Rural innovation: explore the presentations and videos from our latest webinar
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
- Digital
- Research and innovation
- Smart and start-up villages
- Nature and environment
- Connected rural areas
- Stronger Rural Areas
- Resilient rural areas
- LEADER/CLLD
“We need to make rural innovation visible, viable, and valued,” said the OECD’s Eduardo Montemayor at our dedicated webinar of 22 May 2025. Discover a range of national, regional and local initiatives promoting technological, ecological and social innovation in rural areas – browse through the presentations and video recordings.
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The webinar highlighted the importance of enhanced access to funding, effectively reaching and impacting the local level, and the need to measure, follow up and reflect on results achieved on the ground. Rural innovation needs to be place based and enabled through capacity building, local strategies, resources and flexibility.
Place-based rural innovation can address pressing challenges such as depopulation, limited access to public services, economic development and climate change – explore the event page for a wealth of initiatives showcased at the webinar.
The highlights report will be made available shortly.