New Good Practices showcase rural development, employment and digital and social inclusion
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
- Stronger Rural Areas
- Connected rural areas
- Resilient rural areas
- Prosperous rural areas
Explore 10 inspiring initiatives in the Rural Pact Good Practice database – from a community-led Smart Village methodology in Romania to a model supporting rural youth entrepreneurs in Finland.
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Browse our database to discover projects, methodologies and inspirational ideas from across Europe on a wide range of topics:
Smart Villages
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Implementing a structured, community-led Smart Village model in Pękowice, Poland;
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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
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Delivering EU cohesion funding through a regional programme in Lower Saxony, Germany;
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Strengthening resilience and recovery through a multi-fund territorial action plan in central Portugal;
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Advancing sustainable rural development through integrated strategic approaches to housing and heritage in Tyrol, Austria;
Social inclusion and generational renewal
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Enabling residents to access opportunities for paid work in Tulpiakiemis, Lithuania;
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Empowering rural youth to start small businesses through training, mentoring and support in Finland;
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Creating adapted housing solutions for elderly residents to promote generational renewal on Venø Island, Denmark;
Entrepreneurship
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Connecting entrepreneurs, families and remote workers with rural municipalities facing demographic decline in Spain;
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Supporting entrepreneurs to launch their own businesses through a national programme in Gorenjska region, Slovenia.
Find more examples by country, topic and type of practice in our Good Practice database.