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URGENCI
An Urban - Rural Network: Generating new forms of Exchange between CItizens.

URGENCI brings citizens, small farmers, consumers, activists and concerned political actors together at global level through an alternative economic approach called Local Solidarity Partnerships between Producers and Consumers (LSPPC):

Some examples of LSPPC:
  • AMAP in France
  • CSA in the Anglo-Saxon countries
  • ASC in Quebec
  • Teikeis in Japan
  • Reciproco in Portugal
As well as their equivalents all around the world…
 
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THE NETWORK

The URGENCI network is an international group of citizens and field activists working to contribute to greater solidarity and synergy between urban and rural communities... read more

2004 : 1st international symposium Aubagne (France) more
2006 : 2nd international symposium Palmela (Portugal) more
2008 : 3rd international symposium Aubagne (France) more



The International Network Urgenci is financially supported by various institutional and economic actors. Many thanks to the Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur Regional Council, to the Pays d'Aubagne et de l'Etoile Area Authority, to the Bouches-du-Rhône General Council, to the Nature Vivante Foundation and to the Fondation de France for sponsoring our activities.

A common basis

LSPCCs take many different forms in the various parts of the world. The members of URGENCI are however united in their belief in 4 fundamental ideas :
- The partnership
- The proximity
- The solidarity
- The producer/consumer tandem

It is the absolute respect and implementation of these four fundamental principles by URGENCI members that forms the basis for more general values.
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Objectives of the network
- To maintain peasant agriculture
- Food sovereignty.
- Health through food and fight against hunger.
- Protection of environment and citizenship.
- Fight against exclusion.
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Diversity of initiatives
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LATEST NEWS FROM THE NETWORK

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URGENCI IVth INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ANNOUNCED: KOBE 2010!

February 18th to 22nd 2010, Urgenci’s IVth International Symposium will take place in Kobe and the Kansai Area in Japan. This is the first time that Urgenci’s Symposium and General Assembly will be held outside Europe. This is indeed a major change, which should give us the opportunity to foster and strengthen the internationalization of our network. A detailed General Assembly Agenda will be sent out to all current members before Christmas.
The Urgenci International Symposium will include the following three main events:

1- An Organic Tour to the oldest and most representative Teikei will take place on Feb. 18th to 19th. This will definitely be the place to be for all those who want to go back to the source of the international LSPPC movement. The International Committee members will take part in some of the field visits programmed throughout the Organic Tour;

2- The International Symposium itself will be held Feb. 20th and 21st, in Kobe Gakuen University. There will be both plenary sessions and working groups on major LSPPC (Teikei/CSA/AMAP) –related issues. There will be numerous and much expected ”stories from the field” ;

3- The Urgenci General Assembly will be held Feb. 22nd in Kobe Gakuen University. This day is the best moment for the members to
  • a. Take part in the shaping of the Actions’ Programmes
  • b. Discuss issues of governance
  • c. Share their experience on fund-raising opportunities
  • d. Influence the choice of Urgenci partners
During the General Assembly, a new International Committee will be elected.

This event is organized only every second year. As such it should be a moment when LSPPC actors from all over the world come together. So please do not hesitate to contact the Urgenci Secretariat or the organizers themselves if you would like your LSPPC/ network/ organization to participate: kobetaikai2010@gmail.com ou contact@urgenci.net.

NETWORK NEWSLETTER


The newsletter n°27 (november 2009) is now published. The Network Newsletter is now getting richer, with in-depth articles about various experiences around Local and Solidarity based partnerships between producers and consumers, worldwide.
You can read it here

EASTERN EUROPEAN AND NORTH AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

The reports of the first missions are now online (most of the English versions are still to be added) :
BulgariaCzech RepublicRumaniaHungaryLituaniaSloveniaPolandLatvia Slovakia Estonia

 
Urgenci Resource Center

Urgenci has just launched its on-line Resource Centre. It is to be used as a blog with uploaded articles, texts, photos and videos on themes that are in some way linked to LSPPCs (Local Solidarity Partnerships between Producers and Consumers). This blog is in fact a tool that facilitates your own research when you are looking for all Urgenci articles on a particular topic.