Kirsten Birke Lund is a passionate and devoted LEADER believer. She represents the Danish LAGs in ELARD, where she has previously been the vice-president, now a member of the Council. Kirsten also sees it as important to combine rural development with agriculture, and has been working closely with Danish Farmers Advisers, where she was employed for 5 years, which provides a good basis for participating in EIP Agri. She graduated as a cadastral surveyor and later expanded with a Master in Rural Development but really, she is an entrepreneur, starting her first business before she turned 20.
Kirsten Birke Lund was moderator of Mini-Plenary 3: LEADER/CLLD and the “Smart Villages”
This conference was held from 26-28 September at the Évora Hotel, located in the historic city of Évora.