New highlights report on ‘Enhancing policy coordination for vibrant rural areas’
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
- Stronger Rural Areas
- Resilient rural areas
- Prosperous rural areas
- Connected rural areas
The EU rural vision should be translated into a long-term strategy at EU, national and regional levels, with a dedicated budget and action plan, a headline message from a recent Rural Pact Policy Lab. The highlights report is now available.
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The event (28 November 2024 – Brussels, Belgium) focused on policy coordination and multi-level governance, monitoring rural support, and addressing perception and communication gaps. It stressed the importance of a dedicated rural funding instrument, strengthened rural proofing, enhanced horizontal and vertical coordination, simplified access to funding for rural areas, and efficient monitoring system at EU, national and regional levels.
Read the highlights report for a snapshot of key messages from the event.
The Policy Lab brought together around 130 stakeholders to address two of the questions in the European Commission’s report on the rural vision implementation:
- identifying policy tools for integrated support for rural areas at all levels; and
- improving the availability of information on rural policy tools and funding streams without increasing the administrative burden.