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Urgenci calls for action for a sustainable food system
Awareness rising events will take place across Europe, culminating in the main Action Days on October 27-28th.

Urgenci Voices for CSA advocacy project launched in Rome this week
The project kicked off in conjunction with the Forum of the Civil Society Mechanism.

#CSABeyondBorders: Being a Core Member of the Jardins de Cocagne
#CSABeyondBorders, Episode 2. Our CSA Around the World -series now stops at one of the pioneering initiatives in Europe: the Jardins de Cocagne in Genève, Switzerland. The focus today is on core member’s involvement.

#CSABeyondBorders: Training Young Interns in a Japanese Teikei
A few weeks prior to the 7th Urgenci International Symposium, Urgenci is launching a #CSABeyondBorders series. Articles and essays written by CSA farmers and members, testimonies from movement pioneers, interviews collected in all corners of the world, will be published. No better place than Japan to start our CSA around the world -trip.

How to Improve the Impact of Solidarity Economy within the UN Process
The United Nations High Level Political Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals was established in 2012 to further the implementation of the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda. Urgenci was represented during the last session in July 2018, in New York.

News from the CSA Network in Australia and New Zealand
Another international CSA network has evolved in the South Pacific to serve and develop a growing food movement…

Last Days to Fill in the #SolidBase Consumers’ Survey!
Now are the very last days to complete the survey, as it will remain open only until the 31st of July.

Happy trainers, New Perspectives
Trainers from Austria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, Poland, Romania and Spain met in Hungary in order to improve their skills and learn about the Be part of CSA! training programme.

Urgenci’s participation to the FAO Regional Conference for Europe and Central Asia
The FAO Regional Conference for Europe and Central Asia took place in Russia, in Voronezh, from the 16th-18th May. The Civil Society delegation included Urgenci’s president, Judith Hitchman.

Community Supported Agriculture as a Model for a New Common Food and Agriculture Policy
Urgenci takes position against Commission’s proposals regarding the Common Agriculture Policy Reform, and for a New Social Contract between the Farmers and the Societies They Feed.

Give CSA Farmers a #SolidBase!
You are a CSA farmer? A CSA group facilitator? You want to share your challenges and your solutions on the finance for Urgenci? Your testimony is necessary! #SolidBase

Internship Announcement: Membership Manager
During her/his 6-month mission, the intern will be responsible for: a. Preparing the 7th Urgenci International Symposium and the General Assembly of the Network; b. Running the 2018 Membership Campaign and preparing a Membership Campaign Model that can be replicated in the future.