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Anchoring rural areas in the NRPPs: Policy Lab highlights report available
16 Sep 2026

Anchoring rural areas in the NRPPs: Policy Lab highlights report available

The highlights report from the Rural Pact Policy Action Lab ‘Anchoring rural areas in the National and Regional Partnership Plans’ is now available. It captures key messages on integrated rural support, monitoring, and stakeholder engagement in the future Plans.

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
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09 Sep 2026

Decentralised rural proofing as a complementary governance approach: RUSTIK project policy brief

A policy brief from the Horizon Europe project RUSTIK introduces the concept of decentralised rural proofing (DRP) and highlights its role as a complementary, place-based approach to governance.

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
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07 Sep 2026

New Good Practice Brochure spotlights inspiring examples of territorial development

A new edition of our Good Practice Brochure highlights six diverse initiatives that show how territorial development instruments and approaches can help improve quality of life in rural areas.

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform

Upcoming events

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Policy Lab

Strengthening a diversified rural economy in the post-2027 period

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
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Conference

XXII European Rural Development Network conference

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
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European Week of Regions and Cities 2026

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
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Latest publications

Good Practice Brochure 'Instruments for territorial development'
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Good Practice Brochure 'Instruments for territorial development'

The third edition of the Rural Pact Good Practice Brochure focuses on territorial development. It highlights how integrated approaches like LEADER/CLLD, Integrated Territorial Investments (ITIs) and Smart Villages can help improve quality of life in rural areas.

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
Highlights report | Policy Action Lab ‘Anchoring rural areas in the National and Regional Partnership Plans’
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Highlights Report | Policy Action Lab ‘Anchoring rural areas in the National and Regional Partnership Plans’

This highlights report summarises discussions at a dedicated Rural Pact Policy Action Lab focused on building blocks relevant for rural communities and territories in the National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRPPs) proposed for the 2028-2034 EU budget.

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
RPCG position paper
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Rural Pact Coordination Group (RPCG) position paper on legislative developments around the post-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework

This position paper of the Rural Pact Coordination Group (RPCG) reflects on recent legislative developments linked to the post-2027 EU policy framework and the future Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF).

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform

Latest good practice

© Socjometr Foundation
Methodology | 29 Jun 2026

Smart Village development in practice: the Socjometr Foundation model in Pękowice

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
© Fondazione Fenice Onlus
Project | 05 May 2026

MobiRural enhancing rural mobility through local capacity and innovation

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
© Clara Löfvenhamn.
Project | 01 Dec 2025

Connecting rural entrepreneurs in Skåne, Sweden, to the wider innovation ecosystem

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform