Agricultural and Rural Convention - ARC2020
As part of the transnational LEADER project “Our Common Future” in which LEADER networks came together to conceptualise the future of the LEADER approach, Robert Lukesch brings us a broad retrospective on the wider context from which LEADER emerged, the evolution along its trajectory through six budget periods, and some conclusive thoughts about its future destiny.
About ARC2020 | Agricultural and Rural Convention
What is ARC2020? ARC2020 is a multi-stakeholder platform that has involved over 150 civil society networks and organisations (from 22 EU Member States) all working on issues affected by the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Strasbourg: March 2013. Why was ARC2020 set up? The platform was set up in 2010 ahead of the lastest reform of the CAP in order to:
So Who Are These ARC People? - Agricultural and Rural Convention
2015 to Today . The spirit of this work in many ways continues to this day, but with some differences. Since 2016, we are an independent NGO based in Paris with a Brussels office, and with smaller offices and workers in France, Ireland, Belgium, Germany and the Czech Republic.
Rural Development - Agricultural and Rural Convention
Agriculture, food and the rural seem to have been placed at the back of the queue: massive cuts in the agriculture and rural administration of the Commission; a mere communication by Commissioner Hogan rather than the usual mid-term review; talk of a move of CAP money to external security and migration policy. What’s next? We are looking forward to hear your opinion!
Rural Europe Takes Action - Book Launch and Draft EU-Regulation
May 30, 2022 · On June 7 ARC2020 and Forum Synergies launch a new book titled “Rural Europe Takes Action - No more business as usual” which reveals the power of European civil society and the collective intelligence and imagination of numerous rural experts, policy makers and practitioners. The book includes an 'Unwritten Regulation on an Integrated European Rural, Agricultural and Food Policy' as an ...
European Action Gathering for Sustainable Food Systems
Nov 6, 2023 · In Marburg, Germany, on November 6th – 8th 2023, ARC2020, Kollektiv von Morgen and the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bäuerliche Landwirtschaft (AbL) are hosting a European Action Gathering – A rural bridge between sustainable agri and food policies in the EU. Date: November 6th (from 18:00), November 7th (all day) and November 8th (all day), 2023 Location: Technologie- & Tagungszentrum, Marburg ...
Latest from the ARC network Archives - Agricultural and Rural …
Apr 24, 2024 · A new study from the Greenpeace European Unit – Go Big or go Bust shows just how rapidly farming in Europe is going in a particular trajectory. Simply put, small farm are disappearing, and large farms are both getting bigger and are getting more economically dominant. These socio-economic ...
Recent updates Archives - Agricultural and Rural Convention
Nov 27, 2024 · On 28 November – 1 December, in the rural village of Grzybów, Poland, ARC2020 is co-organising a European gathering of sustainable rural initiatives to take stock of a new political situation of Europe and to look into possibilities of cooperation: “Weaving Common Ground” between rural and urban people.
Publications - Agricultural and Rural Convention
Publications by ARC2020. 2022: Carbon Farming: Stakes, issues and alternatives Carbon Farming: Stakes, issues and alternatives
A Collective Adventure - Agricultural and Rural Convention
Apr 17, 2023 · It’s a long road to building a new way of imagining life in the countryside. We are pleased to share with you ARC2020's findings from the field in France: “Nos Campagnes en Résilience: Collective Reflections within Socio-Ecological Transition, 2020-2022” . Here we report on the journey so far for the people involved in this project, with an extract from the first chapter of …