More than 400 experts will be in Tuscany in 2013. FCB President Giacomo Billi: “Great prestige”
International experts on agriculture, rural development and environmental protection choose Florence. The FCB is pleased to announce that the Tuscan destination wins the conference “European Society for Rural Society” 2013 (from August 19th to 23rd), that will bring at Palazzo degli Affari more than 400 international experts of the ESRS (European Society for Rural Sociology) association. ESRS was born in 1957 and represents the leader in Europe in the study of agriculture and fisheries, food production and consumption, rural development and change, nature and environmental protection.
“We are very pleased – said the Councillor for Tourism of the Province of Florence and President of FCB Giacomo Billi – for the acquisition of this important event that will bring international prestige to our city. Over 400 people will come to Tuscany to discuss actual issues concerning sustainable rural development, making Florence the capital of the international environmental debate. Therefore I want to thank – said Billi – the staff of Florence Convention Bureau for the successful management of the candidacy and the essential collaboration of Professor Gianluca Brunori, from the University of Pisa”- The Councillor then focused on the economic impact that such events have on the city: “Thank to the statistics of the Province of Florence Congress Observatory we estimate that this kind of event can have an effect on the territory estimated at between 50,000 and 100,000 euros, numbers that we are proud to communicate showing also the importance of conference sector for the city”.
ESRS objectives are to stimulate and promote the development of rural sociology, to create closer relations between rural sociologists, social scientists and other professionals with an interest in agricultural development, rural society and the environment and promote international cooperation and exchange of information and experience, as well as providing a forum in Europe for discussion of issues related to rural change to encourage the training of young social scientists in an international context.
