PREPARE Gathering in Croatia and Slovenia
Representatives from the Center for Sustainable Dvelopment “Alka” have participated on “PREPARE – Partnership for Rural Europe” annual gathering in Croatia and Slovenia from 30th of June till 4th July, 2009. The main topic of the gathering was Rural Economic Recovery and EU Enlargement in South-Eastern Europe with particular focus on involvement of civil society in new member states, accession countries and new neighbor countries.
PREPARE – Partnership for Rural Europe aims to strengthen civil society and promote transnational cooperation in rural development, especially in new member states, accession countries and “new neighbor countries” of the enlarged European Union. An essential component of the PREPARE program are the multinational events and “PREPARE Gatherings”.
The PREPARE Gathering 2009 was a linked series of events in Croatia and Slovenia, aiming to bring together representatives of civil society, public and business sector, primarily from Central and South-Eastern Europe (SEE), on the issue of rural development.
The main objectives of the gathering were:
- to provide opportunity to rural communities to discuss and express views on the current challenges of rural development in Europe and beyond it;
- to create a space for exchanging experience and ideas, in particular to stimulate an exchange and cooperation between rural actors from those Central and Eastern European countries which are already EU members, countries in accession and those preparing for accession, especially from the SEE region;
- to promote dialogue between the public, business and civil sectors.
