European Shepherds Network is social movement and the only alliance formed for and by grassroots mobile pastoralist organisations in Europe.
It is also member and encompasses the European Chapter of the World Alliance for Mobile Indigenous Peoples and Pastoralists – WAMIP
Taking part in the General Assembly 2015 in Koblenz were :
| Bulgarian Biodiversity Preservation Society SEMPERVIVA | Bulgaria |
| Finnish Sámi Reindeer Herders Association | Finland |
| Collectif pour la liberté de l’élevage | France |
| Eleveur(se)s solidaires Paca | France |
| Collectif des Races de Massif | France |
| Bundesverband Berufsschäfer | Germany |
| Vereinigung Deutscher Landesschafzuchtverbände (VDL) | Germany |
| Schafzuchtverband Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. | Germany |
| Schafzüchtervereinigung NRW | Germany |
| Landesschafzuchtverbände Baden-Württemberg | Germany |
| EMKH – Association of Pastoral Farmers of Epirus | Greece |
| Associazione dei pastori transumanti del Triveneto | Italy |
| Landelijke Werkgroep Professionele Schapenhouders | NL |
| International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry | Norway |
| Fundacja Pasterstwo Transhumancyjne | Poland |
| Cooperative “Terra Chã” | Portugal |
| Asotiatia Transhumanta | Romania |
| Federación Estatal de Pastores | Spain |
| Xarxa de Pastors i Pastores de Catalunya | Spain |
| Shetland Animal Health Schemes | UK |
Initiators and founders of the ESN are :
Günther Czerkus – Bundesverband Berufsschäfer e.V. (BVBS), Germany
Erich Rose, Landelijke Werkgroep Professionele Schapenhouders Secretariaat (LWPS), Netherlands
Norman Leask, Scottish Crofters Federation (SCF), Scotland
Javier Colmenarejo , Federacion Estatal de Pastores (FEP), Spain
Organisation team:
Coordinator and facillitator : Fernando Garcia-Dory
Technical Secretary : Yuuka McPherson
Supporting partners:
European Forum on Nature Conservation and Pastoralism (EFNCP)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
League for Pastoral Peoples (LPP)
World Initiative on Sustainable Pastoralism ( WISP)
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