Wednesday, February 22, 2012
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“SWG” stands for Regional Rural Development Standing Working Group and is an International Intergovernmental Organization, consisted of governmental institutions responsible for rural development in respective countries and territories of South Eastern Europe. SWG The SWG is working to empower and promote sustainable principles on agriculture and rural development, through networking and permanent cooperation between all stakeholders of agriculture and rural development in SEE region. We act in a spirit of friendship and good neighborliness and enhance mutual respect and confidence, dialogue and cooperation among the Member Institutions. We operate as a regional agency for promoting sustainable agriculture and rural development through initiation, preparation and implementation of regional projects in South Eastern Europe.

Traditional Mowing on Rajac and 1st International Conference: “Public events – way to develop and recognize the rural areas”,15 – 17 July , 2011, Ljig, Serbia

SWG supported the Regional Center for development of villages “MOBA” from Serbia to organize the Traditional 39th event “Mowing on Rajac” within which the First International Conference entitled: “Public events – way to develop and recognize the rural areas” was held on July 16th.

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Study trip: “Rural Networks in the European Union – Actors, Set-up and Tasks”, July 4 – 8, 2011, Austria and Czech Republic

GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH) and SWG Head Office/Secretariat initiated and organized a study trip entitled: “Rural Networks in the European Union – Actors, Set-up and Tasks”.

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PREPARE Gathering 2011 successfully organized in Serbia, 29 June – 1 July, Zlatibor, Serbia

SWG support the organization of the annual PREPARE Gathering 2011 which took place on Zlatibor, Serbia in the period from June 29th to July 1st.

The Conference entitled: “Access EU with Integrated Rural Development” was this year’s main topic at the international gathering organized by the Pan‐European PREPARE network

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Results from the Working Meeting of Representatives of Managing Authorities from SEE, June 15 – 17, 2011, Zagreb, Croatia

Representatives of the Managing Authorities from SEE countries (existing and future Managing Authorities) and representatives of structures for preparation and creation of these structures/bodies for implementation of the IPARD recently gathered in Zagreb and conducted their first working meeting.

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Technical discussion: ”Wine trade markets – opportunities for the region of South-East Europe”, 11-12 May, 2011, Kutjevo, Croatia

More than 20 participants, representatives of the Ministries of Agriculture from the wine sector, representatives of national associations of wine producers, representatives of wine roads and representatives of wineries, all from South- East Europe gathered together in Kutjevo, Croatia to discuss about the opportunities to approach various wine trade markets.

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Donors’ Conference: “Facilitating an area-based development approach in rural cross-border areas of the Western Balkans”, 5th May 2011, Belgrade, Serbia

The “Drina – Tara pilot area” as an example for an area-based development approach in rural cross-border areas is promising success story where for the first time in the Western Balkans, the problems deriving from the fragmentation have been addressed at regional level and across borders in an integrated way

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SWG and TAIEX Multi-country Workshop on “LEADER Approach ‐ Legal Basis, Structure of LAGs, Successful examples, Implementation of Policy”, 27th April, 2011, Danilovgrad, Montenegro

The Multi-country Workshop on “LEADER Approach ‐ Legal Basis, Structure of LAGs, Successful examples, Implementation of Policy”, held on 27th April 2011 in Danilovgrad, Montenegro was jointly organized by the Regional Rural Development Standing Working Group (SWG) in SEE and TAIEX – Technical Assistance and Information Exchange instrument managed by the Directorate-General Enlargement of the [...]

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“1st Western Balkan Rural Extension Network Conference” under TEMPUS IV Project and Project meetings, 18th – 20th April 2011, Skopje, Macedonia

The 1st Western Balkan Rural Extension Network Conference was held on 19th of April 2011 in Skopje, Macedonia and was executed through the TEMPUS IV Project: “Western Balkan Rural Extension Network through Curriculum Reform”

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3rd Advisory Board Meeting: “Facilitating an area-based development approach in rural regions in the Western Balkans”, 13th April 2011, Brussels, Belgium

The SWG Secretary General participated on the 3rd Meeting of the Advisory Board for the project: “Facilitating an area-based development approach in rural regions in the Western Balkans” held on 13th of April 2011 in Brussels, Belgium

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“Networking between the Green and Wholesale markets from the Western Balkan countries”, 28-29 March , 2011, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Second working meeting between the representatives of the National Associations of Markets, Green and Wholesale markets from the Western Balkan countries was successfully organized by the Business Association of Serbian Markets (PUPS) and The Regional Rural Development Standing Working Group of the South-Eastern Europe (SWG) trough the SWG GTZ ORF project: ”Improving the competitiveness of companies and organizations from South-eastern Europe in the agricultural and food sector through the implementation of food quality standards and increased regional networking“.

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