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Advancing integrated territorial development through place-based cooperation in Lower Saxony
A regional instrument that delivers EU cohesion funding through 14 sub-regional partnerships operating as Integrated Territorial Investments.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Smart Village development in practice: the Socjometr Foundation model in Pękowice
A Polish village applies a structured, community-led Smart Village model to mobilise residents and implement local initiatives.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Smart Villages in rural Romania: building local capacity for community-led strategies
A Local Action Group tested and scaled a community-led Smart Village methodology that helps rural communes organise participation, build local capacity and develop locally owned development strategies.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Holapueblo: connecting people with rural municipalities to revitalise depopulated areas in Spain
A public–private collaboration matching entrepreneurs who want a fresh start with rural Spanish municipalities facing depopulation, supported by personalised mentoring and integration support.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Employment House: developing a rural social enterprise model for inclusion and local job creation in Lithuania
A LEADER-supported initiative expanded opportunities for paid work in a remote village in Lithuania with limited transport and few local employers.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
4H entrepreneurship: supporting rural youth to start businesses in Finland
4H Finland's youth entrepreneurship model helps young people in rural areas create and run small businesses, developing entrepreneurial skills while generating local services, employment opportunities and community resilience.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
A multi-level, place-based approach to rural recovery and revitalisation in Portugal
A multi-municipal instrument in central Portugal coordinates projects and funding streams under one territorial action plan to strengthen resilience and revitalise a low-density rural region.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Senior housing on Venø Island: enabling generational renewal through adapted housing solutions in rural Denmark
A senior co-housing community on the small island of Venø, enabling older residents to downsize into adapted housing and freeing up family homes for incoming residents.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
PONI programme: support for entrepreneurs in Slovenia’s Gorenjska region
In Gorenjska region, Slovenia's national entrepreneurship support programme provides four months of paid employment along with structured training, mentorship and coworking to help aspiring entrepreneurs launch their own business.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Village renewal in Tyrol through integrated strategic approaches to rural housing and heritage
A regional programme revitalising rural centres in Tyrol, Austria, by supporting housing conversions, heritage preservation and participatory village development.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
