Stronger rural areas
- Self-assessment tool on rural revitalisation (ENRD thematic group on rural revitalisation)
- Case study: Regional law to combat depopulation in Castilla-la-Mancha (ENRD thematic group on rural revitalisation)
- Good practice guide for people who live or want to live in rural areas (RURALIZATION)
- Handbook for local authorities to make farmland work for the public good (RURALIZATION)
- Networks on health equity addressing medical deserts (AHEAD)
- RURAL NEET Youth observatory (RURAL NEET)
- Addressing health inequities among people living in rural and remote areas (who.int) (World Health Organisation)
- Health - Blue print for rural practice in Europe (EURIPA)
- Horizon funded research on rural and social dynamics
- Tools for smart villages
- Roadmap toolbox (SmartRural21)
- Smart solutions database (SmartRural21)
- Guidebook on how to become a smart village (SmartRural21)
- European smart village observatory (SmartRural27)
Connected rural areas
- DESIRA resources on digitalisation of agriculture and rural areas
- SMARTA-Net (sustainable mobility in rural areas)
Resilient rural areas
Prosperous rural areas
- Storymaps on mountain value chains (MOVING)
- Inspiring, immersive stories combining text, interactive maps, and other multimedia content about the 23 selected reference mountain regions.
- Digital stories on mountain value chains (MOVING)
- Virtual library of rural business models and strategies (RUBIZMO)
- Business transformation support tool (RUBIZMO)
- Toolkit for cooperation and networking (RUBIZMO)
- Training resources for rural businesses (RUBIZMO)
- Supporting the rural economy through living labs (LIVERUR)
- Data on specific themes or sectors
- Agriculture and agrifood
- Digitalisation
- Rural in digital index (European Digital Scoreboard)
- Rural Digital Europe Dashboard of the Horizon 2020 Desira project (desira2020.eu)
- Tourism
Cross-cutting
- EUROSTAT territorial typologies and related databases
- EUROSTAT publication
- OECD work on rural development
- International Labour Organization tools on work in the rural economy
- Rural Economy webpage
- Policy Brief Advancing social justice and decent work in rural economies
- ILO & ITC MOOC on Future of Work in the Rural Economy
- Foresight
- Rural trend cards (RURALIZATION)
- Scenarios for EU rural areas by 2040 (Joint Research Centre)