LDnet webinars in 2025: More information and registration

LDnet is organising a series of events in the first half of 2025. They will offer an opportunity to practitioners, researchers and policy administrators to explore different aspects of participative approaches to local development (one of current priorities of LDnet – HERE) and the emerging challenges for CLLD arising from the reform of the EU budget in the new MFF (as highlighted HERE).

The programme includes a series of webinars, see below, and the annual General Assembly of the LDnet association. Webinar 1 has taken place and registration for Webinar 2 is open. More information below.

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Webinar 1 – “Citizen participation from Sherry Arnstein’s ladder to Co-everything”, Tuesday 21 January 2025 at 17:00 CET. This webinar was led by Peter Ramsden – more information HERE

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Webinar 2 – “A new architecture of EU policies and funds post-2027 – what place for local development?” (part 1) followed by the General Assembly of LDnet Association: Wednesday 19 February 2025 at 16:30 CET – This webinar was led by Urszula Budzich-Tabor – more information HERE.

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Webinar 3  – This webinar will follow up on the theme of participative approaches to local development and is provisionally titled “Empowering Local Communities for Smart and Sustainable Cultural Heritage: Bridging Expertise, Digital Change, and Partnerships”. Wednesday 26 March 2025 at 17:00 CET. This webinar was led by Rosalba La Grotteria & Giuseppe Pace. More information HERE.

Webinar 4 – Following the considerable interest shown on the theme of participative approaches, a further a workshop is organised on “collaboration about sustainable cities and multi stakeholder approaches” for Wednesday 23 April 2025. This webinar is led by Maria Joao Filgueiras Rauch. More information, draft agenda and speakers HERE.

Registration is open HERE.

Webinar 5 – The second webinar on the theme of “A new architecture of EU policies and funds post-2027 – what place for local development?” (part 2) will take place on the conclusion of the European Commission’s public consultation on the principles of the next MFF and will allow us to draw the the emerging post-2027 picture. The webinar is provisionally scheduled for Wednesday 28 May 2025 (tbc).