Only a month after its foundation , the Network for Rural Development in Bosnia and Herzegovina ( BiH MRR ) in its effort to connect with other similar organizations has become a member of one of the most important organizations in Europe to promote and implement the LEADER approach to rural development. At the regular session of the Assembly of the European LEADER Association for Rural Development ( ELARD ) , held on 29 May in Brussels , MRR BiH unanimously accepted into membership of the European umbrella network.
By becoming a member of ELARD , the MRR BiH will achieve multiple benefits of the importance of sustainable rural development in BiH . Membership in ELARD will allow BiH MRR to:
– Improve the understanding , promotion and implementation of the LEADER approach ;
– Achieve support innovative rural development projects ;
– Exchange of experience and knowledge with a wide range of organizations and LAGs across the EU ;
– Protects the interests and needs of the rural population from the EU institutions ;
– Bind with other networks and institutions that work in accordance with the principles of sustainable rural development ;
– Organize events between organizations and local action groups at the EU level ;
– Finds suitable partners for EU projects , both for the MRR of Bosnia and Herzegovina , as well as for its members ;
– Uses a database of innovative projects that have been implemented in the EU , with the aim of finding a model of development that can be applied in Bosnia and Herzegovina ;
– Timely received all the information and support regarding all relevant issues in the field of rural development at the EU level.
ELARD was founded in Belgium in 1999 as an international non-profit organization , part of the national LEADER networks and Local Action Groups ( LAGs ) from France , Greece, Ireland , Italy and Spain . Currently has members from 22 countries , mostly members of the European Union . More than 1070 Local Action Groups involved in the work of ELARD , either through their national or regional networks or as an independent members . ELARD is continuously working to expand its membership , particularly among the new EU member states and countries in pre-accession phase , in order to create a diverse cultural and national united front with the goal of sustainability and the development of rural Europe .
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