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European Rural Parliament 2025 — Rural Community Solutions to Global Challenges

September 8, 2025 ARC

This October 20-23, over 400 rural delegates from across Europe will gather in the north-east of Scotland for the 6th European Rural Parliament (ERP), a participative democratic assembly that shines a spotlight on the power of rural communities to respond to global crises. With the theme “Strength from Opportunity: Rural Community Solutions to Global Challenges”, this year’s ERP will highlight how rural and island people, places, and practices not only bear the brunt of climate, demographic, and political shifts but also offer transformative responses rooted in solidarity, sustainability, and place-based knowledge. […]

Has the 5th European Rural Parliament Something to Declare?

September 28, 2022 ARC

The 5th European Rural Parliament was held in Poland over four days, ending on the 15th September with the Rural People’s Declaration of Kielce. So how was the gathering? What’s in the Declaration – and does it do enough to address the needs of Rural Europe? […]

Future of Europe at European Rural Parliament – Sufficiency, Integrated Policy, & Rural Action

September 14, 2022 ARC

At the European Rural Parliament, ongoing in Kielce, Poland, the Future of Europe takes centre stage today. ARC2020 president Hannes Lorenzen hosted a panel on this topic, with Marion Eckardt (ELARD), Katrina Idu (Forum Synergies) Normunds Popens (European Commission), Radim Sršeň European Committee of the Regions, Goran Šoster (PREPARE) and Toma Šutić (European Commission). […]

5 things about the 4th European Rural Parliament.

November 20, 2019 Oliver Moore

Three of the ARC2020 team was in Candas in Asturais, northern Spain, where they attended the 4th Rural Parliament. It was quite the time, meeting and listening, exploring and sampling, thinking and doing over four wet but wonderful days. So what happened? […]

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European Rural Parliament 2025 — Rural Community Solutions to Global Challenges

Has the 5th European Rural Parliament Something to Declare?

Future of Europe at European Rural Parliament – Sufficiency, Integrated Policy, & Rural Action

5 things about the 4th European Rural Parliament.

Rural Youth Scholarships via Forum Synergies Open

Venhorst Declaration Proposes New 10% Community Fund

3rd European Rural Parliament in Venhorst, Netherlands

European Rural Parliament Manifesto Demands Equality & Participation