Welcome to the Rural Parliament September 6th to 9th 2012.

The Swedish Rural Parliament will take place in Ronneby from September 6th to 9th 2012.

The Rural Parliament 2012 will pay special attention to the civil society and the role of local developers in rural areas. The theme of 2012 is: ”How do we build the country and who does the job?”

The main purpose of the Rural Parliament is to motivate and inspire participants to embark on new rural projects and develop the countryside even more than they do today.

How do we build the country and who does the job?

The Rural Parliament 2012 is about taking back the issue of local developers’ role and mission. A current question is the decline in the number of youths organising in rural areas, not least in the traditional popular movements. What happens with civil society if we fail to attract more young people to be part of local development?

You are important!

Rural Parliament is a conference that brings together rural developers, civil society actors and politicians, as well as authorities and researchers. We exchange experiences between countries, regions, municipalities, industrial areas and villages. We provide policy makers, researchers and government agencies with knowledge about issues that are important to us who are working and living in rural areas.

With 1000 dedicated people, we want to:

- Strengthen the local community and work on issues that are important to us in a local and global context.

- Influence policy in a sustainable direction for both city and country.

Download the invitation letter.

Programme and booking

Under ”English” in the main menu, you find the pages ”Programme”, ”Booking” and ”Visit Blekinge”.

For further information

If you have urgent questions during summer vacations 9th of July – 5th of August please send an email to landsbydsriksdagen2012@helasverige.se

Contact:

Ylva Lundkvist, international coordinator at ylva.lundkvist@helasverige.se or +46 70 2361216

or

Claes Becklin, project manager at claes.becklin@helasverige.se or +46 705658410

Welcome to Ronneby and Blekinge!