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Publications
Good Practice Brochure 'Generational renewal - rural employment and entrepreneurship'
The fourth edition of the Rural Pact Good Practice Brochure explores how generational renewal can help enhance the attractiveness of rural areas, support intergenerational collaboration and strengthen local economies.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Highlights report | Good Practice Webinar on rural competitiveness
This highlights report presents the main policy measures, practical examples and key takeaways from the Rural Pact Good Practice Webinar on rural competitiveness held on 17 September 2026.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Mapping the implementation of Smart Villages: lessons from across the EU
This Rural Pact report examines the implementation of Smart Villages under the 2023-2027 common agricultural policy (CAP), exploring different approaches adopted by Member States, including dedicated interventions and support through LEADER.
- 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 Good Practice Brochure highlights generational renewal in rural employment and entrepreneurship
The fourth edition of the Rural Pact Good Practice Brochure explores how generational renewal can help enhance the attractiveness of rural areas, support intergenerational collaboration and strengthen local economies. Discover six inspiring initiatives from across Europe.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Manifesto on rural areas’ future presented at National LEADER conference in Portugal
Rural development must be recognised as a strategic priority for national and European public policies, with instruments suited to the diversity and needs of the territories. This is a key message of the Vila Verde Manifesto for the Future of Rural Areas, introduced at the Portuguese national conference on LEADER and rural development on 30 October 2026.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
New digital travel guides developed for territories in rural Bulgaria and East Herzegovina
The EU-funded SMART ERA project has released digital travel guides for Devetaki Plateau in northern Bulgaria and East Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina). The free mobile apps are aimed at bringing two of Europe’s lesser-known rural areas onto the digital tourism map.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Strengthening the attractiveness and resilience of rural areas in Italy’s Abruzzo region
Abruzzo’s territorial attractiveness depends on creating the conditions for people to live, work, invest and build their future in the region. This was the central message of the event ‘Abruzzo and Europe’s Inner Areas – New Strategies for Territorial Attractiveness and Resilience’ held in Brussels in October 2026.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Upcoming Events
R-Map project cross-regional dialogues: webinar series
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
The right to stay, the right to move: can remote work revitalise Europe’s shrinking countryside?
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
