What a weekend! Youth delegates from 18 countries gathered in the beautiful village of Starý Poddvorov, Czechia, to kick off the 2025 Charter season. They shared inspiring workshops on green innovation, visited a tea factory and power plant, played creative games at Farmagedon, and experienced the stunning South Moravian landscape—plus its incredible food and wine! A huge…
In the last week of February, as part of the now-traditional visit to twin towns and municipalities organised by the Friends of Europe Tisno Association and the Municipality of Tisno, a delegation of 16 students, accompanied by their teachers, a well as two kindergarten teachers spent amazing five days in Nagycenk, Hungary with the entire…
On Saturday, the 25th of January, the members of Friends of Europe of Cissé held their 31st general assembly meeting and welcomed Leona, Adina and Saša, from Starý Poddvorov who gave the attendees an insightful presentation of their country and village. The evening was filled with fun, including a lively quiz with 80 participants, followed by…
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…