6th General Assembly – Valdeavellano de Tera, Spain

6th General Assembly, 6 October 2013, Valdeavellano de Tera, Soria province, Spain

 

The main gathering of the Consortium in 2013 took place on October 3-7 in Valdeavellano, a small rural community in the province of Soria, central Spain. The meeting began with a full day to discuss technical issues of relevance for ICCAs (mutual learning and exchanges of ideas and skills).

It continued with field visits with Spanish colleagues to a few examples of common governance of natural resources in Spain. The actual VIth General Assembly (GA) of the ICCA Consortium took place on October 6th. Most Members and Honorary members attended in person but only a few could connect via Skype (the connection was not as good as expected).

As part of the General Assembly, a number of reports were discussed – including in depth country reports on ICCA progress, reports on current and past initiatives, the membership, the financial status and resources, the communication system, etc (see sections below). (more…)

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