This highlights report summarises the outputs from the Good Practice Webinar "Rural areas in the Energy Transition". It took place in online on 24 October 2023.

This policy briefing outlines the key elements, or ingredients, needed to mobilise stakeholders around the Rural Pact and foster concerted action towards meeting the objectives of the long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas in the specific context of each Member State or region. It also presents inspiring examples of how these elements are put into practice.

This highlights report summarises the key messages and discussions at the High-level Rural Policy Forum of 27-29 September 2023, co-organised by the Spanish presidency of the Council of the EU and the European Commission, with the support of the Rural Pact Support Office.

The brief describes the EU’s remote rural areas, showing how remoteness can increase territorial disparities across the urban-rural continuum. Remote rural areas differ from non-remote ones in key areas such as demography, economy, service provision, connectivity,
biodiversity and the geographic context. This policy brief was developed in cooperation with the DG for Agriculture and Rural Development and the DG for Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission in support of the rural vision.

This study, financed by the European Commission, has been prepared by the European Evaluation Helpdesk in June 2023. Its conclusions, recommendations and opinions reflect the opinion of the consultants and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Commission.