In late spring 2012, the European rural networks convened in Ähtäri, Central Finland, to discuss the targets for rural network cooperation in the upcoming EU programming period 2014–2020. Results achieved in the current period 2007–2013 were also scrutinised.
Read more »Rural.fi is a website for rural Finland, set up as part of the Rural Development Programme for Mainland Finland to serve as a portal for rural issues.
The site features key figures and organisations working in rural development. It also provides an insight into rural development in Europe’s most northerly agricultural country, by looking at life in Finland’s vibrant and beautiful rural regions.
Rural at the Edge – the 2nd Nordic conference for rural research
21st to 23rd of May 2012, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu
Locally produced food; what are we exactly talking about? -seminar
4th to 6th of July 2012, Oripää (South-West Finland, near Turku)
The story of Lapland-based company Mieland started with a joke, which grew into a humorous philosophy. The firm’s young designers make products that are amusing and long lasting. Lapland provided them with the inspiration for their idea.
Joint seminar of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region and the Rural Development Programmes was held in Helsinki 28-29 September 2011. The objective of the seminar was to find synergies and value added on cooperation between the EUSBSR and the Rural Development Programmes.
