Date of the meeting: December 14 – 17, 2006

Venue: France's overseas department, Reunion island

Participants of the meeting:
representatives of organizations from France, Portugal, Italy, Great Britain, Hungary, and Poland

Topic: Let's stand firmly on the ground

Program of the meeting:

• A conference organized by the European Rural University of Indian Ocean on globalization, rural development issues and the impact of competition between territories on the economic development of countries in the Indian Ocean region.
  
  
• Seminar on new solutions needed to overcome natural disasters, acquiring electricity from renewable resources.
  
  
• Discussion on the fight against poverty in farming environments.
  
  
• Meeting with the city of Saint Josepf.
  
  
• Workshop field study visits.