SHERPA Conference 2022: Make it happen! Implementing the rural vision

The second SHERPA Annual Conference: Make it happen! Implementing the rural vision, took place online during the afternoon of 31 January 2022 and the morning of 1 February 2022.

The conference built on the last edition, which was dedicated to the preparation of the EU Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas. Furthermore, it focused on the work undertaken by the SHERPA Multi-Actor Platforms (MAPs) during 2021, on three relevant topics for the implementation of the rural vision:

• Alternative rural futures (foresight exercise)
• Change in production and diversification of the rural economy
• Climate change and environmental sustainability

The event also provided the opportunity to highlight good practices identified in SHERPA and other Horizon 2020 projects.

BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS

Agenda

PRESENTATIONS

Day 1

Introduction to the event | Olivier Chartier (Ecorys)

LTVRA – where we are now and how can SHERPA contribute? | Alexia Rouby (DG AGRI, European Commission)

SHERPA’s strands of work in 2021 & contribution to the vision

• Taking stock of SHERPA’s work in 2021 | Elodie Salle (SHERPA Project Coordinator, Ecorys)
• Contribution to the local level | David Miller (James Hutton Institute)
• Contribution to the national level | Doris Letina (MAP SVARUN, Slovenia)
• Contribution to the EU level | Eleftherios Stavropoulos (DG REGIO, European Commission)

Stakeholder perspectives on how to implement the rural long-term vision | DISCUSSION GROUPS

Desirable futures & pathways

Climate change mitigation & adaptation

• Nicoleta Darra (MAP South Aegean, Greece; Agricultural University of Athens)
• Gerald Schwarz (UNISECO – H2020)

Environmental services

• Emilia Pellegrini (MAP Emilia-Romagna, Italy; University of Bologna)
• Davide Viaggi (CONSOLE – H2020)

Digitalisation & smart communities

• Mats Stjernberg & Michael Kull (MAP Suomi, Finland; Nordregio/LUKE)
• Elena Favilli (DESIRA – H2020)

Farm diversification and food chains

• Monica Tudor (MAP Rural Transylvania, Romania; Institute of Agricultural Economics)
• Sherman Farhad (MOVING – H2020)

Bioeconomy & sustainable management of resources

• Pawel Chmielinski (MAP Zielone Sąsiedztwo, Poland; European Rural Development Network)
• Holger Gerdes (BE-RURAL – H2020)

DAY 2 | The role of Science-Society-Policy interface in rural policy-making
Contribution to the local level

• Barbara Soriano (MAP Aragon, Spain; CEIGRAM)
• Marianne Groot (MAP Greenport Gelderland, Netherlands; WUR)

Contribution to the regional level

• David Miller (MAP Rural Scotland, UK; James Hutton Institute)
• Gerald Schwarz (MAP Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; Thünen Institute)
• Pedro Santos (MAP Alqueva, Portugal; CONSULAI)

Contribution to the national Level

• Victoria Vasary (MAP AKIS, Hungary; Institute of Agricultural Economics)
• Marie Trantinova (MAP Venus, Czechia; Institute of Agricultural Economics)

Contribution to the EU level

• Dominique Barjolle (EU MAP; ETH Zurich)
• Samuel Feret (MAP PACA Sud, France; CIHEAM-IAMM)

Role of rural interfaces in the next phase of the LTVRA

• Živilė Gedminaitė (MAP CBioLit, Lithuania; Institute of Agrarian Economics)
• Beatriz Guimarey (MAP Galicia, Spain; University of Santiago)

Sustainability of rural interfaces

• Bozhidar Ivanov (MAP Bulgaria; Institute of Agricultural Economics)
• Marta Mendes (MAP Centro, Portugal; CONSULAI)