MOBILISING ASSETS IN RURAL AREAS
Natural resources and rural development
- A collaborative approach to creating value for a territory by Andres Moran, Public Affairs Manager, Antofagasta Mineral, Chile (PDF)
- From caretaker to enabler by Thom Stubbs, Headwater Group, Canada (PDF)
- Natural resources and rural development by Risto Poutiainen, Director, Regional development, Regional Council of North Karelia, Finland (PDF)
- Rural resources policy and forestry by Greg Halseth, Professor, University of Northern British Colombia, Canada (PDF)
Food security - what role for rural policy?
- Territorial approach to food security: security and nutrition policies by Vito Cistuli, Senior Policy Officer, Department of Economic and Social Development, FAO (PDF)
- Food security - what role for rural policy? Colombian case by Maria Jose Uribe, Department for Social Prosperity, Colombia (PDF)
- Investing in food security by Christel Alvergne, Deputy Director, Local Dvelopment Finance Department, UNCDF (PDF)
- Keys to acheiving global food security by Phil Karsting, Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA, United States (PDF)
Engaging with traditional settlements, native communities, and socially disadvantaged groups
- Native communities: bridging local initiatives and top-down programs - experiences from Mexico by Margarita Flores, University Program on Development Studies, UNAM, Mexico (PDF)
- Some thoughts on rural development and indigenous people by David Freshwater, Professor, Univeristy of Kentucky, United States (PDF)
PROMOTING EVIDENCE-BASED RURAL POLICIES
Telling the rural sotry: using data to inform policy
- Rural-urban connections strategy: enhancing rural economic viablity and environmental sustainability by David Shabazian, Program Manager, Sacramento Area Council of Governments, United States
- A strategy for Italian inner areas by Teresa Capece Galeota, Public Officer, Italian Department for Development and Cohesion Policy, Italy
- Appalachian Regional Commission by Earl Gohl, Federal Co-chair, Appalachian Regional Commission, United States
Rural policies in Latin America
- Rural budget in Mexico by José Antonio Rojo, Federal Deputy for the Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico
- Agriculture in Latin America: its potential by Jaime de la Mora, Director, Consulting Group for Agricultural Markets, Mexico (PDF)
- Rural development with a territorial approach by Diego Mora, Political Scientist, Univerity of Los Andes, Colombia
- The missing half of the half-full glass by Julio a. Berdegué, Principal Researcher, Rimisp-Latin American Center for Rural Development
Land use in rural regions
- Use value assessment of rural land in the United States by John E. Anderson, University of Nebraska, United States and Richar W. England, Univerity of New Hampshire, United States
- Sustainable land use in rural regions by Salin Geevarghese, Deputy Assistant Secretary, International and Philanthropic Innovation, Department of Housing and Urban Development (UDG) United States
- Revitalising rural areas in Japan by Katsuhiko Yamauchi, Deputy Director-General, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries, Japan
PILLAR 1 - THE ECONOMIC DIMENSION
Creating jobs and econimic opportunities
- Economic growth in rural regions: SMEs, productivity and entrepreneurship by David Freshwater, Professor, University of Kentucky, United States
- A rural characterisation of Quebec's territory by Fédéric Laurin, Professor, Université de Québec à Trois Rivières, Canada
- A perspective on the characteristics of SMEs in Atlantic Canada by Alvins Simms, Harris Centre RANLab, St. John's NL, Canada
- Fuelling Canada's entrepreneurial development by Lori Ries and Diana Jedig, Community Futures Newtork, Canada
- Rural SME's and innovation in the United States by Tim Wojan, Economic Research, USDA, United States
- Rural leadership in SME's by Julian Pace and Julia Latto, Scottish Enterprise, United Kingdom
Linking rural and urban places
- Rural and urban places ARE linked - it is governments that aren't by Julio A. Berdegué, RIMISP, United States
- Linking rural and urban in Poland - the case of intergrated territorial investments by Aleksandra Zakrzewska
- Korea's regional policy: linking urban and rural by Tae-Byung Kim, Director, Regional Policy Division, MLIT, Korea
PILLAR 2 - THE SOCIAL DIMENSION
Increasing citizen engagement and trust
- Global shale energy development by Tom Murphy, Marcellus Center for OUtreach Research, United States
- Proximity policies by José Ramòn Sobròn, KaleidosRed, Spain
- Lessons from practice by John Grieve, Rural Development Company, Scotland
- Shaping our Appalachian Region (SOAR) Model by Chuck W. Fluharty, President and CEO, Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI), United States
- Strategy of regional sustainable development in Mexico by Raúl Hernández Garciadiego, Mexico
Improving access to services
- Examples from Finland by Christell Åstrom, Ministry of Employment and the Ecomony, Finland
- A strategy for Italian inner areas by Teresa Capece Galeota, Department for Choesion Policy - National Committee on Inner Areas, Italy
PILLAR 1 - THE ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSION
Climate change: building resilience in rural areas
- The need for mainstraming the collboration of the agricultural policy system and the rural development policy system by Mikitaro Shobayashi, Gakushuin Women's College, Japan
- Climate change impacts in the United States by Willian Hohenstein, Director, USDA Climate Change Program, United States
- Building resilience in rural areas in Mexico by Jorge Galo Medina Torres, SCARPA, Mexico
Connecting the bio-economy to rural policy
- Making the bioeconomy work for rural development: some Noric experience by John Bryden, NILF, Norway
- Connecting the bioeconomy on rural policy by Risto Poutiainen, Director, Regional Devleopment, Regional Council of North Karelia, Finland
- An entrepreneur's perspective by Peter Nelson, AIDG, United States