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Scholarship programme 2020

Forum Synergies in cooperation with the Latvian Rural Forum announce their Scholarship Programme 2020. It is an international exchange programme with the aim to promote sustainable rural development by sharing knowledge and, in particular, know-how about sustainability. As regards the Scholarship Programme – as the first step we are looking for HOST ORGANISATIONS. Information about the Scholarship programme is already available at website (http://www.forum-synergies.eu/article154.html). Inter...
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Newsletter #WeArePrepare (Mar 2020)

In this edition: - Message of the PREPARE president to the Network - Partnerishipfor Rural Europe- PREPARE general assembly 2020 will be held on 15thof may via zoom platform - Scholarshipprogramme 2020 - Official information about previously announced but postponed events - PREPARE gathering 2009 (history of our network) - Introducingour members - Macedonia Rural Development Network - Meet Artis Krists Mednis from Latvia
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New Activists For Rural Development- Meet Artis Krists Mednis from Latvia

Artis is a 20 year young person from Latvia who at an early age realized that each individual in our society is taking the responsibility for both positive and negative things. In the beginning, curiosity was the fuel to be an active member of his community, now it is complemented by the awareness of how much there is still to improve in its way of living. One sentence about him: a creative organiser who constantly wants to understand 'Why?' Artis think he is an activist because of his inabil...
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From Hystory of PREPARE- PREPARE Gathering in 2009 (Slovenia and Croatia)

PREPARE Gathering in 2009 was one of the rare gatherings held simultaneously in two neighbouring countries. Part of the programme was organized in Slovenia (travelling workshops and conference) and the other part in Croatia (workshops, plenary and social events). One of the three groups visited, among other interesting sites, the small Slovenian village called Jeruzalem on the famous Eastern Slovenian vine route, and then the small village of Razkrizje, where local people demonstrated the life i...
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Newsletter #WeArePrepare (Feb 2020)

In this edition: -Announcement for PREPARE members - save the date for PREPARE GA! -PREPARE represents its members in Civil dialogue group on rural development -EU-Moldova LEADER conference – building rural proseprity for people -PREPARE, ELARD and ERCA will sign an agreement on the key principles of organising the European Rural Parliament and Rural Youth Parliament -Progress and future challenges in aligning the European Agenda of rural and agriculture development in Albania ...
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New Activists For Rural Development- Meet Tomas Harant from Czech Republic

Tomas Harant is 24 years old and comes from Czech Republic. A university student, fan of technological innovation, he has been working since two and half years in the Local Action Group “Naděje”, located in north-western part of Czech Republic. As an active Local Action Group, they are using the LEADER/CLLD method, which is very important instrument in a rural development sector, so they are constantly analysing problems and situation in respective LAG area and according to results they are a...
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From Hystory of PREPARE- Gathering 2007 in Poland

The 2007 PREPARE Gathering was organized by the Polish Rural Forum (FAOW). The main meeting took place in Przemysl, and the four Travelling Workshops (with 45 Travellers and 54 local participants) visited projects on both sides of the Polish-Ukrainian border, including bicycle routes dedicated to the memory of the Good Soldier Svejk; small community schools and educational organisations; historical monuments and a wide range of local business activities. The plenary meeting on October 11 was ...
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Progress and future challenges in aligning the European agenda of rural and agriculture development in Albania

The Albanian Network for Rural Development (ANRD), with the support of the Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM), organized on January 15, 2020, at the premises of the EU House, the Round Table on ‘European Rural and Agricultural Development Agenda in Albania: Progress and future challenges’ About 40 participants, including senior representatives from main institutions of the sector, members of the IPARD II Program Monitoring Committee, key donors supporting agricultural and rural refo...
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PREPARE represents its members in Civil dialogue group on rural development

PREPARE board member Urszula Budzich-Tabor participated in the Civil Dialogue Group for Rural Development meeting in Brussels (7th February, 2020) The meeting focused on the following main themes: - preparations for the EU legislative framework for the years 2021-2027, in particular the CAP reform and “transition rules” for rural development: taking into account that the preparations for the new CAP are delayed, the European Commission is proposing to put in place temporary legislation whi...
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Newsletter #WeArePrepare (Jan 2020)

In this edition: -Successful ERP partners’ advocacy in Brussels -Invitation to Express interest for hosting the ERP 2021 gathering -The European rural youth parliament movement representatives have bought ERYP declaration to Brussels -Albanian rural parliament 2020 - a European perspective of rural Albania -How Prepare was built- story from Czech Republic - Meet young rural development activists: Marta Vergara forés from Spain - Introducing our members: Croatian rural development networ...
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