On September 20th, president Michel Baylac accompanied by Katia Van Tichelen from the AEIAR General Secretariat participated in a meeting of the European Countryside Movement or MER (Mouvement Européen de la Ruralité ). AEIAR collaborates in this platform with more than 15 EU level organisations active in the field of rural development, such as ELARD, Euromontana, PURPLE, Eurogites, …