From 19th to 22nd September, we gathered in Desborough, United Kingdom, to celebrate an incredible milestone – 35 years of our network, and 35 years of our friendship. Back in 1989, a group of mayors dared to dream of a Europe without borders. This dream became the Charter of European Rural Communities – a symbol…
All roads did not lead us to Rome this July but to Nagycenk which welcomed delegates from almost all of our member communities for this year’s annual meeting. Both the youth and adults took part in interesting workshop sessions and activities prepared by the local organizing team to familiarise them with the host municipality. While the…
With fond memories fresh in our minds, let's reminisce about the vibrant youth meeting held in Cissé during the last weekend of April.
Young participants representing 18 Charter municipalities gathered in the cradle of our network for the first meeting this year. The event kicked off with an engaging French pub quiz on Thursday evening,…
The Charter of European Rural Communities is searching for a new member of the Youth Co-ordination team to join the current members – Adrija Kindzule (Latvia) and Joshua Henning (Germany). WHAT IS YCT? The Youth Co-ordination Team is the body within the Charter that presides over all the activities aimed at youngsters, and it is…
Last weekend a Presidium meeting took place in Nagycenk, Hungary. It was the first time since the elections that all the elected members took part in person. During the meeting a number of important topics were discussed, which you will soon be able to learn more about in the upcoming Newsletter and posts on our…
Besides the new leader of our network, last weekend the representatives of our member communities elected the new Presidium as well. Together with Zsuzsanna as the President and Martine Garniere who was appointed to the permanent French seat by her municipality of Cissé, the new Presidium consists of three old Presidium members – Eucharist Camilleri, Tomáš Kuchar and Joachim Krüger, and…
For the first time in 34 years of its existence, the Charter is in the hands of a woman. During this year’s Mayors meeting held last Sunday in Ibănești, Romania, the official representatives of our member communities appointed Zsuzsanna Lukács as the new president. As one of the most familiar faces of Nagycenk, Hungary, Zsuzsanna has paved her way…
Dear friends, Time flies when you’re having fun, and that’s exactly why it seems like only yesterday when I was elected president of our beautiful network. Nevertheless, this is the last message as President of the Charter of European Rural Communities. After five years serving as your president, I will officially hand over the chairmanship by…
Last weekend, eleven young representatives from our Croatian, French, German, Luxembourgish and Maltese member communities took part in 2023 edition of European Youth Event in European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. They joined over 10 000 other young people in the fifth edition of the event that organised activities offering opportunities to discuss about important topics…
The penultimate reFORM meeting took place in Tisno last weekend. Similar to earlier meetings, participants once again got the opportunity to take part in project activities that included debates, discussions and lectures on EU-related topics. Following the storytelling on Croatian Homeland War, and inauguration of ”Free Little EU Library” filled with books brought by participants,…
The past couple of days, a humanitarian disaster has been unfolding in Europe. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has put a temporary end to decades of peace in today’s Europe. I am very concerned about the situation, that is developing at a rapid pace. Although our network is apolitical, I condemn, in the strongest possible…
Last week our friends from Cashel, Ireland welcomed us in their municipality for the first youth meeting of the LYCEUM project after two and a half years of hiatus. Upon the arrival on Thursday evening, youngsters gathered in Brosnans’ Pub for an entertaining table quiz and live music. The programme began on Friday morning with the introduction…