Rural Europe on the move English_E_version_all | Page 103

Tasting independence
10a
11a
OPPOSITE
9a. Training on Territorial dialogue
with Savoie vivante - 2014
9b. Mediation process in Beaufortain
10b
11b
Top-down
administrative
restructuring
communes with 60000 inhabitants.
In Savoie this has led to broad
THIS PAGE
10a. 10b. Exchanging with local
players during ERSG 2014
11a. 11b. AMAP de Beaufort during the
distribution of farmers food - July 2019
Our civic associations have lost very
much of their harmony and integrative
dissolving of organisations like energy since we had to follow new
Savoie Vivante which have also been administrative structures. But I am
absorbed into new bigger territorial also glad that new and encouraging
in Beaufortain in 2014, important service centres like AGATE (Agence initiatives are emerging.”
administrative restructuring of Alpine de Territoire) which receive communities and regions has funding from the ‘département’. (Association pour le Maintien d’une
occurred with the application of Former director of Savoie Vivante Agriculture Paysanne) together
the so-called ‘NOTRE Act’ of 2015. Aurélie Le Meur is now offering with farmers and consumers of
Larger administrative units were services of territorial dialogue her village in order to obtain fair
established in all regions of France. to the local authorities, regional prices for both and to encourage
The ‘Communauté de communes administration and elected councils, shared responsibility to preserve
du Beaufortain’ was attached to but believes that a new bottom-up Beaufortain’s living rural landscape.
the Communauté d’agglomération movement is necessary to revitalise About 45 families are members of this
Arlysère. Beaufortain was absorbed the community spirit in Savoie. AMAP. Throughout the year, they are
Since Forum Synergies gathered
from an intercommunity organisation
“We couldn’t escape these dramatic
She has launched an ‘AMAP’
supplied with local and fresh products
of 4 communes and 4500 inhabitants changes,” says Jeanine Sochas. “We every two weeks, including fruit and
into an administrative unit of 40 just had to make the most of them. vegetables, cheese and local cereals.
99