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Mobilising citizens for the energy transition: call for municipalities to host Citizen Energy Panels
Local and regional authorities across Europe are invited to take part in a new initiative to strengthen citizen participation in the energy transition. Apply by 30 January 2026 to host a Citizen Energy Panel – a one-day event where residents come together to discuss energy and climate challenges and co-develop practical local solutions.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
New policy guidance and tools to support energy renovation in rural homes
Improving the energy performance of rural homes is crucial to ensuring fair and sustainable living conditions. A new policy brief and set of resources from the RENOVERTY project provide solutions to help rural households renovate their properties, tackling challenges such as ageing building stock, limited access to finance, and gaps in institutional support.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Empowering rural women: FLIARA project conference calls for inclusive innovation and policy change
Women’s innovation is a driver of rural transformation across Europe – female entrepreneurs are proving that innovation rooted in local knowledge can revitalise rural economies and communities. This headline message emerged from the final conference of the Horizon Europe-funded FLIARA project, held on 17 October 2025 in Brussels.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Empowering local communities for a sustainable Europe: insights from EU Regions' Week 2025
Europe is at its best when it empowers local actors – a theme that echoed throughout the 2025 European Week of Regions and Cities (13–16 October, Brussels). The Rural Pact Support Office took part in several sessions, exploring how local and regional authorities are driving the green, digital, and demographic transitions. Explore the insights revealing that empowering local communities is essential to building a more cohesive, sustainable, and future-ready Europe.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
New European Commission strategy outlines measures to support generational renewal in agriculture
The new strategy – launched by the European Commission on 21 October – sets out a roadmap to revitalise farming, strengthen rural areas and ensure a new generation of farmers can thrive. It acknowledges that young farmers face specific challenges that need to be addressed with specific actions at all levels of governance – EU, national and regional – and across policies.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
New publication showcases Czech CLLD experience as a model for inclusive, place-based development across Europe
Community-led Local Development (CLLD) provides a proven framework for empowering local partnerships, integrating public and private action, and ensuring that development reflects the real needs of people and places. Explore a new brochure outlining key messages from the conference ‘CLLD – prosperous communities: opportunity for a shared future 2028+’ (31 March–1 April 2025).
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
New report on rural resilience through a gender lens
Gender-sensitive rural development is an investment in the long-term resilience of rural communities – a recent report by the EU-funded project GRANULAR explores the intersection of gender and rurality in shaping employment outcomes across Europe.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Rural youth joining forces for a better future
How do young people see the future of their villages and mountain communities? That’s the question behind the Erasmus+ ECO project which brought together teenagers from France’s Hautes-Pyrénées and Spain’s Sobrarbe regions to explore what connects them – and what challenges they share.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Europe’s climate transition starts locally: insights from the EU Covenant of Mayors Ceremony
Europe’s path to climate neutrality will be shaped locally – empowered municipalities, equipped with resources and partnerships, are key to achieving Europe’s climate ambitions. The 2025 edition of the EU Covenant of Mayors Ceremony of 16 October confirmed the essential role of local and regional governments in delivering the climate and energy transitions.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
What does our energy and climate future look like? Insights from the IEECP conference
A successful European energy transition requires coordinated policies, community engagement, and evidence-based innovation replication. The IEECP conference of 15-16 October set out a roadmap for implementing efficient, resilient, fair, and smart energy strategies, ensuring Europe meets its climate objectives, while fostering prosperous and empowered rural communities.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
