We aim to enhance our skills by meeting experts and specialits from other regions outside Belgium who face the same questions and challenges as we do (in the particular context of rural areas). At the same time, this project offers us an excellent opportunity to highlight the European dimension of our work and, more specifically, to contribute to the development of genuine European citizenship among our local politicians and our 55,000 residents.
The Haute-Sûre Forêt d'Anlier Nature Park host a Local Action Group (LAG) and manages several European funds (Leader, Interreg, LIFE). We organize several learning activities for various audiences, including project leaders in different sectors of rural development (agriculture, tourism, economy, cultural heritage, etc.) and we wish to broaden the scope of these learners' skills through exchanges with experts from other rural areas.