New Good Practices showcase rural development, employment and digital and social inclusion

• Implementing a structured, community-led Smart Village model in Pękowice, Poland; 

• Developing a community-led Smart Village methodology that fosters participation, local capacity and locally owned, implementable strategies in north-west Romania; 

Territorial development and rural revitalisation 

• Delivering EU cohesion funding through a regional programme in Lower Saxony, Germany; 

• Strengthening resilience and recovery through a multi-fund territorial action plan in central Portugal; 

• Advancing sustainable rural development through integrated strategic approaches to housing and heritage in Tyrol, Austria; 

Social inclusion and generational renewal 

• Enabling residents to access opportunities for paid work in Tulpiakiemis, Lithuania; 

• Empowering rural youth to start small businesses through training, mentoring and support in Finland; 

• Creating adapted housing solutions for elderly residents to promote generational renewal on Venø Island, Denmark; 

Entrepreneurship 

• Connecting entrepreneurs, families and remote workers with rural municipalities facing demographic decline in Spain; 

• Supporting entrepreneurs to launch their own businesses through a national programme in Gorenjska region, Slovenia.