Better access to services and modern infrastructure are essential for young farmers to remain in rural areas. The EU strategy for generational renewal in agriculture places this objective at the core of its vision, linking agricultural renewal with wider rural revitalisation efforts through the rural vision and the Rural Pact.

The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) is calling for post-2027 rural development policy to be ambitious, place-based and long term, enhancing rural areas’ attractiveness, sustainability and competitiveness. It brought stakeholders together for a consultation on 28 January to share their thoughts on future policy.

One-stop shops provide fundamental technical and financial support to energy communities – explore the catalogue of national and regional hubs compiled by the EU-funded European Energy Communities Facility.

Discover a range of rural stakeholder voices on the most pressing developments around the EU’s rural vision and Rural Pact in 2025 in the French and German editions of the third Rural Vision Magazine.

The EU-funded project IMPACT, launched by the European Commission’s DG REGIO in collaboration with the OECD, has opened a call for applications to support cross-border regions with their community-led local development (CLLD) strategies. Apply by 10 April 2026.