30. August - 3. September in Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia

Networking in Rural Areas
Common Agriculture Policy Reform after 2013

PREPARE Gathering is the main annual event of the PREPARE network, organized each year in different country. This year 109 participants from 20 European countries gathered in Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) from 30. August to 3. September 2010 to meet, to exchange and to learn from each other with common objective: contribute to integrated development of rural areas.

Material:

List of participants

PREPARE Gathering 2010 programme

Letter of Mr. Dacian Ciolos, Member of the European Commission Responsible for Agriculture and Rural Development to PREPARE Gathering 2010

 Presentations:

• CAP and management of the pre-acession assistance for rural development of the Republic of Macedonia by Kostadin KUS-IVANOV, ASFARD;
• The Macedonian rural development policy – preparing for EU accession by Margarita DELEVA, Ministry For Agriculture, Forestry And Water Economy, Republic Of Macedonia;
• Regional rural development Standing Working Group (SWG) in SEE by Irena DZIMREVSKA, SWG;
• EU rural development policies by Luka JUVANČIČ, University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty;
• PREPARE network, the voice from civil society by Goran ŠOSTER, PREPARE;
• ELARD - European LEADER association for rural development by Panayiotis PATRAS, ELARD;
• The Contribution of LEADER to networking and collective action in rural communities by Kinga BOENNING, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe;
• Rural networking in Estonia by Liina SAAR, Heleriin JÕESALU, Merle ADAMS, KODUKANT;
• Rural development network of the Republic of Macedonia by Petar GJORGIEVSKI, Rural Development Network of the R. Macedonia;
• Focal point of sustainable rural development in Macedonia by Daniela ANDRESKA, ALKA;
  
• National Network for Rural Development of Serbia by Igor STAJIĆ, Serbian Network for Rural Development;
• Forestry & Rural Development by Peter KAMPEN, SNV;
• ARC Debate about CAP reform by Hannes LORENZEN, ARC2020;
• PREPARE position on CAP reform by Goran ŠOSTER, PREPARE;
• ELARD position on next LEADER round after 2013 by Panayiotis PATRAS, ELARD;
• ERA’s position on CAP reform by Inga KREKELE, European Rural Alliance;

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