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- President, Rurality-Environment-Development
- - President of the International Rurality Environment Development/RED Association (www.ruraleurope.org) since 1995 (one of the founding vice-presidents in 1980)
o Member of the organizing committee of the European Rural Pact
o Member of the European CAP network and the French CAP and Rurality network and their associated subcommittees or monitoring committees (LEADER, CAP Strategic Plans, innovation and EIP…),
o Member of the European Commission’s CAP Civil Dialogue Group and Horizontal Actions (formerly the Rural Development CDG, which he chaired) and of the EESC Rural Development Liaison Group.
o Committed to culture and heritage, both at the European and local levels: Heritage and local development, performing arts and visual arts. Particularly in the Greater Region within the framework of ATEAR GR: Trans-border cooperation/Heritage and energy, Omega H, villages in transition…, Trans-border Network of Third Places “culture and mediation for sustainable development”,
- President of the European Rurality Movement since its creation in 1997 (collaborative platform of 20 European organizations),
- Honorary Mayor
