In Europe, rural populations have specific needs : the nature of the economic activities, agriculture's restructurings, the central place of agricultural families...

Seven countries have chosen to give them autonomous social protection systems in order to answer these needs. They deal with the whole spectrum of social security : health, pensions, workplace accidents and occupational illnesses, family and/or services. In order to be as close as possible to people, their action is based on a dense territorial network. Mixing proximity and coherence, national orientations and local context, these systems have demonstrated their adaptability and experience...>> Read more