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| RECOMMENDATION 1165 (1991)1 on
the follow-up to the European Campaign for the Countryside |
| 1. Rural development has become a concern shared by all
European countries most of which are faced with problems such as desertification, the
isolation of populations and their gradual drift towards towns, the reduction or
industrialisation of farming and the economic recession. |
| 2. The European Campaign for the Countryside, launched by
the Council of Europe in 1987 and 1988, helped to stimulate public awareness of these
problems and of their extent, and devised projects for rural areas. |
| 3. The Assembly deplores that - despite its repeated
requests and those of the Standing Conference of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe
- the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers did not see fit to give the campaign the
means necessary to realise the expectations and potential that were generated, and
encourages its Committee on the Environment, Regional Planning and Local Authorities to
continue to follow activities in this field with attention. |
| 4. However, OECD, the European Community and also the NGOs
holding consultative status with the Council of Europe, which were associated with the
campaign, considered rural development as a matter of high priority for society and
decided to launch large-scale activities concerning it. |
| 5. The Assembly especially welcomes the fact that OECD has
embarked on a programme of rural development and has invited the Council of Europe to be
closely involved in the work. |
| 6. It therefore recommends that the Committee of
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i. ask member states to continue and intensify the activities
developed during the European Campaign for the Countryside, particularly through the
agency of the national committees, and to include in the intergovernmental work programme
the convening of one or two co-ordination meetings per year of the chairmen or presidents
of national committees ;
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ii. clearly demonstrate its intention to follow up, at Council of
Europe level, the European Campaign for the Countryside and embark on systematic
co-operation with OECD, the European Community and the European Rural Interest Centre set
up by the NGOs, by organising for example colloquies and campaigns ;
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iii. include in the intergovernmental work programme as from 1992
multidisciplinary activities on rural development, taking account inter alia of the
new dimension of the problem resulting from the Organisation's wider geographical
scope ;
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iv. provide, to this end, adequate budgetary resources and
appropriate structures.
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debate on 23 September 1991 (15th Sitting) (see Doc. 6492, report of the Committee on
the Environment, Regional Planning and Local Authorities, Rapporteur : Mr
Pinto ; and Doc. 6493, opinion of the Committee on Agriculture, Rapporteur : Mrs
Anttila).
Text adopted by the Assembly on 23 September
1991 (15th Sitting). |
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