Publications

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Event Highlights |

Highlights Report | Rural Pact Conference: 'From vision to action: Empowering rural areas for the future'

This highlights report summarises the key messages and discussions at the Rural Pact Conference of 16-17 September 2025, organised by the Rural Pact Support Office.

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
Highlights report
Stronger Rural Areas, Connected rural areas (+2)
Event Highlights |

Highlights Report | Policy Action Lab 'Rural proofing: looking at policies through the rural lens'

This highlights report summarises the key messages and discussions at the dedicated Policy Action Lab of 12 June 2025, hosted online by the Rural Pact Support Office.

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
Highlights Report | Policy Lab ‘Rural proofing: looking at policies through the rural lens’
Stronger Rural Areas, Resilient rural areas (+2)
Event Highlights |

Highlights Report | Good Practice Webinar ‘Rural innovation’

This highlights report outlines inspiring initiatives and practical ways to strengthen innovation ecosystems and empower local communities to drive local innovation action.

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
Highlights Report | Good Practice Webinar ‘Rural innovation'
Research and innovation, LEADER/CLLD (+6)
Event Highlights |

Highlights Report | Good Practice Webinar ‘Sustainable rural tourism’

This highlights report outlines the main initiatives and summarises the main messages from the Good Practice Webinar on rural tourism of 7 May 2025, hosted online by the Rural Pact Support Office and RuralTour.

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
Highlights Report | Good Practice Webinar ‘Sustainable rural tourism'
Prosperous rural areas, Tourism and heritage
Event Highlights |

Highlights Report | Good Practice Webinar: ‘Rural Housing’

This highlights report outlines the main initiatives and summarises the main messages from the Good Practice Webinar on rural housing of 20 February 2025, hosted online by the Rural Pact Support Office.

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
Highlights report | Good Practice Webinar: ‘Rural Housing’
Housing, Stronger Rural Areas
Event Highlights |

Highlights Report | Policy Action Lab ‘Enhancing policy coordination for vibrant rural areas’

This highlights report outlines the main messages and outputs of the Policy Action Lab of 28 November 2024, hosted by the Rural Pact Support Office.

  • Rural Pact
Policy Action Lab ‘Enhancing policy coordination for vibrant rural areas’
Governance, Connected rural areas (+3)
Other Publications |

Rural Pact Coordination Group (RPCG) Declaration on the future of rural areas and rural development policy in the European Union

The RPCG Declaration – adopted on 12 December 2024 – sets out a strategic proposal for the post-2027 EU funds and policies to address the challenges faced by rural areas. It calls for a strong shift in future policies to ensure the sustainability and resilience of EU’s rural areas in the long run.

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
Declaration on the future of rural areas and rural development policy in the European Union
Stronger Rural Areas, Connected rural areas (+2) European Union
Magazines |

Rural Vision Magazine | Edition 2

The second edition of the Magazine features a range of stakeholder voices on the most pressing developments around the EU’s rural vision and Pact in 2024.

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
Rural Vision Magazine #2
Stronger Rural Areas, Connected rural areas (+2)
Briefings |

Policy Briefing ‘Empowering communities to take action for the rural vision’

This Policy Briefing outlines how the Rural Pact can contribute to transformative local action in rural areas. It identifies a set of actions for both local communities and higher-level authorities to pursue in order to enable tailored responses to rural challenges.

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
Policy Briefing ‘Empowering communities to take action for the rural vision’
Stronger Rural Areas, Connected rural areas (+2)
Event Highlights |

Highlights Report | Policy Action Lab 'Territorial development for the green transition: Harnessing the potential of rural communities'

This highlights report outlines the outputs of the Policy Action Lab of 19 September 2024, hosted by the Rural Pact Support Office.

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
Policy Action Lab 'Territorial development for the green transition'
Energy, Climate (+8)