PREPARE - Partnership for Rural Europe

30. August - 3. September 2010 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.

Available material:

• PREPARE Gathering 2010 final report
• PREPARE Gathering 2010 programme
  
• Letter of Mr. Dacian Ciolo?, Member of the European Commission Responsible for Agriculture and Rural Development to PREPARE Gathering 2010
  
• Response letter to Commissioner Ciolo?
• Openning speech of Mr. Ljubco Dimovski - Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy of the Republic of Macedonia
• Speakers' presentations:
  • CAP and management of the pre-acession assistance for rural development of the Republic of Macedonia by Mr. Kostadin KUS-IVANOV, ASFARD;
  • The Macedonian rural development policy – preparing for EU accession by Ms. Margarita DELEVA, Ministry For Agriculture, Forestry And Water Economy, Republic Of Macedonia;
  • Regional rural development Standing Working Group (SWG) in SEE by Ms. Irena DZIMREVSKA, SWG;
  • EU rural development policies by Mr. Luka JUVAN?I?, University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty;
  • PREPARE network, the voice from civil society by Mr. Goran ŠOSTER, PREPARE;
  • ELARD - European LEADER association for rural development by Mr. Panayiotis PATRAS, ELARD;
  • The Contribution of LEADER to networking and collective action in rural communities by Ms. Kinga BOENNING, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe;
  • Rural networking in Estonia by Ms. Liina SAAR, Heleriin JÕESALU, Merle ADAMS, KODUKANT;
  • Rural development network of the Republic of Macedonia by Mr. Petar GJORGIEVSKI, Rural Development Network of the R. Macedonia;
  • Focal point of sustainable rural development in Macedonia by Ms. Daniela ANDRESKA, ALKA;
    
  • National Network for Rural Development of Serbia by Mr. Igor STAJI?, Serbian Network for Rural Development;
  • Forestry & Rural Development by Mr. Peter KAMPEN, SNV;
  • ARC Debate about CAP reform by Mr. Hannes LORENZEN, ARC2020;
  • PREPARE position on CAP reform by Mr. Goran ŠOSTER, PREPARE;
  • ELARD position on next LEADER round after 2013 by Mr. Panayiotis PATRAS, ELARD;
  • ERA’s position on CAP reform by Ms. Inga KREKELE, European Rural Alliance;

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