Agricultural and Rural Convention 2020 ( ARC2020 ) Describes Itself as „a multi-stakeholder platform of over 150 civil society networks and organizations Within 22 EU Member States all pushing for a reform of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)“. [1] It has been carried out several times to raise awareness among citizens and the political world on the current situation of European agriculture, such as the Good Food March . [2] [3] [4] [5]
Organization
Founded in 2010, ARC2020 is the result of the work of Groupe de Bruges , [6] a European think tank specializing in agriculture and rural development , a European network of local projects in sustainable rural development Synergies Forum , and the European School for Journalists called Institute of Higher Studies of Social Communications (IHECS). It is funded by various European foundations.
ARC2020 states that its main goals are: [1]
- to give civil society a strong voice in the current reform debate;
- to prepare common actions across European borders;
- to mobilize individuals and organizations beyond traditional stakeholder interests.
It claims to represent diverse issues and interests from nature protection, human health and animal welfare , to development cooperation , global justice and climate change , as well as those of farmers and rural developmentnetworks.
See also
- Agroecology
- Common Agricultural Policy
- Good Food March
- Bruges Group
- We are fed up [7]
References
- ^ Jump up to:a b „What is ARC2020?“ . arc2020.eu . Archived from the original on September 13, 2012 . Retrieved September 9, 2012 .
- Jump up^ „Initiatiors, participants and co-signatories“ . goodfoodmarch.eu . Retrieved September 9, 2012 .
- Jump up^ „ARC2020 and seven European organizations launch the“ Good Food March “ “ . Retrieved September 9, 2012 .
- Jump up^ „The impacts of the Pac: it’s not only in Europe“ . lalibre.be (in French) . Retrieved September 9, 2012 .
- Jump up^ „ARC2020 IATP interviews Jim Kleinschmit“ . Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy . Retrieved September 9, 2012 .
- Jump up^ Samuel Féret. „Common Agricultural Policy: support a real reform by 2020“ (in French). Archived from the original on November 24, 2014 . Retrieved September 9, 2012 .
- Jump up^ ARC2020, 30,000 show how fed up they are with industrial food , January 19, 2014