‘’Halmstad declaration for strong, connected, resilient and prosperous rural areas all over the European Union’’

Supporting a viable Europe through local democracy and participatory approaches in all rural areas and beyond WWW.ELARD.EU

On the 1-2 December 2021 the ELARD conference “LEADER 30 years celebration” was held in Halmstad, Sweden. At this conference, the 149 delegates from 22 European countries representing about 2000 LEADER Local Action Groups of Europe, rural networks, managing authorities, Committee of the Regions and the European Commission, met and discussed the Long Term Vision of Rural Areas and the future of LEADER/CLLD. The following conclusions were developed for the future or Europe:

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