All events

Workshop

Entrepreneurship in rural areas with population decline

This interactive workshop will reflect on the design of effective methods to promote entrepreneurship in rural areas, inspired by a series a keynote speeches and presentations of good practices.

Conference

26th International Conference: Tourism and rural space in national and international context

This conference will discuss best practice in tourism at national, European, and global levels, on a variety of topics ranging from rural development, agritourism and sustainable tourism, to cross-border cooperation and economic growth.

Other

Swedish Rural Parliament

The 2024 edition of the biennial Swedish Rural Parliament is organised under the headline ‘Towards a Balanced Country – in a New Era’. It will bring together policymakers, practitioners, representatives from rural movements in other countries, entrepreneurs and scientists.

Conference

Building sustainable and resilient territories

The 18th edition of this international event on ‘Overarching issues of the European area’ will showcase the important role of science and academia in questioning, debating and trying to provide strategies and solutions to mitigate the multiple problems that the world faces today.

Conference

Renovation Roadmaps: transforming Europe’s building landscape to leave no one behind

This event will shed a spotlight on renovation roadmaps, emphasising the need for these communication instruments to be thoughtfully designed to accelerate renovations to tackle energy poverty on a large scale.

Policy Lab

Policy Action Lab 'Bringing the Rural Pact closer to citizens'

This Policy Action Lab, organised by the Rural Pact Support Office, developed proposals to enhance the achievement of the Rural Vision and Pact objectives at the local level.

Conference

METREX Spring Conference 2024

This conference, organised by METREX (The Network of European Metropolitan Regions and Areas), will open a discussion with the network’s members on the urgent planning issues around the future of European metropolitan regions and areas in view of challenges such as climate change, finite resources, and wealth disparities.

Other

Global forum on modern direct democracy

The 2024 edition of the world's largest conference on direct democracy will bring together academia, policymakers and civil society activists and organisations to discuss trust in institutions, media, and citizens, all of essential importance to democratic governance.

Seminar

European Rural Mobility Network: evaluation analysis, findings and preliminary recommendations

This is the fifth meeting of the European rural mobility network, organised within the framework of the SMARTA-NET project.

Webinar

MOVING webinar: ‘Towards a policy roadmap for vibrant mountain economies’

This webinar, organised by the MOVING project, will overview trends and proposals likely to govern the post-2027 policy developments in the EU’s mountain areas. The project will unveil its proposal for strategic options and a policy roadmap to ensure that rural and mountain areas are not excluded from EU’s future policy development.