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Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25 Fte (8)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
5
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European LEADER Association for Rural Development (ELARD)
EU Transparency Register
804035413477-13 First registered on 17 Apr 2014
Goals / Remit
The European LEADER Association for Rural Development (ELARD) is an international non-profit making association (aisbl) set up to improve the quality of life in rural areas and to maintain their population through sustainable, integrated local development.
In doing so ELARD campaigns to spread the philosophy of the LEADER method both at a local grassroots and at an institutional level.
ELARD is currently working on expanding its membership base even further, especially among the new Member States and the pre-accession countries in an effort to create a culturally and nationally diverse front united by the common goal of a sustainable and viable rural Europe. The association is committed to involving all stakeholders in local rural development.
ELARD supports its members directly in their efforts to carry out innovative work in the field of rural development and to network with each other in order to cooperate and disseminate good LEADER practices and know-how from one territory to another.
In addition, ELARD represent the interests and needs of its members in front of other international, European, and national institutions. It is recognised by the DG Agriculture and Rural Development as the European Association representing the Local Action Groups at European level and has been admitted to the European Network for Rural Development (ENRD), in its Governance Bodies.
The association works actively to make the LEADER approach better known among the European decision-makers in order to maintain its position as an essential part of the European Rural Development Policy.
The specific aims of ELARD are:
To encourage solidarity amongst the citizens of rural areas within the European Union, particularly in those that implement the LEADER programme;
To promote the philosophy, principles and reach of the LEADER programme;
To support the partners/members in their efforts to carry out innovatory actions in the field of rural development;
To serve as a forum for the NGO rural groups and organisations that wish to exchange their views and experiences on rural development and the future of rural areas in Europe;
To defend the interests and needs of its members in front of other European and national institutions;
To serve as a link with similar networks and institutions that work towards an integrated rural development;
To organise meetings between different Local Action Groups (LAGs) at European level;
To encourage initiatives that will lead to cooperation;
To help associated Groups that may be interested in finding partners for their cooperation projects;
To divulge experiences from the associated Groups;
To create a database of innovative projects previously carried out, so that they can be used as a reference for the rest of partners;Main EU files targeted
Agriculture, rural development policy, regional development policy, particularly LEADER approach and Community-led Local Development (CLLD)
Address
Head Office
Boulevard Edmond Machtens 79/22
Brussels 1080
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People
Total lobbyists declared
8
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 7 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Marion Eckardt (President)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Marion Eckardt (President)
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
78,393 € (Source: European Commision)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
CDG Rural Development#E03201 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3201 #Member #C#Structured Dialogue with European Structural and Investment Funds' partners group of experts#E03226 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3226 #Member #C#Rural Network's Assembly#E03277 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3277 #Member #C#Leader and Community-Led Local Development#Rural Network's Steering Group#E03278 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3278 #Member #C
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Workshop “Community-led Local Development (CLLD) – How s it work?”, organised inthe 14th European Week of Regions and Cities 2016, Brussels
Tartu Conference 2016, organized in Tartu, Estonia (November 2016) with 140 participants from 25 European Countries;
SPARCE - Strengthening Participation Among Rural Citizens in Europe 2016-2017, Suported by the Europe for Citizen program - Including the 3rd Europena Rural Parliamnet in Venhorst with 280 participants from 40 different European countries,
Workshop Communities as change agents: Local development in the EU beyond 2020 (https://cor.europa.eu/EURegionsWeek2017/Pages/10B39-636435138366615589.aspx), co-organized with LDNet and others in the 15th European Week of Regions and Cities 2017, Brussels
ELARD Surveys on LEADER/CLLD: ELARD survey: Integrated rural development and LEADER/CLLD, 2017; ELARD short survey on CLLD multi-funds implementation, 2017
Strenghtening Rural Development Models in Georgia – in partnership with Mercy Corps, supported by ENPARD program; October 2017 – October 2019;
Memorandum of Understanding with China Association for International Exchange of Personnel in order to cooperate in the area of rural vitalization, poverty alleviation and coordinated development ot urban and rural areas in compliance with the LEADER methodology (signed in March 2018).
ROAD - Rural Opinions, Advocacy and Development 2018-2019, supported by the Europe for Citizen program, to activate rural inhabitants to find new solutions in cooperation with research for more evidence-based results.
LEADER RELOADED Conference event, co-organized with Minha Terra Network, in Évora, Portugal (September 2018) with 300 participants from 26 different countries https://leaderconference.minhaterra.pt/
Workshop Local development strategies: retaining and attracting talents in the regions (https://europa.eu/regions-and-cities/programme/sessions/143_en), co-organized with LDNet and other in the 16th European Week of Regions and Cities 2018, Brussels
EESC/ERP joint conference “Making rural areas the engines of a sustainable Europe” – 14 March, Brussels
European Parliament Conference “LEADERS Developing Local Communities – LEADER’s Place in CAP, Achievements and Prospects Post 2020” – 11th April, Brussels
LEADER/CLLD Seminar at LINC Conference – 12th September, Pärnu, Estonia
Participation in the elaboration of the Opinion “The CoR's contribution to the renewed Territorial Agenda, with special emphasis on community-led local development” – June to September (Committee of the Regions)
Workshop co-organised with LDnet on capitalising on diversity in local development at the European Week of Regions and Cities 2019 (EWRC) – 7th to 10th October, Brussels
European Rural Parliament (ERP) 2019, co-organized with PREPARE, ERCA and READER networks in Candás, Asturias, Spain (November 2019) with 335 participants from 38 countries. https://erp2019.eu/
LEADER/CLLD Conference 2019 co-organized with Minha Terra Network, in Amarante, Portugal (November 2019) with 120 participants from 17 different countries https://leaderconference2019.minhaterra.pt/
ELARD also produced the booklet "A LEADER Journey through rural Europe - National LAG Networks revealing the diversity of LEADER implementation" that presents the different members, as well as examples of good LEADER practices and conceptions.Other activities
- Participation in EU institutions events.
- Official meetings with EU officials and MEPs
- Close collaboration with EU bodies such as DG AGRI's European Network for Rural Development (ENRD).
Meetings
Meetings
5 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 18 Jan 2023 Location Brussels Subject Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas CAP Objective: Generational Renewal Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
- Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner)
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Date 18 Jan 2023 Location Brussels Subject Meeting on 5th European Rural Parliament Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica Portfolio Democracy and Demography Attending - Toma Sutic (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Nov 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Long term vision for rural areas Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica Portfolio Democracy and Demography Attending - Dubravka Šuica (Vice-President)
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Date 19 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject Role of Leader Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Peter Wehrheim (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject the role of LEADER and CLLD in the integrated and sustainable development of rural, coastal and urban areas Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Robert Schröder (Cabinet member)