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Commission launches new Bioeconomy Strategy to drive green growth, competitiveness and resilience across Europe
On 27 November 2025, the European Commission adopted a new Bioeconomy Strategy setting out a plan to transition Europe toward a circular, nature-based economy. The Strategy opens new opportunities for jobs, innovation and sustainable development in rural territories.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Discover three EU projects boosting rural economies and mobility
European cooperation can make a lasting and impactful difference on territories – find out how three EU-funded projects are fostering economies and mobility in remote rural areas, strengthening territorial cohesion and reducing regional disparities.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Rural Impact Hub: shaping the future of rural Portugal through social innovation
The Rural Impact Hub (RIHU) is not a common incubator, it’s a living ecosystem for rural innovation inspired by the natural flow of a river. Born in the Mirandese Plateau, on Portugal’s northern border with Spain, RIHU springs from the desire to transform rural areas into vibrant, sustainable and inclusive places.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Latest publications
Highlights Report | Good Practice Webinar ‘Fostering social entrepreneurship in rural areas through local action’
This highlights report summarises the key messages and discussions at the dedicated Good Practice Webinar of 11 May 2023, hosted online by the Rural Pact Support Office.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Latest good practice
Connecting rural entrepreneurs in Skåne, Sweden, to the wider innovation ecosystem
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
‘Honey Routes’ project: revitalising rural Cyprus through sustainable tourism
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Rural Radicals: connecting urban creativity and rural regeneration
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform