Cooperation

Scottish Rural Parliament 2016

The Scottish Rural Parliament brings together 400 people from across rural Scotland to discuss the issues of greatest importance to rural communities.

Participants will be agreeing a Manifesto for rural Scotland and deciding what actions need to be taken and by who, to ensure our rural communities are empowered, connected and sustainable.

The community-led Lanarkshire LEADER Local Development Strategy has been launched.

The strategy sets out the priorities and objectives against which applications for funding will be assessed by the Lanarkshire LEADER Programme until 2020. A new development is the inclusion of part of the North Lanarkshire rural area to the south of Cumbernauld and east of Airdrie and Wishaw.

South Lanarkshire Council Provost, Councillor Eileen Logan unveiled the new strategy at Clydesdale Community Initiatives (CCI) in Lanark recently.

The Tyne Esk LEADER Programme was formally launched at twin events -  the Haddington Show on the 2 July and the Dalkeith Show on 9 July 2016.

Both events were well attended by, primarily, famers and families and the Tyne Esk LEADER stall was kept busy answering questions and entertaining children.  LEADER LAG members as well as the staff team were on hand at the stall throughout the two days.

Do you have an idea for a transnational cooperation project?

Scotland will be represented at the LEADER Fair for Transnational Cooperation in Estonia on 24 – 26 August 2016 by the Cairngorm and Angus Local Action Groups (LAGs), as well as the Scottish Rural Network.

Tyne Esk LEADER programme launch - Midlothian

The Tyne Esk LEADER Local Action Group (LAG) is launching their programme of funding at twin events and you are welcome to join them: 

  • Haddington Show on the 2nd July at 2pm
  • Dalkeith Show on the 9th July at 2pm

Members of the staff team will be present throughout the day to answer any questions.

Tyne Esk LEADER programme launch - East Lothian

The Tyne Esk LEADER Local Action Group (LAG) is launching their programme of funding at twin events and you are welcome to join them: 

  • Haddington Show on the 2nd July at 2pm
  • Dalkeith Show on the 9th July at 2pm

Members of the staff team will be present throughout the day to answer any questions.

LEADER Inspired Network Community (LINC) Event 2016

Members of LEADER Local Action Groups, Managing Authorities and Paying Agencies, project staff and all people interested in rural development are invited to the next LEADER Inspired Network Community (LINC) conference on 27 to 29 September 2016 in Hungary.

The aim of the annual LINC seminar is to gather people interested in rural development from around Europe to exchange ideas with each other and to explore potential opportunties to cooperate with international partners on projects. 

Scotland is being represented at this week's Swedish Rural Parliament, one of the largest gatherings for rural development in Europe.

Bill Sturrock, a member of Angus LEADER Local Action Group, and Sarah Hyslop, Ayrshire LEADER Programme Manager, are being supported by the Scottish Rural Network to attend the event.

The Swedish Rural Parliament event takes place in Visby, Gotland from 27 to 29 May. The theme for 2016 is 'Towards a balanced country'.

Share your views about the European Innovation Partnership 'Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability' (EIP-AGRI) in a short online survey.

The agricultural European Innovation Partnership (EIP-AGRI) works to foster competitive and sustainable farming and forestry that 'achieves more and better from less'. It was launched in 2012 by the European Commission.

The latest edition of the European Network for Rural Development's (ENRD) 'Rural Connections' magazine is now available.

You can now download the Spring 2016 edition of Rural Connections from the ENRD website.

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