Linking sustainable practices throughout Europe
Reinventing Europe through Local Initiative
A conference and 25 promising initiatives to celebrate the 25th anniversary of AEIDL
Rural topic(s): Rural entrepreneurship and diversification of activities
Type: case study
Date of publication: February 20, 2014
Organization(s): AEIDL (European Association for Information on Local Development)
Abstract:
This was the theme of a conference organised by AEIDL in February 2014.
The contributions and debates focused on the need to renew the European Project, taking
into account the initiatives of citizens and territories, in order to meet current economic,
environmental and social challenges.
These contributions and debates were brought to life by presentations of 25 different local
initiatives, drawn from 17 countries and covering a full geographic range from metropolitan
centres to the most peripheral rural areas.
This publication highlights the main points from the contributions, debates, and the
presentation of the 25 promising initiatives.
They illustrate the following topics: Social cohesion, Inclusion of disadvantaged groups, Social economy, Environment and transition, Area-based development
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Scale of intervention : Local, European
Keywords: empowerment of rural communities, Community Led Local Development (CLLD), renewable energy, integrated rural development, rural parliament, social inclusion, territorial cohesion, gardening, coworking space, innovation, social and solidarity economy, disadvantaged people, transition
Places: Europe, Belgium, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, , Hungary, Turkey, United-Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, Greece, Denmark, Serbia, Poland, Finland, Sweden, Slovakia, Latvia
Actors: inhabitant association, civil society, municipality