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New Good Practice Brochure highlights generational renewal in rural employment and entrepreneurship
The fourth edition of the Rural Pact Good Practice Brochure explores how generational renewal can help enhance the attractiveness of rural areas, support intergenerational collaboration and strengthen local economies. Discover six inspiring initiatives from across Europe.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Ireland unveils new national rural development policy for 2026-2031
The Irish government has launched its second ‘Our Rural Future’ policy, aimed at driving rural development and strengthening the country’s rural communities. It includes a range of new measures and initiatives to support rural enterprise and employment, improve access to essential services, tackle rural isolation and boost community resilience.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
EESC calls for stronger recognition and support for social farming in EU policies
Social farming can strengthen rural economies, improve access to social and care services, and support the inclusion of vulnerable groups. A new European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) opinion calls for better funding, policy coordination and recognition of its contribution to rural development.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Upcoming events
R-Map project cross-regional dialogues: webinar series
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
The right to stay, the right to move: can remote work revitalise Europe’s shrinking countryside?
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
RARE project conference: rethinking rural communities through digital nomadism
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Latest publications
Good Practice Brochure 'Generational renewal - rural employment and entrepreneurship'
The fourth edition of the Rural Pact Good Practice Brochure explores how generational renewal can help enhance the attractiveness of rural areas, support intergenerational collaboration and strengthen local economies.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Highlights report | Good Practice Webinar on rural competitiveness
This highlights report presents the main policy measures, practical examples and key takeaways from the Rural Pact Good Practice Webinar on rural competitiveness held on 17 September 2026.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Rural Vision Magazine | Edition 4
The fourth edition of the Rural Vision Magazine brings together rural stakeholder perspectives on a wealth of topics, including the future EU policy framework, integrated rural development and how the Rural Pact is taking shape across Europe.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Latest good practice
Restoring floodplain habitats and rural livelihoods along the Slovak-Hungarian Danube
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
A hub for digital nomads on the Black Sea coast in rural Bulgaria
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Building the next generation of rural doctors in Czechia
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform