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Help shape the future EU Youth Strategy – share your views by 16 July!
The deadline is approaching to contribute to the European Commission’s public consultation on the future EU Youth Strategy. The consultation invites young people, youth organisations, public authorities, researchers and all interested stakeholders to share their views on the priorities that should shape the post-2027 EU youth policy.
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- Rural Revitalisation Platform
New Youth Partnership brief calls for a broad ‘right to stay’ agenda for rural youth
Supporting rural youth requires policies that go beyond addressing outmigration. A new EU-Council of Europe Youth Partnership knowledge brief advocates a broader ‘right to stay’ agenda, enabling young people to choose whether to stay, leave or return to rural communities.
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Exploring solutions for generational renewal in rural Europe
Policymakers, representatives from rural youth organisations and experts in agriculture, innovation and community development gathered at a recent EU CAP Network seminar to address pressing challenges facing rural youth and young farmers.
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- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Latest publications
Rural Vision Magazine | Edition 3
The third edition of the Rural Vision Magazine features a range of stakeholder voices on the most pressing developments around the EU rural vision and Pact in 2025.
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- Rural Revitalisation Platform
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.
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- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Highlights Report | Good Practice Webinar: ‘Rural youth participation in policymaking'
This highlights report summarises the key messages and discussions at the dedicated Good Practice Webinar of 24 April 2024, hosted online by the Rural Pact Support Office.
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- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Latest good practice
Smart Village development in practice: the Socjometr Foundation model in Pękowice
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- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Senior housing on Venø Island: enabling generational renewal through adapted housing solutions in rural Denmark
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
European Youth Village Programme – rural youth empowerment in Romania
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform