Civic engagement, local governance and dialogue

Success stories:

Rural community development in Shirak region, Armenia.
[EXP] A participative approach to preserving agricultural activities in the Saclay plateau: the Terre et Cité initiative in the Paris region
[EXP] Agricultura Nuova, a multifunctional Cooperative Farm integrated in its territory in the periphery of Rome (Italy).
[EXP] AMAP, un exemple de Soutien à l’agriculture de proximité en France
[EXP] Buschberghof CSA, a multifunctional farm successful for more than 20 years
[EXP] Buying collectively farmland: how Terre de Liens encourages the access to land and settlement of organic and peasant farmers in France.
[EXP] Community supported Agriculture and Organic box schemes helping local French farmers and consumers
[EXP] Conserving and promoting the natural and cultural heritage of Foula, Shetland’s most remote island
[EXP] Estonian Rural Parliament offers rural democracy lessons for EU partners
[EXP] Fédérer les acteurs d’un territoire rural grâce au programme Leader
[EXP] How to implement rural sustainable development in rural areas : the example of trainings and exchange of practices in local territories by Permanent Centres of Initiatives for the Environment (CPIE).
[EXP] Landcare associations in Germany: civil society involvement in the management of ecologically sensitive areas
[EXP] Le système AMAP ou comment maintenir une agriculture proche des centres urbains
[EXP] Local rural development committees in Wallonia (Belgium): a local space for consultation and forming proposals, integrating inhabitants and elected officials.
[EXP] Macroregional Alpine strategy: an example of an institutional initiative involving States, Regions and organisations (CIPRA International)
[EXP] Master project: a research-action platform on mobility, welcoming new inhabitants and sustainable rural development in France. (The Ville Campagne collective)
[EXP] Mediation to manage a local dispute around the landfill site at Góra Kalwaria near Warsaw in Poland.
[EXP] Mountain forest forums; dialogue between stakeholders and institutions for the conservation of mountain forests. The example of Bavaria in Germany.
[EXP] Open Space on food and local development: a multi-stakeholder meeting initiated by the Ceinture Aliment-Terre Liègeoise (Belgium).
[EXP] PLANED, working with communities to deliver local integrated development in Pembrokeshire
[EXP] Raising public awareness on the Bourgas Wetlands, in Bulgary
[EXP] Regionalwert AG: citizen capital for a regional organic food economy
[EXP] Tablehurst and Plaw Hatch Community Farms, an example of biodynamic farm businesses owned by 600 local shareholders.(East Sussex, UK)
[EXP] The Agricultural and Rural Convention (ARC 2020): a platform of European organisations working together to develop the Common Agricultural Policy.
[EXP] The participatory budget of Odemira in Portugal: an example of inhabitants managing part of the public budget.
[EXP] The Sacca di Goro lagoon in Italy: involving a citizens’ panel in a consultation on sustainable water management (the Aware project).
[EXP] The village of Wulkow global ecological development strategy
[EXP] Village movement in Estonia : focusing on local governance to maintain rural villages alive

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