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Objective 1
amplify the voice of rural areas to bring them higher on the political agenda -
Objective 2
structure and enable collaboration and mutual learning between Pact members -
Objective 3
encourage and monitor voluntary commitment for action by Rural Pact community members
Description
The 6th European Rural Parliament Gathering will take place on 21-23 October 2025 in Scotland. ERCA was the founding organisation of the ERP in 2013.
The ERP is a partnership of national and regional rural movements in 40 European countries and 7 pan-European networks. The biennial ERP process works to collate the experiences, issues and needs of rural communities across Europe, to debate these in a biennial gathering to advocate to policy makers on the basis of the Manifesto and Declaration produced, and to enable action on the results.
As a member of the ERP Steering Group ERCA will promote close collaboration between the ERP and Rural Pact, given the important connections between the two. This may take the form of pre-ERP events or other actions and sessions at the ERP, focused on the Rural Pact.
On 30 January 2025, the ERP held their Mid-Term Event in Brussels to provide an update from its many partners and to advocate and debate directly with the EU Institutions.
Commitment's information
Themes
Stakeholder beneficiary(ies)
- Academic/research institution
- Citizen
- International organisation
- Local Action Group
- National Rural Network
- Non-governmental / civil society organisation
- Private Business
- Public authority
Activities
- Communication and/or Advocacy
- Knowledge sharing
- Rural development strategy
- Networking activities
- Events
- Research or/& evaluation
- Capacity Building
Expected Outcomes
ERCA, as part of the ERP Steering Group:
- Ran a survey of all ERP Partners to identify their key issues and messages to the EU, ahead of the Mid-Term Event. The results were compiled as a statement to the Mid-Term Event.
- Organised an ERP Mid-Term Event in Brussels on 30 January 2025.
- Will co-organise the 6th ERP Gathering in October 2025.
Main results
Number of people
400
Number of projects
20
Organisation/Company information
European Rural Community Alliance (ERCA)
Non-governmental / civil society organisationStatus
Funding
- Commitment's fund
- EU funds, National funding, Regional funding, Local funding
- EU Fund
- Interreg, Horizon programme, ERASMUS
Budget
- Planned additional investment
- Human resources of the ERCA team and all the ERCA-members Technical resources to organize web-events
Further details
- Scope of action
- European
- Beneficiary country
- Sweden
- Type of territories
- Rural area, Remote rural area, Mountainous area