EU Rural Review | Number 19 (2015)

Improving Stakeholder Involvement

Summary:

This edition of the ENRD’s EU Rural Review considers why increasing and improving stakeholder involvement in rural development policy is so important and some of the ways in which stakeholder involvement can be enhanced and supported in practice. It pays particular attention to where rural policy networks can add value in this context.

Contents:

• Foreword
• Stakeholder involvement in rural development policy - an overview
• Engaging farmers and land managers in rural development policy
• Stakeholder involvement to achieve the sustainable management of natural resources and climate action
• Intelligent, inclusive and sustainable territorial development
• The added value of the 'formal' stakeholder consultation process
• Using communication to inform and engage
• Making networking a powerful tool for involving stakeholders in rural policy

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