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European Commission recommends strategic response to transport poverty
A new European Commission recommendation (2025/1021) calls on EU Member States to develop strategic approaches for combating and preventing transport poverty, identifying at-risk populations and areas, and adopting inclusive mobility policies.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Strategies for action on ‘Shrinking Smartly and Sustainably’
Effectively responding to demographic change requires a multi-level governance approach across a wide range of policy areas, while tailoring policies to the needs, challenges and opportunities of each region.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Continuous networking and exchange to shape the future of rural mobility
Rural mobility needs EU-scale solutions that take account of local needs in rural areas, SMARTA-NET project final conference concludes. The two-year, EU-funded project produced guidance, tools, training programmes and set up a European Rural Mobility Network (ERMN) whose legacy will be continued through various Rural Pact activities.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Latest publications
Highlights Report | Good Practice Webinar: 'Enhancing rural mobility through local action'
This highlights report outlines the outputs of the Good Practice Webinar on rural mobility of 20 June 2024, hosted online by the Rural Pact Support Office in collaboration with SMARTA-NET.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Latest good practice
Mobile app for sustainable water management in rural Ireland
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
The Isle of Eigg in Scotland, UK, produces its own electricity from green energy
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform