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What drives rural development? What are the principles or values that are, or should be, guiding donors and partners in rural development? What are the current approaches that are, or should be, undertaken by donors and partners in the delivery of rural development, particularly in the context of harmonisation and alignment?
These are some of the questions that our members and associate members have discussed and debated during 2005 through 2006, in order to identify areas of consensus in rural development.
The outcomes of these discussions are included in the document “On Common Ground: A Joint Donor Concept on Rural Development”:
On Common Ground: A Joint Donor Concept on Rural Development More on the Joint Donor Concept... |
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By sharing knowledge on agriculture and rural development topics of decisive global importance, Platform members and partners in development can assure that development assistance and investments in agriculture and rural development (ARD) become more effective. Better understanding of these issues builds on the results of analyses carried out jointly with our members and partners and is to be based on a consensus with and a focus on partner country ownership.
Towards this objective, the Platform facilitates the formulation of Platform Policy Briefs on issues in ARD which our members consider to be of crucial global importance. These hot topics – first introduced through the Platform paper  Hot Topics: Platform consensus on rural development issues of global significance – are constantly and regularly reviewed and currently comprise the following issues. Read the Policy Briefs... |
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We are striving to identify and close information gaps and improve systematic lesson-learning with all rural development stakeholders.
Some of the latest and ongoing Platform studies take a closer look at the new modes of aid delivery in agriculture and rural development (SWAp and PRSP studies), promote dialogue with and engagement of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) within the aid effectiveness agenda or tackle the question of how to measure progress towards achieving the MDGs (Core Indicators for Agriculture and Rural Development).
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First European Forum on Rural Development Cooperation
