, it is of considerable interest that this debate is advancing further. On Friday 25 October 2019, EPRC hosted a seminar looking at the challenges faced by rural areas in remaining attractive places for young people. The presentations and discussions … [Read more...]
OECD Local Development Forum: 10-11.12.2019
The 2019 Local Development Forum will take place in Antwerp, Belgium, on 10-11 December 2019. The Forum will bring together local development practitioners, entrepreneurs and social innovators to share good practices about how employment and skills programmes are meeting employer demand (especially SMEs), what’s being done to help people and places catch-up, and how social … [Read more...]
Policy Conference: Maximising the Opportunities for Cohesion Policy in Challenging Times, 11-13.05.2020, Zagreb
Jointly organised by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, RSA Europe, and the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Third Joint EU Cohesion Policy Conference will take place 11th-13th May 2020, Zagreb, Croatia: Maximising the Opportunities for Cohesion Policy in Challenging Times: An Academic and Policy … [Read more...]
Workshop on “New Challenges of Decentralisation”: Call for papers
Decentralisation has been a main trend in good governance for many decades, spreading also to the developing and transition countries worldwide. Many territorial reforms have been implemented under the umbrella of principle of subsidiarity and decentralisation, but recently centralisation attempts have emerged highlighting that decentralisation has crucial preconditions and … [Read more...]
The Lisbon declaration on social innovation
In this declaration the Social Innovation Community calls on the EU to build on the world-leading practices established over the last decade and make social innovation a core part of its strategy to achieve a “social triple A” for Europe. The Social Innovation Community has identified key priorities that Europe should address. Tackling these priorities requires action by … [Read more...]
Showing the added value of LEADER/CLLD through evaluation
This good practice workshop is organised by the European Evaluation Helpdesk for Rural Development in collaboration with the Finnish National Rural Network and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. It will take place on 17-18 May 2018 in Helsinki, Finland. This workshop aims to: contribute to shaping a common understanding of the addedvalue of LEADER/CLLD and its … [Read more...]
LDnet joins the Cohesion Alliance
The LDnet association has joined the Cohesion Alliance. LDnet is actively supporting a strong and effective EU Cohesion Policy beyond 2020 and is participating in the debate on appropriate ways for supporting CLLD as part of the Cohesion Policy - see recent posts. The Cohesion Alliance was launched during the EWRC 2017. On 11 October, over 150 representatives of European … [Read more...]
European Rural Parliament and the “Venhorst Declaration”
The 3rd European Rural Parliament took place on 18-21 October 2017 in Venhorst in the Netherlands. The European Rural Parliament is a long-term campaign to express the voice of rural people in Europe; and to promote self-help and action by the rural people, in partnership with civil society and governments. During these four days, around 250 participants from over 40 … [Read more...]
Reinventing Europe – with and for its people
The CARMEN Group is made up of people with significant experience of the LEADER approach and territorial development, who have decided to make their ideas and proposals available to all who wish to draw inspiration from them. They met in CARMEN, Alentejo (Portugal). The following proposal emanates from this meeting: The group welcomes contributions to contact@carmen.pt … [Read more...]
EURACADEMY: Resilient Rural Communities
A short participant's report on the 16th EURACADEMY Summer Academy From 4th to 8th September 2017 the 16th Summer Academy of the EURACADEMY Association was held in Midleton, County Cork, Republic of Ireland. Participants from across Europe including Croatia, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Poland, Scotland, Slovenia, Wales and Armenia worked together with local … [Read more...]