The meeting will focus on ways to ensure sustainable development of rural areas. Meeting participants will discuss measures to attract long-term investment into these areas, ways of making its production, tourist and recreational potential more attractive for investors.
Special attention will be given to support of small rural businesses and cooperatives as a key measure to limit migration to cities. Meeting participants will consider a broad range of issues the resolution of which can have a direct impact on making rural areas more attractive for life and work. Such issues include the improvement of healthcare, education and social services, housing, provision of gas supply, road quality and public transport.