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Find the latest information about the Rural Pact and rural revitalisation, two major flagships under the rural vision, and connect with your peers and get inspired!
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Publications
Making the Rural Pact happen in Member States and regions: a repository of practices
This repository of practices illustrates how European countries and regions are putting in place structures, mechanisms and approaches to strengthen rural governance, stakeholder engagement and integrated rural development.
- Rural Pact
Rural Vision Magazine | Edition 4
The fourth edition of the Rural Vision Magazine brings together rural stakeholder perspectives on a wealth of topics, including the future EU policy framework, integrated rural development and how the Rural Pact is taking shape across Europe.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Good Practice Brochure 'Instruments for territorial development'
The third edition of the Rural Pact Good Practice Brochure focuses on territorial development. It highlights how integrated approaches like LEADER/CLLD, Integrated Territorial Investments (ITIs) and Smart Villages can help improve quality of life in rural areas.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Good Practices
Toscana Diffusa: integrating policies for balanced territorial development in Tuscany, Italy
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Les Concerts de Poche: bringing music workshops and concerts to rural France
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Rural Pact Netherlands: a stakeholder network helps shape the future of Dutch rural areas
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Latest News
New JRC report looks at the state of rural innovation
A new publication from the Joint Research Centre (JRC) shows that rural companies are not inherently less innovative than urban firms, but they innovate differently. It identifies drivers and barriers affecting rural businesses and offers policy directions to support rural innovation.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Making the Rural Pact happen in Member States and regions: explore the new Rural Pact repository of practices
The new resource showcases how countries and regions across Europe are establishing structures, mechanisms and approaches to strengthen rural governance, stakeholder engagement and integrated rural development.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Committee of the Regions report outlines recommendations for post-2027 rural development
The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) report provides an overview of the most pressing challenges faced by Europe’s regions and cities and solutions to inform EU policy decisions. The 2026 edition calls for a post-2027 cohesion policy which continues to foster integrated strategies for territorial revitalisation, including ensuring the ‘right to stay’.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Hungarian LEADER groups call for stronger rural participation in post-2027 policies
Representatives of 40 Hungarian Local Action Groups (LAGs) adopted a joint Declaration calling for stronger local decision-making, predictable LEADER funding and meaningful rural participation in future EU policies at a national LEADER event held on 23 September 2026 in Kakucs, Hungary.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
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