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Sign up to attend our upcoming Policy Action Lab on 19 September 2024 and discover key opportunities for rural communities to benefit from the green transition and enhance their territorial development tools.

Mountains and mountain value chains play a key role in achieving EU political targets by 2030 and shaping its post-2027 political agenda. The debate on the future EU rural policy is already open and mountain stakeholders are encouraged to actively participate in the forthcoming public consultations.

Our Good Practice Webinar on rural mobility of 20 June 2024 highlighted the importance of understanding local communities’ needs and tailoring mobility solutions as much as possible. Discover the presentations and video recordings for practical local examples and approaches.

The FLIARA project recently launched a Community of Practice and visibility campaign to support and accelerate women-led innovation in rural areas. The new Community, driven by 20 ambassadors, will enable networking and collaboration among key stakeholders, and share success stories of innovative women-led practices.

Unified political support and cooperation across various public administration departments are key to enhance access to health services in rural areas Patricia Martínez, policy analyst at the Rural Pact Support Office, emphasised at Interreg Europe’s webinar of 5 June 2024. Achieving collaboration among departments dealing with education, health, agriculture, and rural development is needed to prevent working in silos and ensure respective regulations are rural-proofed.

Hot off the press! A set of 10 new projects, tools and methodologies from across Europe just got published in our Good Practice database.

Help us identify key areas where the Rural Pact Support Office can offer enhanced support and networking opportunities to the Rural Pact and its community – fill in our short survey by 19 July 2024.

Are you involved in the design and implementation of an integrated territorial development strategy in a non-urban area? Apply to become a peer reviewer and share your insights and advice for improving the three local strategies selected for the 2024 review – deadline to apply, 25 June 2024.

The EU-funded SMARTA-NET project has produced two guidance documents on enhanced rural mobility solutions, based on existing knowledge and practical experiences.

A new OECD paper identifies factors that can support social innovation in rural areas, provides guidance for policymakers, and proposes an approach to measure readiness and capacity to embark on rural social innovation.