EU Organisations
The ENRD aims to actively engage with and extend access to other relevant networks as much as possible, with a particular emphasis upon establishing pro-active links that will allow exchange of information on activities and outputs between the ENRD and other relevant networks on issues of relevance to the effectiveness and efficient development of EU rural development policy.
DG AGRI Advisory Group on Rural Development
An Advisory Group on Rural Development has been established by DG AGRI to bring together representatives of the various organisations established at EU level which have social, economic and/or environmental interests in rural development within the EU.
This Advisory Group enables the European Commission to be made aware of the range of views that different organisations hold on rural development. The Commission can consult the group on any matter relating to rural development policies. The chairperson of the Advisory Group may also propose areas for consultation on topics falling within its area of competence.
The Commission is not bound by Group opinions, but does take them very seriously and notifies the Group membership of its action in response to them. The Advisory Group may also, in agreement with the Commission, set up working groups to facilitate its work. The main interests represented within the Advisory Group include:
Farmers, Co-operatives and other Agricultural Organisations
- Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEFP)
- European Council of Young Farmers (CEJA)
- Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations (COPA) and General Committee for Agricultural Cooperation in the European Union (COGECA) – commonly referred to jointly as COPA-COGECA
- Coordination Paysanne Européene (CPE)
- European Landowners Organisation (ELO)
- International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
Traders
Industry
Workers
Consumers
Environmentalists
- Birdlife Europe
- European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
- European Forum for Nature Conservation and Pastoralism (EFNCP)
- World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Other Rural Stakeholder Organisations
- European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC)
- Assembly of European Regions (AER)
- European Association for Rural Development Institutions (AEIAR)
- Association for the European Rural Universities (APURE)
- European Association for Rural Development and Village Renewal (ARGE)
- Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CCRE/CEMR)
- Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe (CPMR)
- Collectif Stratégies Alimentaires (CSA)
- European Council for the Village and Small Town (ECOVAST)
- European LEADER Association for Rural Development (ELARD)
- European Association for Development of Mountain Territories (EUROMONTANA)
- Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation (FACE)
- PREPARE Network
- Rurality-Environment-Development International Association (RED)
European Organisation members of the ENRD Coordination Committee
The following EU organisations have been selected from the membership of the DG AGRI Rural Development Advisory Group to participate in the Coordination Committee of the European Network for Rural Development (ENRD):
- Assembly of European Regions (AER)
- Birdlife Europe
- Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CCRE/CEMR)
- Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEFP)
- European Council of Young Farmers (CEJA)
- Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations (COPA) and General Committee for Agricultural Cooperation in the European Union (COGECA) – commonly referred to jointly as COPA-COGECA
- European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT)
- European LEADER Association for Rural Development (ELARD)
- European Landowners Organisation (ELO)
- European Association for Development of Mountain Territories (EUROMONTANA)
- PREPARE Network
- Rurality-Environment-Development International Association (RED)
