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European Rural Community Alliance

Acronym: ERCA

General Information

Identification Code: 284772026043-53
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Entity Form: Voluntary organisation registered in Sweden, Reg no. nr 802448-8713
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 2/22/2017
Last Update: 6/11/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: ERCA is a non-profit and non-govermental organisation and network, at European, national and regional levels, that implement integrated cross-sectorial, place-based and local rural development. The objectives of ERCA are - To promote integrated, cross-sectorial, placed based and local rural development at the European level - To enable informed debate on the future of rural areas and rural development - To built on the collective strengths of the national and regional rural movements and empower them at regional, national and international levels and to support the formation of rural movements where they do not exist
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
  • Agriculture and rural development
  • Business and industry
  • Climate action
  • Culture
  • Digital economy and society
  • Employment and social affairs
  • Energy
  • Enlargement
  • Environment
  • European neighbourhood policy
  • Institutional affairs
  • International co-operation and development
  • Maritime affairs and fisheries
  • Regional policy
  • Research and innovation
  • Trans-European Networks
  • Youth
Levels of Interest:
  • national
  • sub-national
  • european

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: ERCA is following the CAP and with priority of the Rural Developments strategies on national and European level ERCA has a seat in the CAP Network Assembly ERCA has a seat in the Civil Dialogue Group on the CAP Strategic Plans and Horizontal Matters ERCA has a seat on the Civil Dialogue Group on Environment and Climate Change ERCA has a seat in the Permanent Sub-Group on LEADER and Community Led Local Development ERCA had seats in the ENRD Rural Revitalization and Rural Proofing Groups ERCA has a seat in the DG Agri LTVRA Coordination Group of the Rural Pact
Communication Activities: ERCA initiated and is one of three organizations that every two years organizes the forum "European Rural Parliament" ERP, which brings together 300-400 participants from about 40 European countries, pan-European rural networks and European Union institutions. The participants agree a Manifesto and Declaration on the policy for rural development that is sent / presented to the EU institutions. The 5th ERP was held in Sept 2022 in Kielce, Poland. In January 2023 ERCA met with representatives from the Cabinet of Ms Ylva Johansson - Home Affairs, Cabinet of Ms Elisa Ferreira - Cohesion and Reforms, Cabinet of Ms vice-president Dubravka Suica - Democracy and Demography, Cabinet of Mr Janusz Wojciechowski - Agriculture, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI), NAT-section of the Committee of Regions, Swedish permanent Representation, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), EU CAP network, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, RUMRA and smart villages intergroup from the European Parliament, to present and discuss the conclusions from the 2022 ERP Manifesto and Declaration. Both DG Agri and DG Regio as well as ENRD, EESC and CoR have always participated in the ERP. In May 2021 ERCA participated in organising a partnership event with EESC on a holistic strategy on sustainable and equitable rural/urban development. In Oct 2021 we held our online Mid-Term Event, with participants from 40 countries and the EU Institutions. A further Mid-Term Event will be organised in Brussels in 2024. All reports from ERP events are on the ERP website: www.europeanruralparliament.com ERCA is involved with the ongoing work on the LTVRA, including in the groups on Rural Revitalization, Rural Proofing and Rural Pact. ERCA was represented in the EU MAP in the SHERPA Horizon Project and is a partner in the FUTURAL Horizon Project.
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Civil Dialogue Group (CDG) on Environment and Climate Change#E03883#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3883 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyCivil Dialogue Group (CDG) on the CAP Strategic Plans and Horizontal Matters#E03877#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3877 #MEMBER #C#Civil society
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: Rural, mountainous and remote areas (RUMRA) and smart villages

Head Office

Address: Stortorget 7, 2 trSE-111 29 Stockholm
Post Code: 111 29
City: Stockholm
Country: SWEDEN
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EU Office

Address: WoodsideBalblair
Post Code: IV78LP
City: by Dingwall
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
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Financial Data

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Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 4
Members25 Percent: 2
Members50 Percent: 1
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 7
Members F T E: 1.399999976158142
Info Members: 10 persons are actively working volunteering to support the work of ERCA from within our member organisations. ERCA has 14 members organisations on national level. Each of these organisations has many organisations, groups and individuals at regional and local levels as members. ERCA has a wide and deep reach and connections into rural European civil society.

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: ERCA currently has 15 members organisations: Hela Sverige ska leva - Sweden - www.helasverige.se Suomen Kyl'ttoiminta ry SYTY - Finland - https://suomenkylat.fi/ Scottish Rural Action - Scotland - https://www.sra.scot Landelijke Vereniging voor Kleine Kernen, LVKK - Netherlands - www.lvkk-nl Brandenburg 21 e.V - Germany Irish Rural Link - Ireland - https://www.irishrurallink.ie/ Northern Ireland Rural Community Network - N. Ireland - https://www.ruralcommunitynetwork.org/ Landsdistrikternas Fellesraad - Denmark - https://www.landdistrikterne.dk/ Action with Communities in Rural England ACRE - https://www.acre.org.uk Lithuanian Rural Communities Union - Lithuania - https://www.lkbs.lt/ Vlaamse Vereniging Dorpsbelangen - Belgium - https://www.dorpsbelangen.be/ All-Ukrainian Association of Communities - Ukraine - https://communities.org.ua/ ANIMAR - Portuguese Association for Local Development - Portugal - Associação Portuguesa para o Desenvolvimento Local - https://www.animar-dl.pt/ and 1 Associate Member: Arsyllfa_Rural Observatory - Wales - https://www.arsyllfa.cymru/
Organisation Members: ERCA does not belong to any other organisations, however we have close working co/operation with other networks and organisations for rural development and are Co-initiators of the European Rural Parliament ERP, along with ELARD and PREPARE. The ERP is a network of 66 independent national rural organisations in 40 European countries and 7 pan-European networks