Sharing rural research, connecting rural research stakeholders
Partager la recherche rurale et mettre en réseau ses partenaires
Source: Springer.
Shaping Rural Areas in Europe. Perceptions and Outcomes on the Present and the Future sets out to investigate the effect of urban perceptions about the rural and consequent demands on rurality on the present and future configurations of rural territories in Europe in the early twenty-first century.
This volume presents and discusses a broad range of case studies and theoretical and methodological approaches from different academic fields, mainly Anthropology, Sociology and Geography.
Silva, Luís; Figueiredo, Elisabete (Eds.) 2013. Shaping Rural Areas in Europe, Perceptions and Outcomes on the Present and the Future. Springer.
WWW: www.springer.com
Source: European Society for Rural Sociology (ESRS).
Florence, 29 July - 1st August, 2013. "The economic crisis has Europe in its hold. This crisis clearly affects its economic basis but goes far beyond that to touch upon the very substance of the European way of life."
"Yet, the crisis also presents us with the chance to rebuild our society, to create something better, more valuable and more sustainable. Resilience is often used to describe this capacity for successful adaptation, i.e. the ability to learn and change, to make use of emerging opportunities. But there are also risks as the crisis increases inequalities and internal tensions, at different levels (such as regions or nations).
The opportunities and risks associated with the crisis are played out in rural as well as urban places. Rural places and rural issues may assume a specific meaning in times of crisis, reflecting resilience as well as vulnerability. This conference aims at increasing our knowledge of the effects of the crisis in the different regions of Europe and beyond, and to add to our understanding of the processes that contribute to vulnerability and resilience of people and places."
Read the full call for papers.
WWW: www.ruralsociology.eu
Source: ECRT.
8th and 9th of October, 2012, Romania. After its three previous editions in 2003, 2005, and 2007, the upcoming 4th European Congress on Rural Tourism 2012 will be a new opportunity to learn about latest trends and obtain first-hand information on this extremely varied activity in Europe.
The Congress provides a meeting point and discussion forum for the Rural Tourism entrepreneur, for public and private authorities, as well as for any other professionals involved in rural tourism. After consulting with 30 regional and national Rural Tourism organisations, this year's Congress will focus during two days on the following topics:
* The importance of tourism for rural areas - past and future
* Innovative concepts and products in Rural Tourism
* Keeping rural communities and heritage alive through tourism
* Rural Tourism in the world of internet and social media
* Greenways
* Cultural heritage
* Natural resources
Read more about the location, agenda, registration.
WWW: www.europeanrtcongress.org
Source: SAC Rural Policy Centre.
"In October 2011, researchers at SAC were asked by the Scottish Government to carry out a study of existing Rural Parliaments in Europe. The aim of the study was to ‘enhance understanding of how and why Rural Parliaments operate, and the outcomes they generate, through examining international examples’."
"Rural Parliaments in six countries were identified for analysis in discussion with the Scottish Government: Sweden, the Netherlands, Estonia, (Swedish-speaking) Finland, Hungary and Slovakia.
The study has been undertaken in four phases: i) scoping of the number and location of existing Rural Parliaments; ii) desk-based analysis of the information available about selected existing Parliaments; iii) interviews with representatives of the Parliaments and with individuals centrally involved in rural movements in Europe to discuss in more detail the ways in which they operate; and iv) summarising the implications of phases (i) – (iii) for the establishment of a Rural Parliament in Scotland."
Download report.
WWW: www.sac.ac.uk
Source: Italian National Rural Network.
In the last few decades, the role of forest has become more and more important in a perspective of socio-economical development of rural and mountain areas and within the environmental protection strategies.
The power points, the texts and the related materials that were presented at the congress Present and future role of forest resources in the socio-economic development of rural areas, Rome, 23rd-24th June 2011, can be found at: RomaForest2011 Congress Proceedings
WWW: www.reterurale.it/romaforest2011
Source: European Countryside.
"Globalization remains in the popular imagination most commonly associated with urban centres, and particularly with the concept of the 'global city'. (...) In contrast, the dynamics of globalization as worked through rural localities has been comparatively under-researched."
"The papers in this double special issue of European Countryside (Volume 3, Issue 3 and Volume 4, Issue 1), in contrast, adopt a relational perspective to the analysis of globalization in a rural context."
Michael Woods & John McDonagh (2011). Rural Europe and the world: Globalization and rural development (Editorial). European Countryside,Volume 3, Number 3, p. 153-163.
WWW: http://versita.metapress.com
Source: Finnish Society for Rural Research and Finnish National Rural Network.
21-23 May 2012, Finland. A number of social challenges and policy issues are confronting Nordic rural areas. The shifting flows and paths of global change, climate change mitigation and adaptation as well as environmental changes, create diverse challenges and opportunities for social and economic transformations in the Nordic setting.
The theme of the second Nordic Rural Research conference is "Rural at the Edge". All researchers and developers with an interest in the Nordic rural areas as an empirical field are welcomed to discuss their ongoing research and projects with key scholars from the region.
The conference will be held in Joensuu 21st – 23rd of May 2012.
Programme, Keynotes, Working groups, Registration.
WWW: www.mua.fi/inenglish
Source: Studies in Agricultural Economics.
The invited articles published in this issue of Studies in Agricultural Economics address the important theme of ‘The Role of Cohesion Policy in Rural Development’. All were first presented at the conference entitled ‘What Future for Cohesion Policy? – An Academic and Policy Debate’ held on 16-18 March 2011 in Bled, Slovenia.
Access all articles.
List of articles.
Andrew F. Fieldsend (ed.) (2011)
Extra pages
Andrew K. Copus, Mark Shucksmith, Thomas Dax, David Meredith (2011)
Cohesion Policy for rural areas after 2013
Robert Knippschild (2011)
With 'Regional Territorial Agendas' towards territorial cohesion?
Christos Ladias, Nikolas Hasanagas, Eleni Papadopoulou (2011)
Conceptualising 'macro-regions': Viewpoints and tools beyond NUTS classification
Andrew F. Fieldsend (2011)
Rural Europe 2+2+: A conceptual framework for a rural employment policy
Fekó Adrienn, Sass Magdolna, Nagy Gábor (2011)
The role of broadband developments financed from EU Structural Funds in the enhancement of regional cohesion in the NMS-10
Małgorzata Michalewska-Pawlak (2011)
Rural areas development as a field of intervention of the European Union Cohesion Policy after 2013
Elisa Montresor, Francesco Pecci, Nicola Pontarollo (2011)
The convergence process of the European regions: the role of Regional Policy and the Common Agricultural Policy
WWW: www.aki.gov.hu
Le texte en français suit l’anglais.
Source: Notre Europe.
In this Policy Brief edited by Notre Europe, Francesco Mantino analyses the European Commission proposal for the CAP’s second pillar.
"According to him this reform is a compromise between innovation and conservatism that will modify the policy’s definition and financing. Among the main changes he stresses the enhancement of the strategic planning in the objectives of rural development (Europe 2020 Strategy), the implementation of a new institutional framework promoting a stronger coordination of national and regional levels (the so called “Common Strategic Framework” or “Partnership Contract” at national level) and the strengthening of environmental objectives. However he underlines that the introduction of an objective of farm income stabilization in the CAP’s second pillar will increase the complexity of rural development planning, adding short terms objectives to a policy driven by long term ones until now."
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About the author and related documents.
WWW: www.notre-europe.eu
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Dans ce Bref de Notre Europe, Francesco Mantino analyse la réforme du second pilier de la PAC proposée par la Commission. Pour lui, elle découle d’un compromis entre l’innovation et le conservatisme qui affectera la définition de la politique et le financement de cette dernière.
Parmi les principaux changements, il note le renforcement de la dimension stratégique dans les objectifs du développement rural (Stratégie Europe 2020), la mise en place d’un nouveau cadre institutionnel incitant les Etats et les régions à davantage de coordination (appelé « cadre stratégique commun » ou « contrat de partenariat » à l’échelle nationale) et le renforcement des objectifs environnementaux. Il souligne néanmoins que l’introduction d’un objectif de stabilisation du revenu agricole dans le second pilier de la PAC devrait complexifier la programmation en incluant des objectifs de court terme dans une politique jusqu’ici organisée autour du long terme.
Document à télécharger.
L'auteur / En vue.
WWW: www.notre-europe.eu
Source: DERREG.
A series of short films about the DERREG case study regions are now available to view on YouTube. The films depict good practice examples of initiatives which are engaging with the opportunities and challenges presented by globalisation in Europe's rural regions.
The films were produced by 3 film studies graduates from Aberystwyth University: Jordan Renshaw, Akvile Vzesniauskaite and Alex Hughes.
Watch videos on derregfilms's channel.
WWW: www.derreg.eu
Source: Nordregio.
"Much of rural Europe is steadily shifting away from our twentieth century conceptions. However, rural policy has been slow to adjust. There is an urgent need for a fresh approach, more attuned to contemporary realities and issues"
This report is based on findings from the EDORA (European Development Opportunities in Rural Areas) project. The overarching aim of EDORA was to examine the process of differentiation in rural areas, in order to better understand how EU, national and regional policy can enable these areas to build upon their specific potentials to achieve (in the words of the EU 2020 strategy) "smart, sustainable and inclusive growth." EDORA was a project funded under the ESPON 2013 programme. It began in September 2008 and was completed in March 2011. This project was coordinated by the University of the Highlands and Islands, supported by a large consortium representing twelve EU Member States.
Report
WWW: www.nordregio.se
Source: DERREG.
"Globalization is arguably the most prevalent force reshaping rural localities around the world today, and the most significant factor framing the challenge for rural development in regions from the Canadian prairies to the rolling downlands of England"
"This chapter develops an analysis of the differential engagement of rural regions with globalization, drawing on research conducted for a project funded by the European Commission’s Framework Programme 7, ‘Developing Europe’s Rural Regions in the Era of Globalization’ (DERREG)."
Michael Woods, 2011, Regions Engaging Globalization: A typology of regional
responses in rural Europe. Paper presented to the Anglo-American-Canadian Rural Geographers Quadrennial Conference, Manitoba, July 2011.
Read study.
WWW: www.derreg.eu
Source: Small Cities Imprint.
"This study compares how two small communities in rural settings tried to promote sustained economic development by capitalizing on local music festivals."
"Merritt, British Columbia, Canada, home to a large country music event, focused on place branding, marketing, and related entertainment initiatives. Hultsfred, Sweden, in contrast, used its iconic rock festival to create a year-round music industry cluster called RockCity."
The study argues that "the alternative strategies reflect fundamental differences in economic development policies and governance structures." It subsequently "question whether RockCity-like cluster initiatives are possible in the Canada without coordinated tools and programs for supporting cultural industries in small communities."
Read full study.
WWW: http://smallcities.tru.ca/
Source: Queen’s University Belfast.
"Rural support organisations have emerged since agricultural restructuring of the 1980s. The paper draws on research from the UK and Canada to suggest that the support in both countries is derived from a patrilineal culture that still dominates family farming."
"The paper begins by outlining a conceptual basis for arguing that such a culture can be understood as comprising of male and female relational gender identities capable of explaining farm relationships, farm survival and adjustment strategies and community engagement. These components, it is argued, are facets of the patrilineal farming culture which must be understood if its impacts on all its members are to be appropriately comprehended and supported."
Reed the full document.
WWW: http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/TheInstituteofSpatialandEnvironmentalPlanning/
Source: European Society for Rural Sociology.
Presentations and papers of the plenaries, XXIX Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology, are available online.
Presentations and papers for the plenaries
- Gianluca Brunori, download
- Timothy Lang, download
- Mark Shucksmith, download
- Mario Giampietro, download
- Kai Shafft, download
- Ildikó Asztalos Morell, download
- Max Spoor, download
- Dimitris Damianos, download
- George Stathakis, download
- Tassos Haniotis, download
- Dimitris Diakosavvas, download
- Elena Saraceno, download
- Jo Little, download
WWW: http://esrs2011.maich.gr
Source: ILVO/Ghent University.
The goal of the PhD winter school is to provide a forum for PhD students to present ongoing research in a collaborative environment and share ideas with other young researchers. Participants will be able to discuss their research ideas and results, and receive constructive feedback from their peers as well as senior researchers in their respective research areas.
The general theme for this second edition is “Rural development in peri-urban areas”.
The PhD winter school will take place in February 2012 in Leuven, Belgium. All necessary information can be found on our website:
http://www.ilvo.vlaanderen.be/phdwinterschool
WWW: www.ilvo.vlaanderen.be
Source: DERREG.
This policy brief reports on emerging findings and policy recommendations from the Framework Programme 7 project DERREG, coordinated by Aberystwyth University with partners from 8 countries.
"Policy Recommendations:
- Rural regions should aim to promote eco-economy activities that can tap into international markets using environmental resources and sustainably sourced materials to develop industries such as viticulture, craft production, sustainable forestry and eco-tourism.
- Regional development should emphasize helping rural businesses to develop international networks rather than attracting inward investment. Support actions should include ‘network brokering’ to help SMEs develop networks, and working to increase the availability of financial capital for international expansion.
- Public authorities should promote the positive benefits of international migration to rural regions, and develop initiatives to support integration. Regions should seek to use the skills, expertise and connections of international migrants in economic development.
- Regional government, civil society groups and universities should work together to promote regional learning to identify opportunities and develop responses. Public policy can support regional learning by funding collaborative initiatives and providing physical infrastructure such as spaces for discussion and advice."
Read full Policy Brief..
Read Key Findings and Policy Recommendations.
WWW: www.derreg.eu
Source: European Network for Rural Development.
The importance of Information Communications Technology (ICT) to the development of rural areas in Europe was the focus of an EN RD seminar held in Brussels, on 10 February, 2011. The event provided a platform for discussing the implementation of ICT policies in rural areas and how this has been implemented in different Member States.
"Exchanging information and presenting examples of different types of RDP activity that have received EU co-finance from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) is an important aspect of the EN RD’s work.
The recently published (EAFRD) Projects Brochure highlights a diverse range of innovative ICT projects from across the EU. All of the projects featured in the brochure have been submitted by NRNs as interesting rural development initiatives and useful contributions to building the ‘knowledge society’ in rural areas."
Projects Brochure.
View all presentations. (Follow this link, then click on "Documentation")
WWW: http://enrd.ec.europa.eu
Source: OECD.
"Rural England plays a significant role in the economy of the United Kingdom, but an even larger social and cultural role. And it is unique among OECD regions, in that it is geographically compact, with rural inhabitants generally no more than a half hour’s drive from an urban area."
"There is thus a vast amount of interaction between rural and urban populations in England.
England’s rural population is, on average, doing better than the urban population across a broad range of socio-economic indicators. Nevertheless, rural England is also struggling with pockets of poverty and social exclusion, difficulties in maintaining access to high quality public services, an ageing population, and, most importantly, a widespread shortage of affordable housing.
The government has adopted mainstreaming as its rural policy strategy. The objective of mainstreaming is to ensure that people in rural England have access to the same policies and programmes as those available in urban England. While mainstreaming is an attractive policy approach, especially in a country with strong rural-urban interactions such as England, it has proved challenging to implement. This report examines the mainstreaming policy response as applied to rural England and suggests ways to increase its effectiveness."
Key facts / Key policy issues / Key recommendations.
Find full list of Rural Policy Reviews at publications on rural development.
WWW: www.oecd.org/gov/ruraldevelopment
