All events

Local Development Forum 2025: Global inspirations, local transformations

The OECD Local Development Forum will explore the new drivers of local economic transformations. Discussions will consider opportunities in growing sectors such as green energy and the care economy, as well as how places can boost their global presence through hosting major events and place marketing.

Conference

Navigating rural transitions: Exploring liveable futures

The event will discuss the diverse challenges and opportunities of rural areas. By addressing critical social-political and social-ecological matters, the conference will question and develop new theories and methods. It will further explore the role of researchers.

Shifting ruralities: Reimagining rural spaces in Europe

The event, organised by New Ruralities, will highlight the dynamic and evolving nature of European rural areas in a globalized world. It will gather contributions from participants that reflect rural area’s diversity, examine the forces driving its changes, and explore new perspectives. Participants are invited to send an abstract summarizing their research, project or idea (max. 600 words) by 10 February 2025.

Conference

LEADER inspired network community conference

The LEADER Inspired Network Community (LINC) Conference will provide insights into rural development and present numerous LEADER projects.

Webinar

“Passport, please!” – Navigating EU renovation strategies to address energy poverty

The webinar, organised by the RENOVERTY project, will focus on how EU renovation planning tools can support the implementation of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). It will showcase experiences from across Europe and promote knowledge exchange on reducing energy poverty through strategic renovations.

Rural reformation: Meeting wellbeing and healthcare needs in rural communities

The event will reflect on transforming rural healthcare to better serve patients, communities, and the professionals dedicated to their care.

Workshop

The digital transition: Policy pathways for sustainable agriculture

The workshop, organised by CODECS, will explore the most significant contributions of digitalisation in the agricultural sector, addressing governance, actors, resource units, and farming systems. The outcome of the workshop will support evidence-based policymaking and foster a more resilient agricultural sector through digital transformation.

Workshop

Assessing the impact of creative ex-urban communities on non-urban areas

The workshop will bring together practitioners, researchers, policymakers and engaged community actors to explore and contribute to the assessment of the impacts of creative ex-urban communities on non-urban areas.

Workshop

Repopulation Festival 2025

The Repopulation Festival, organised by the Repopulation Foundation, will engage citizens over three days through music, film, and collaborative work to focus on enabling a more viable and flourishing rural way of life.

Rural roots and routes: Navigating complexities of quality of life, immobility, and migration

The event, organised by the Leibnitz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies, provides a platform for researchers to exchange novel insights, rigorous research, and practical solutions that address the complex relationships between quality of life, migration, and immobility.