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Professor David Freshwater, from the University of Kentucky and OECD Rural Development Programme, gave an insightful and thought-provoking presentation called Future Directions in Rural Development at the recent Rural Gathering event at Perth Racecourse. In this report, you can get the highlights of his speech, and you can download his presentation from our documents library.

At the recent Rural Gathering event held at Perth Racecourse, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment talked about a number of rural issues including rural funding, food and drink and broadband. His speech is now available on the Scottish Government website.

In this archive you'll find articles related to the Rural Gathering event held at Perth Racecourse on 25th September 2009. Around 300 delegates from across the country came together for a day of presentations, workshops and networking.

The Rural Gathering event held recently at Perth Racecourse brought together around 300 people from across the country for a day of presentations, workshops and networking.

Ute Vieting, Regional Manager of the LEADER Programme in Hesselberg, Germany gave a very interesting presentation on how the programme works in her area. The importance of networking and stakeholders working togther was the key theme of her presentation.

Presentations from the plenary sessions of the Rural Gathering are now available to download from our documents library. The Rural Gathering event took place at Perth Racecourse on 25th September 2009. Around 300 delegates from across the country came together for a day of networking and discussion on a range of rural issues.