The European Rural Parliament (ERP) is happy to announce that it has secured the funding it needs to launch the next phase of its campaign, which will lead to the third European Rural Parliament in October 2017.

The € 150 000 grant from the Europe for Citizens programme will support the campaign’s efforts to ‘Strengthen Participation Among Rural People in Europe’ (SPARCE). The ERP 2016-17 Action Programme will be structured around six key themes from the European Rural Manifesto:

• Communal action to sustain rural services
• Enabling young people to find a good life in the countryside
• Welcoming immigrants and refugees into rural areas
• Enlisting the participation, and meeting the needs, of socially excluded citizens
• Strengthening rural economies
• Integrated rural development.

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