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Regional Studies Association’s Annual Conference 2025 - Navigating Regional Transformation

The Annual Conference 'Navigating Regional Transformation' provides a timely opportunity to engage in dialogue and renewed debate on innovation, consumption paradigms, intertwining geopolitical instability, and climate-related tensions.

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Breaking the cycle of rural decline

The event, organised by the ESIRA project, will provide evidence-based perspectives on the challenges and opportunities in rural areas. These insights will serve as the foundation for a policy debate with experts from the EU institutions, aiming to identify actionable strategies and pathways to foster more inclusive, prosperous and resilient rural communities.

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Rural re-population: Attracting skilled migrants

The webinar, organised by Nordregio, will examine key indicators that make certain regions more attractive for migration than others. Additionally, regional policymakers will share how they reversed depopulation trends and successfully attracted skilled migrants to rural areas.

EU CAP Network brokerage event 'Partnering for innovation with impact in agriculture and rural areas'

The event, organised by the EU CAP Network, will facilitate the exchange of experiences on the preparation of high-quality proposals for the Horizon Europe calls for Cluster 6, create an exchange forum to foster collaboration and networking, showcase innovations, stemming from Horizon, and increase participants’ awareness of available funding opportunities.

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POSTPONED: Rural Pact Conference 'From vision to action: Empowering rural areas for the future'

The second Rural Pact Conference, intially planned for the 8-9 April 2025 has been postponed to a later date in 2025 due to circumstances beyond the organisers' control.
The conference will gather 250 participants from across Europe. The event will offer two days of networking and reflections to advance the rural vision 2040, consolidate the Rural Action Plan and guide future Rural Pact actions.

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Alternative economic models for service provision in rural areas

The webinar, organised by SERIGO, brings together policymakers, practitioners, researchers, and social economy actors to explore alternative economic models that strengthen rural resilience and inclusion.

Just transition, financing for development and territorial solutions

The World Forum for Local Economic Development (WFLED) promotes the local economic development approach . It advances the political debate and strengthens global associations in order to achieve concrete actions at the local, national, and international levels.

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CLLD – Prosperous community opportunities for a shared future

The Conference will highlight Local Action Groups (LAGs), promote multidisciplinary and multi-fund approaches in rural areas, and provide recommendations for CLLD in the 2028+ programming period.

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Volunteering in Rural Communities: How do we make it grow?

The event, hosted by Irish Rural Link, will explore the benefits and challenges of volunteering for both volunteers and organisations. It will also assess the future of volunteering and how younger people can be encouraged to get more involved.

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Empowering rural communities: gender equality and innovation in action

This webinar, organised by the EU-funded FLIARA project, will explore practical solutions to barriers faced by rural women, showcase successful innovations, and provide policy recommendations to foster inclusive rural entrepreneurship.