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Who is involved?

The ERP has Partners in 40 European countries and 7 European-wide civil society organisations, working to support their rural areas.

ERP Partners

The European Rural Parliament is co-initiated by three pan-European networks:

European Rural Community Alliance (ERCA)
PREPARE Partnership for Rural Europe
European LEADER Association for Rural Development (ELARD)

The ERP Steering Group

The ERP Steering Group comprises three representatives of each of the three co-initiating Partners. It is responsible for the strategic planning and oversight of the ERP. Current Steering Group members are:

European Rural Community Alliance (ERCA)

Tom Jones
Vanessa Halhead
Reena Laukkanen Abbey

ERCA

European Leader Association for Rural Development (ELARD)

Piotr Sadlocha
Goran Šoster
Anita Selicka

ELARD

Partnership for Rural Europe (PREPARE)

Kim Smedslund
Miodrag Matavulj
Monika Slaninova

PREPARE

About the ERP

A man speaks at a podium on a stage with a sign that says European Rural Parliament, Kielce, Poland. Three people sit on red chairs nearby. The stage is decorated with pumpkins and hay bales, and green lighting creates an atmospheric effect.

Five young people stand in a brightly lit indoor space, casually dressed with lanyards, smiling as if at an event like the Scottish Rural Islands Parliament. Other attendees and a wooden structure are blurred in the background.

Three people standing and smiling in front of a sign for the European Rural Parliament 2022 in Kielce, Poland. The sign is at an exhibition and congress center, embodying the spirit of connection thats central to our About Us ethos. A clear sky and urban surroundings complete the scene.