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Opportunities for policy support for just green transitions
A new policy brief by Nordregio addresses the challenges and opportunities of the green transition in Nordic rural areas, emphasising the need for more fair approaches.
- Rural Pact
A five-point plan for Europe’s heartlands
A recent publication by the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies outlines a five-point plan to place local communities at the heart of EU policies, calling for bottom-up rural development.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Greening agrifood in social economy
New capacity-building opportunities for social economy SMEs in the agrifood sector: the new GRAINS project is working to provide support in the transition towards sustainable and environmentally friendly practices and production processes.
- Rural Pact
Call for good practices on sustainable landscape management
In the framework of the LIFE ShepForBio project, Euromontana is calling for good practices of landscape management combined with pastoral activities – submit your proposal by 31 January 2024.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Call for researchers on current challenges in rural areas
The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) is currently looking for postdoctoral researchers in any of the disciplines taught at the University, including rurality.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Horizon Europe funding opportunities – deadline approaching
The European Commission’s Horizon Europe programme calls for research and innovation projects under the ‘Food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture and environment’ cluster are closing soon. Apply by 22 February 2024.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
The Rural Pact and LEADER: mutually reinforcing instruments
A thematic session during the recent LEADER Congress (18-19 December 2023) explored ways in which the EU Rural Vision and Rural Pact can strengthen LEADER and Local Action Groups (LAGs), as well as the added value LEADER can bring to the Pact’s implementation at the local level.
- Rural Pact
Stronger LEADER/CLLD: important to achieving EU’s rural vision
LEADER, as a key bottom-up approach, can make an important contribution to achieving the objectives of the long-term vision for EU’s rural areas. The recent LEADER Congress called for strengthening the role of LEADER/CLLD in European policies, developing new financial resources for its implementation, as well as simplifying and facilitating access to funds.
- Rural Pact
How to foster the implementation of the long-term vision for EU’s rural areas?
A recent public hearing at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) emphasised the role of enhanced access to financing and effective governance in shaping a sustainable rural development.
- Rural Pact
Joining forces for rural areas to improve services of general interest
Discover the final publication of the pilot action ‘A future for lagging regions’ of the Territorial Agenda 2030 exploring cooperative regional and local development as contributing factors for the long-term improvement of services such as digitalisation, mobility, health and local supply in rural and peripheral areas.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
