UK NRN Activity

Find out what we have been doing since being set up in 2008 by viewing the items in the "Past Activites" column below. The "Upcoming Activities" column shows what we will be involved with in the coming months.

The Action Plan for 2009-2010 sets out the activity of the UK NRN.

Upcoming activities

EU- Rural Cooperation Fair

(23 Sep 2010) The EU – Rural Cooperation Fair is being organised by the Scottish NRN in partnership with the European Network for Rural Development (ENRD) from 23 to 24 September 2010. The event will be held in Edinburgh at the Murrayfield International Rugby Stadium.

10th National Rural Networks meeting

(24 Sep 2010) The 10th National Rural Networks meeting takes place on 24th September 2010 in Edinburgh.

Seminar "Ensuring Good management of Rural Development programmes 2007-2013"

(28 Sep 2011) The Rural Development programmes (RDPs) for the current 2007-2013 period have now been implemented for 3 years. In view of that and considering the good experience of the first seminar in 2007, the European Commission's Agriculture and Rural Development Directorate-general is organising in September 2010 a second seminar on "Ensuring good management of Rural Development Programmes 2007-2013.

Past activities

UK NRN Steering Group Meeting

( 9 Jun 2010) The UK NRN Steering Group face-to-face meeting took place on 9-10 June in Cardiff.

4th Meeting of the Coordination Committee

( 7 Jun 2010) The Rural Network for Northern Ireland represented the UK National Rural Network at the Fourth Meeting of the Coordination Committee which took place on Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th of June 2010.

4th Meeting of the Leader Subcommittee

(20 May 2010) The fourth meeting of the Leader subcommittee took place on Thursday 20 May 2010.

Additional meeting of the EN RD Co-ordination Committee

(14 Apr 2010) An additional meeting of the EN RD Co-ordination Committee will take place on 14th April 2010 in Brussels.

8th National Rural Network Meeting

(25 Mar 2010) The 8th National Rural Network meeting takes place on 25 March 2010 - 26 March 2010.

Connecting Policy to Practice: UK Rural Development Networking Conference

(10 Mar 2010) The UK National Rural Network held its first rural development networking conference, hosted by the Rural Network for Northern Ireland, in the Holiday Inn, Belfast on Wednesday 10th & Thursday 11th March 2010.

7th National Rural Network Meeting

(10 Dec 2009) The 7th National Rural Network Meeting takes place on 10 December 2009 in Brussels.

ENRD Co-ordination Committee

( 9 Dec 2009) The next ENRD Co-ordination committee takes place on 9th December 2009.

UK National Rural Network Steering Group Meeting

( 4 Dec 2009) The four countries that form the UK National Rural Network are meeting this Friday in Edinburgh.

Leader sub-committee

(25 Nov 2009) The next Leader sub-committee takes place on the 25 November 2009.

Carnegie Trust Rural Convention

(23 Nov 2009) Rebecca Frost of the UK National Rural Network will be speaking at the Carnegie Trust Rural Convention.

Meeting of the UK NRN Steering Group

( 7 Jul 2009) The UK NRN Steering Group will meet together in Birmingham on 7 July 2009.

5th meeting of the EN RD

( 8 Jun 2009) Nia Griffiths of the Wales Rural Network and John Allsopp of Defra represented the UK NRN at the 5th meeting of the EN RD in Seville on 8 June 2009.

Coordination Committee - 2nd meeting

(19 May 2009)

4th meeting of the EN RD

(29 Apr 2009)

Leader subcommittee - 2nd meeting

(28 Apr 2009)

3rd meeting of the EN RD

( 1 Apr 2009)

Capacity Building seminar for National Networks

(30 Mar 2009)

2nd meeting of the EN RD

(13 Feb 2009)

1st meeting of the EN RD

(27 Nov 2008)

Leader subcommittee - 1st meeting

(26 Nov 2008)

Coordination Committee - 1st meeting

( 1 Oct 2008)

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