All events

Conference

10th annual EU conference on EAFRD financial instruments

This annual event is jointly organised by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI) and the European Investment Bank (EIB). Registration will open in summer 2024.

Policy Lab

Policy Lab ‘Enhancing policy coordination for vibrant rural areas: Learning from experience to build a sustainable rural future’

This Policy Action Lab, organised by the Rural Pact Support Office, explored the best policy tools to ensure institutional, governance and integrated support for rural areas at all levels. It further discussed how to improve the availability of policy-relevant information on rural policy tools and funding streams, without increasing the administrative burden.

Conference

Financing food systems transformation and rural revitalisation: opportunities and challenges

This year’s Annual General Assembly theme will focus on how the international community is rethinking the use of the limited official development assistance (ODA) in food and nutrition, in particular using innovative financing, better coordination of donor approaches, and stronger harmonization of stakeholder engagement.

Webinar

Young entrepreneurs in rural areas: challenges and solutions

The webinar, organised by the European Microfinance Network, will dive into the multifaceted challenges that rural youth encounter by highlighting practical and successful approaches to mitigate these.

Webinar

Ensuring that the post 2027 EU policies are (really) smart and sustainable

The online meeting, organised by ELIF, will discuss the contribution of EU policies to sustainability practices and smart local development, in view of the new EU Political Guidelines 2024-2029 for the new EU term.

Webinar

SERIGO community of practice launch webinar: Driving social innovation for rural inclusion

Want to make an impact in rural areas? Join SERIGO's Community of Practice (CoP) on social innovation for inclusion of vulnerable groups. In this webinar, SERIGO will explain how to join them and what to expect.

Other

Empowering rural youth on energy transition

The event will discuss actions to boost rural youth engagement in energy transition and smart energies, fitting diverse demographics across rural communities

Other

Advanced data management and monitoring for CAP Strategic Plans

Tools4CAP is organising its second academy module on advanced data management and monitoring for CAP strategic plans. The event will showcase several monitoring techniques and tools, including the Area Monitoring System, the Policy Monitoring Tool, the Data Aggregation Platform, as well as the Farm Management Information System (FMIS) and the Digital Farm Book.

Webinar

Engaging citizens in climate action: Mastering effective climate communication

The webinar, organised by the EU Climate Action Academy, will provide tools and techniques to write and share compelling climate stories.

Other

The rural principles series: Taking an integrated approach to rural development

This stakeholder discussion will explore different ways to support and implement coordinated approaches to rural development at national, regional, and local levels in rapidly changing policy environments.