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Sustainable rural tourism practices
Tourism as an integrated development sector – combining aspects such as cultural heritage and environmental conservation, and community engagement – is at the heart of European rural areas’ sustainable development. A recent RuralTour event examined the regional dimension of rural tourism development.
Improving life in rural communities through social and technological innovation
A new EU-funded project – RURBANIVE – will work between 2024 and 2027 to establish a novel rural-urban innovation framework, supported by technical and social innovations in order to enhance territorial governance and existing policy tools.
A five-point plan for Europe’s heartlands
A recent publication by the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies outlines a five-point plan to place local communities at the heart of EU policies, calling for bottom-up rural development.
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Highlights Report | Good Practice Webinar ‘Strengthening digital skills of rural people to benefit from the digital era’
This highlights report outlines the key messages and discussions at the dedicated Good Practice Webinar of 8 June 2023, hosted online by the Rural Pact Support Office.
