News | 09 juin 2025
New Good Practices available online
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
- Stronger Rural Areas
- Prosperous rural areas
- Resilient rural areas
- Connected rural areas
Explore the latest set of inspiring initiatives, ranging from a regional innovation hub for sustainable food supply in rural Slovenia to a new model of multi-level rural governance in Norway – all available in the Rural Pact Good Practice database.

Source: Ángel Poveda Polo, Popolo Consultora Cultural
Browse the database to discover projects, tools and methodologies from across Europe!
Sustainability and circularity
- reducing wood waste in rural Slovenia
- transforming fish waste into high-value products in Italy and Malta
Creative entrepreneurship
- connecting urban and rural actors in five countries to reactivate underused spaces through cultural activities
- training rural youth for careers in sustainable rural tourism
- an NGO incubator building capacities for sustainable growth in rural Latvia
- transferring economically viable rural businesses from retiring owners to new entrepreneurs in rural Salamanca (Spain)
Empowering youth and the elderly
- a Dutch youth village council involving rural youngsters in local decision-making
- supporting SME competitiveness by promoting the ‘silver economy’ through an interregional cooperation project
Explore these and many others in our database – browse by country, topic, and type of practice.