This virtual workshop looked to identify the success factors and added value delivered by projects and consider how successful projects can be identified, communicated and used in networking. The workshop also allowed to exchange the lessons learned from successful projects, and how these success experiences can best be communicated and transferred.
The ENRD Contact Point and the rural networks of Flanders and Wallonia co-organised the 18th NRN Meeting, which explored how NRNs have responded to the challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic and specific lessons learned in adapting methodologies.
The meeting addressed digital methods of exchange and dissemination, efficient online communication, and ways of targeting specific stakeholders.
The 17th NRN meeting took the form of a webinar and focused on the topics of network governance and the image of rural areas.
The ENRD Contact Point and the Spanish Rural Network Support Unit co-organised the 16th NRN Meeting in Calatayud. This meeting focused on the state of play of preparations for the design and setting up of the new CAP Networks under the post 2020 CAP, as well as any challenges and potential solutions.
The 16th NRN meeting was followed by a workshop NRN facilitation techniques for stakeholder engagement on 4 March.
To prepare the ground for future CAP networks, there is a need to reinforce the connections between the activities of rural networks with those of farming stakeholders both at EU and national level.
The 15th NRNs’ meeting – co-organised with the French Rural Network support unit – explored the development and connection of territorial strategies used; and provided space for discussion and an update on themes proposed by NSUs. Participants exchanged on methods used in facilitating stakeholder participation in NRN activities.
The event took place in Poitiers, France, on 19 September, followed by a meeting of the French Regional Rural Networks and a field trip to French EAFRD co-funded projects on the 20 September.
The 13th NRNs’ meeting explored ways of reinforcing stakeholder engagement and enhancing collaboration among network members, including on the topics of post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), Smart Villages and Generational Renewal.
