Agricultural and Rural Convention 2020 (ARC2020) describes itself as "a multi-stakeholder platform of over 150 civil society networks and organisations within 22

EU Member States The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...

all pushing for a reform of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)". It has carried out several campaigns to raise awareness among citizens and the political world on the current situation of European agriculture, such as the Good Food March.

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Founded in 2010, ARC2020 is the result of the work of

Groupe de Bruges The Groupe de Bruges is a European think-tank specializing in agriculture and rural development. One of its founding members, Dacian Cioloş, served as European Commissioner for Agriculture from 2010 to 2014 and later as Prime Minister of Romania. ...

, a European think tank specializing in agriculture and rural development, a European network of local projects in sustainable rural development called Forum Synergies, and the European School for Journalists called

Institut des hautes études des communications sociales The IHECS or officially, the Institut des hautes études des communications sociales – École de journalisme de Bruxelles (French for: Institute of Higher Studies in Social Communication – Brussels School of Journalism) is a French-speaking ...

(IHECS). It is funded by various European foundations. ARC2020 states that its main goals are: *to give civil society a strong voice in the current reform debate; *to prepare common actions across European borders; *to mobilise individuals and organisations beyond traditional stakeholder interests. It claims to represent diverse issues and interests from nature protection,

human health Health, according to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity".World Health Organization. (2006)''Constitution of the World Health Organiza ...

and

animal welfare Animal welfare is the well-being of non-human animals. Formal standards of animal welfare vary between contexts, but are debated mostly by animal welfare groups, legislators, and academics. Animal welfare science uses measures such as longevity ...

, to

development cooperation Development aid is a type of foreign/international/overseas aid given by governments and other agencies to support the economic, environmental, social, and political development of developing countries. Closely-related concepts include: developm ...

global justice Global justice is an issue in political philosophy arising from the concern about unfairness. It is sometimes understood as a form of internationalism. History Henrik Syse claims that global ethics and international justice in western traditi ...

and climate change, as well as those of conventional and organic

farmers A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer mi ...

and rural development networks.

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ARC2020 home page
Agricultural economics Anti-globalization organizations International organizations based in Europe Political organizations based in Europe Land rights movements Workers' rights organizations European Union

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