RURALITY – ENVIRONMENT – DEVELOPMENT

Created in 1980, the international association Rurality – Environment – Development (R.E.D.) develops, through its network of members and partners in Europe, continuous exchanges on rural policies and their implementation, with the dual purpose of a better operationality in the field and enhanced dialogue with the European Institutions.

• An exchange tool R.E.D. animates a European network of rural actors to promote bottom-up territorial development applications built on rural projects. It leads European platforms such as the European Movement of Rurality and supports – at the international level – the actions undertaken by the R.E.D. members, publishes the www.ruraleurope.org website and thematic files.

An operational component with the support of Cross-Border Workshops (ATEAR) R.E.D. regularly organizes conferences, meetings or international exhibitions and participates in research on the different facets of rural development: spatial planning, landscape, territorial development in its economic, social, cultural and environmental components, European rural policy …

Member of the Civil Dialogue Group of “Rural Development” of the European Union R.E.D. has been a member since 1999 of the Consultative Group “Rural Development” of the European Commission, created by the Commission to establish a regular dialogue with the rural associative sector.
It chaired it from 2009 to 2011. In the current programming, this Group has evolved as a Rural Development Civil Dialogue Group.

• Co-secretary of the Intergroup “Rural, mountainous and isolated areas” of the European Parliament R.E.D. animates the lines of work related to integrated rural development within this Intergroup which it has incited to create in this new term.

• Member of the Liaison Group between the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and the organized civil society R.E.D. represents the field of rural development within this Liaison Group promoting cooperation between the EESC and the Civil Society.

Participatory status at the Council of Europe R.E.D. has had participatory status with the Council of Europe since 1986 and has developed a close partnership with the Council of Europe on rural and cultural issues.
By creating in 1991 the 1st Regrouping of NGOs, R.E.D. is at the origin of the current structure of the Conference of INGOs in Commissions.
R.E.D. has the observer status at the European Conference of Ministers responsible for areas’ Planning (CEMAT).

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