Upcoming Events

Conference

Horizon Europe info days, Cluster 6: food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture and environment

The info days will overview the topics of Horizon Europe’s forthcoming Work Programme 2025. The publication of the calls is expected by mid-April 2025 and the opening for submission – from 5 May 2025 onwards.

Webinar

Smarter, stronger and more competitive rural areas: The way forward for EU policies

The webinar will showcase and discuss the initial policy outputs of the FUTURAL project. It will present recommendations for improving existing policies to strengthen rural innovation.

Webinar

Good Practice Webinar on rural innovation

This Good Practice Webinar, organised by the Rural Pact Support Office, will showcase national, regional and local experiences and initiatives that promote innovation in rural areas. It will build participants’ capacity to develop and implement innovative actions that respond to the emerging opportunities and challenges in rural areas, with a particular focus on technological, ecological and social innovation.

Webinar

Good practices in animal handling to ensure farm safety

This webinar will explore the importance of proper animal handling techniques and how good practices can help reduce injuries, improve farm safety, and contribute to better occupational health and safety for those working in the agricultural sector.

Conference

Demographic change: the impact on housing

The DCRN -Demographic Change Regions Network- is organizing a seminar on how demographic change is affecting housing policies and how our regions/cities are best dealing with it.

Webinar

Rural Pact Coordination Group Declaration: Turning words into action – or just another rural wishlist that might be left behind?

This session will explore the Rural Pact Coordination Group (RPCG) Declaration and its potential to influence post-2027 policy, focusing on community-led innovations like Smart Villages. A discussion will follow on how to turn the Declaration’s words into action.

Yunka Festival

The event, organised by Cammini d'Italia, will address sustainability, rural regeneration, and community-driven innovation in the Apennine mountains near Bologna.

Other

Info session: European Energy Communities Facility's first call for proposals

The European Energy Communities Facility will host an online information session to guide you through the application process of its first call for proposals.

Governance meeting

Rural Pact Coordination Group: fifth meeting

The fifth meeting of the Rural Pact Coordination Group (RPCG) will inform members of the policy and inter-institutional landscape for rural areas and communities and discuss ways of maximising the impact of the RPCG Declaration. It will exchange on ways of further strengthening the Rural Pact at national and regional levels, and update on upcoming Rural Pact events, particularly the Conference.

European Sustainable Energy Week 2025

The European Sustainable Energy Week, organised by the European Commission, will gather leading clean energy community voices along with high-level speakers for three days of exchange, collaboration, and discovery.