Commitments in figures
Since the Rural Pact Conference in 2022, all stakeholders interested in acting towards the shared goals of the rural vision are invited to propose commitments to the Rural Pact.
These are specific actions that they propose according to their capacity. Everyone can contribute and no action is too small.
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Who committed?
Up to September 2024, 128 commitments were submitted. The Rural Pact Support Office is collaborating with individuals and organisations who have submitted a commitment to continuously upload their contributions in the new, interactive website tool.
The profiles and types of organisation that have submitted commitments are diverse, including civil society organisations, public authorities, academic/research institutions and businesses. Most of them work in areas such as rural development, regional policy, culture, environment, research and innovation, education and training, agriculture, migration and asylum, digital economy, and public health.
The submissions span 20 EU Member States and 1 non-EU Member State (Norway), with Spain, Italy, and Belgium in the lead.
What did they commit to?
The commitments cover a wide range of issues and ways to address them, reflecting the diversity of actors and areas involved in the Rural Pact.
While some commit to a single activity, others plan to undertake several. For example, 47 commitments plan more than one of the activities listed below.
Depending on the envisaged activities, commitments contribute to one or more of the Pact's objectives. Chart No 5 below reflects the totality of actions contributing to each objective, rather than the totality of commitments.
Charts No 6 and 7 below illustrate the number of commitments supporting each Rural Vision block of action and associated theme, respectively. Here again, any commitment may contribute to multiple blocks and themes, and about half (56) contribute to more than one block of the vision.
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Last update: September 2024