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The Village Movement In Europe Starting in the 1970s in the north of Scandinavia, national rural movements have since been formed in 12 European countries, and the process of formation is continuing. The movements are rooted in the need to safeguard our rural communities and heritage against the tides of centralisation and urbanisation. They aim to empower the thousands of rural communities in each country to address their own development and to lobby for the policy changes needed to safeguard their future. These are civil movements, uniting the many villages and organisations working for rural development. The reports, written by Vanessa Halhead, are the outcome of a research visit, undertaken between August and November 2003, enabled by the award of a Fellowship from the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. Click on the titles below to download pdf versions of the following reports: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WEBLINKS TO VILLAGE MOVEMENTS IN EUROPE Scandinavia Sweden Denmark Web-site: www.landdistrikterne.dk Iceland Norway The Nordic Network – Hela Norden ska Leva (HNSL) Western Europe Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE) Central and Eastern Europe Hungary Slovakia Slovenia
The PREPARE Network Web-site: www.PREPAREnetwork.org The PREPARE Network has arisen from the PREPARE Programme, set up in 1999 to strengthen civil society and to promote multi-national exchange in rural development in the 10 Pre-Accession countries. The Programme has been active in facilitating the development of the more recent rural movements in Eastern Europe. The PREPARE Network formed in 2003 as a forum for exchange on rural development and supports the development and networking of rural movements.
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