This event was sponsored by the RDPE Network

09.15            
Registration 

09.45             
Welcome and Introduction
CRE and RDPE Network, CRC

 

10.00             
RDPE in action – a local case study in Cumbria
John Geldard, Plumgarths Farm Shop Ltd

 

10.30             
Evaluation of the RDPE
-  Update on Mid-Term review and RDPE change

-   Defra funded Leader impact assessment 
    Ian Baker, Defra

-   Findings of an evaluation of Axis 1 & 3 in the NE 
    Mark Reynolds & Adam Wellings, Genecon

11.30             

Coffee 

12.00             
Discussion with speakers    
       

12.30

Future of the CAP & the Rural Develpment Regualtion - A European Perspective

Janet Dwyer, CCRI

 

13.00             

Lunch 

 

14.00             

Making the most of RDPE: Group discussions stimulated by short presentations of rural

development projects:

"Abbot Lodge" Jersey Ice Cream, Claire Bland

Coastal Grains, Terence Pardoe

Cumbria Woodlands, Neville Elstone

Kentmere Hydro, Helyn Connerr

Learning Fields, Alex Chalmers

Overwater Marina, Janet Maughan

 

15.30             
Concluding session: Key messages from the day
Alastair Beacon, Westley Consulting

 

Key Messages from the day are available HERE