This international congress aimed at identifying and sharing the best communication experiences in rural development coming from EU Member States. 

The aim is to promote the information campaigns that achieved their targets using new tools, such as web communication, social network, cross media and viral marketing, etc.

The event was able to initiate an EU network for the communication of the 50th CAP aniversary.

 
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International congress on policies for the development of mountain areas.

How to better program interventions in favor of mountain areas? How to benefit the 2014-2020 RDPs for promoting sustainable development, economic growth and new jobs? Which are the most successful examples of integrated mountain policies across Europe ? Supply chains, innovation, competitiveness, environment and communities: a review of the best projects from the European mountains.

These issues were at the centre stage during the European conference organized by the Italian Rural Network in collaboration with Euromontana. The objective of the event was mainly to inspire the elaboration of 2014-2020 development programmes impacting mountain areas, with an overall view on Common Strategic Framework (CSF) funds and a more specific focus on rural development fund as the event was organised by Italian National Rural Network.

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2 Seminars 18th-19th April and 16th-17th May 2013 in Rome.

These seminars are designed to accompany the regional administrations involved in the drafting of the RDP 2014-2020, with particular reference to the following aspects:

* Definition of Leader areas;
* The role of the Leader, the thematic sub-programs and other "integrated approach" tools;
* Priorities, focus areas and measures for Leader;
* Financial resources and budget for LAG;
* Procedures and criteria for the selection of LAG;
* Monitoring and evaluation of the performance of Leader;
* Mechanisms for coordination between the authorities and bodies responsible for the implementation the RDPs.
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The event represented an opportunity for reflecting on the issue of the communication of evaluation results .

What is "effective communication"?
How to communicate more effectively the evaluation? With what kind of approaches, tools or methods?
When to communicate the results of the evaluation? Which results are more appropiated to be communicated?
W hich role stakeholders have for the communication of the evaluation results?
Which are the main factors? How to favour the dissemination of a shared evaluation culture ?

These are the main topics discussed during the panel discussion.

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International seminar on post-2013 rural policies.

On 13th april 2010 in Rome was presented the document "The role for the post 2013 Rural Development Policy" referrring to the CAP policies and role after the Health Check reform.

The seminar was an occasion to discuss future policies with the participation of key speakers from EU Member States.

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International event to support rural areas cooperation.

On June 20th, 2011 the Italian National Rural Network arranged in Rome the "Cooperaction Day", an International event in support of the cooperation between rural areas. The event represented an animation activity in the NRN Action Plan, aimed at facilitating the creation and consolidation of partnerships within the  RDP measure 4.2.1 "Interterritorial and transnational cooperation".

 The event consisted of:
- Thematic sessions for the presentation of cooperation project/ideas
- A Face to face meeting area
- The Cooperation offers corner
- The Cooperation show room: a place in which it was possible to display the results of cooperation between rural areas 

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The event analysed results concerning the complementarity and the development of synergies of rural development with the Financial Instrument for the Environment LIFE +

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The interaction of various institutional levels is important for the public policy success, especially for the Community programs which require a strong partnership between the EU, national, regional and local level.
For this reason the agricultural governance is a part of the National Rural Network activities.
Assessing governance also means to pay attention to local actors (associations, LAG, professional organizations, etc.), to their role and the relationships between them and with the institutional system at all levels.

The goal of this event was to examine some crucial "nodes" of the governance and to analyse how they can affect the results of policies.

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The  debate was focused on following issues:
1. Improving the efficiency and of rural development programs
2. Encouraging the involvement  among stakeholders in  network actions to develop rural areas
3. Communicating rural development policy to general public and beneficiaries.   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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The meeting aimed to analyze the opportunities offered by the next programming to promote social farming and to develop it in social, urban and peri-urban areas.

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The event organised by the Italian National Rural Network discussed the progress, difficulties and possible solutions for improving the implementation of rural development programs.

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Rome, 13thMarch 2014

Exchange of experiences and good practices for the 2014-2020 programming period.


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The Italian NRN organised this event to discuss the most relevant issues of the CAP reform, the competitiveness of Italian food and the products quality, the natural resources and landscape conservation and the new opportunities for those who want to invest in agriculture.

The national seminar represented the launch of the Italian NRN.

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