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12 juin 2025

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
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30 mai 2025

Rural housing: call for targeted responses and flexible support for local approaches amid demographic shifts

Housing shortages are no longer just an urban issue – rural and peri-urban areas facing depopulation and ageing are equally affected, highlighted a recent workshop organised by the Demographic Change Regions Network (DCRN).

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
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16 mai 2025

Rural Repopulation group: an inspiring example of Rural Pact Community collaboration

The Rural Pact community group on ‘Rural depopulation and repopulation’, coordinated by the Fundación Repoblación, is a shining example of the Rural Pact platform’s capacity to spark meaningful collaboration across Europe. Read on to find out more about exchanges within the group.

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform

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1st International Congress on Depopulation 2025

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
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Latest publications

Rural Vision Magazine | 1st Edition
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Rural Vision Magazine | Edition 1

This first edition of the Rural Vision Magazine provides you with stories and information to inspire and drive progress in implementing the rural vision.

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform

Latest good practice

Rural Growth Agreements support multi-level governance and local innovation in Norway
Strengthening local democracy and participation in rural Netherlands through a youth village council
Facilitating business transfers to ensure economic continuity in rural Salamanca, Spain
Project | 09 juin 2025

Facilitating business transfers to ensure economic continuity in rural Salamanca, Spain

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform