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Explore the new searchable Rural Pact Knowledge Hub
Looking for evidence, guidance, practical tools or policy resources on rural development? A revamped Knowledge Hub brings together a wide range of resources in one searchable database, helping you find knowledge relevant to your work and interests.
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Regenerative rural futures through culture and creativity: insights from Creative Skills Week
This year’s edition of Creative Skills Week, held in Brussels, gathered stakeholders from Europe’s cultural and creative sectors, policymakers, educators and industry leaders to explore how creative skills can help address complex societal challenges, including in rural areas.
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Investing in rural youth and local communities: reflections from the EURYO Conference 2026
What does it take to make rural areas places where young people genuinely choose to stay? This question was at the heart of the EURYO Conference 2026, held on 11 September in Angra do Heroísmo, in the Azores, Portugal.
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Upcoming events
Strengthening a diversified rural economy in the post-2027 period
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XXII European Rural Development Network conference
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Latest publications
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.
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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.
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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).
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Latest good practice
Smart Village development in practice: the Socjometr Foundation model in Pękowice
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MobiRural enhancing rural mobility through local capacity and innovation
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Connecting rural entrepreneurs in Skåne, Sweden, to the wider innovation ecosystem
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