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Recurring event · Irregular

Maaseutuparlamentti (Finnish Rural Parliament)

Finland

Rural life and depopulationDemocratic innovationSummitNational

Finland's rural parliament: an open and free national gathering on the future of the countryside, coordinated by the Rural Policy Council (MANE) with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the national rural network and the host municipality. Three days of debates, workshops and visits with associations, Leader groups, researchers and public administration. It was held in 2017 (Leppävirta), 2021 (Kurikka) and 2024 (Nurmes), and the next edition is in October 2027 in Ii, near Oulu. Its institutional weight is high, since it is driven by the state's own rural policy.

Organised by
Maaseutupolitiikan neuvosto (MANE, Rural Policy Council) with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the rural network unit of the Finnish Food Authority and the host municipality
Since
2017
Frequency
Irregular · usual months: September or October
Continuity
Still held
Usual venue
Finland
Languages
Finnish
Website
www.maaseutuparlamentti.fi ↗
Last reviewed
21 October 2026

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7 to 9 October 2027Rural life and depopulation

Maaseutuparlamentti 2027

Ii · Finland

Fourth edition, from 7 to 9 October 2027 in Ii, on the Gulf of Bothnia coast north of Oulu, under a motto about "love and shaking up" to think about…

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