Rural Network North Ireland

Rural topic(s): Development of rural territories

City: Cookstown

Country: United Kingdom

Web site: http://www.ruralnetworkni.org.uk

The Regional Rural Network (member of ENRD and of UK National Rural Network) provides an important link between the national administrations, organisations, and the Local Action Groups. Its main role is to support the implementation and evaluation of rural development policy but it also coordinates and brings together a variety of rural stakeholders, to ensure a good level of communication both at regional, national and European level.

Scale of intervention : Regional

Keywords: rural policy, agricultural policy, innovation, woodland management, integrated rural development, territorial project, local food systems, public-private partnership, Leader approach, rural entrepreneurship

Places: United-Kingdom

Actors: official rural development network or structure

Methods: networking, facilitation, information diffusion, debate, experience exchange