Upcoming Events

Training

Advocacy training on environment and climate

This training will offer opportunities to build advocacy skills, connect with like-minded changemakers, contribute to policy recommendations on food systems, housing, climate adaptation, biodiversity, and water, and get inspiration from community action stories.

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.

Webinar

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.

Webinar

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.

Webinar

Online info session: ‘Acting for the rural vision: making a commitment for vibrant rural areas visible’

This online info session, organised by the Rural Pact Support Office, will overview the commitments web tool, showcase inspiring examples of ongoing commitments, to the process of submitting a commitment, and answer questions raised by participants.

Webinar

Bridging private and public funding for women innovators in agriculture and rural areas

The event will bring together leading experts in public and private funding to share practical insights, opportunities, and tools for women innovators looking to grow and scale their initiatives. It will offer a space to learn, connect, and explore real solutions to financial barriers in rural innovation.

Conference

The role of data in driving transitions in rural areas

The event will explore the role of data in supporting rural transitions and shaping sustainable futures and gain insight from the Horizon Europe RUSTIK project (Rural Sustainability Transitions through Integration of Knowledge for improved policy processes).

Conference

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.

Webinar

Good Practice Webinar on sustainable rural tourism

This Good Practice Webinar, organised by the Rural Pact Support Office in partnership with the European Federation of Rural Tourism (RuralTour), will showcase innovative approaches that link sustainable tourism, heritage conservation and entrepreneurship. It will explore policy measures and incentives that support sustainable tourism, including investment opportunities, infrastructure improvements, and the promotion of entrepreneurship in rural areas.

European Congress on renewal and rural development

The Congress, organised by the Polish Presidency Council of the European Union, will highlight key values for preserving the specificity and vitality of villages and empower local communities to respond to increased uncertainty and risks.