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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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EESC opinion highlights the role of youth entrepreneurship in Europe's competitiveness
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has adopted a new opinion on EU Competitiveness and Youth Entrepreneurship, examining how entrepreneurship can contribute to Europe's competitiveness, innovation capacity and economic resilience. These themes will also feature in upcoming Rural Pact discussions on rural competitiveness and economic diversification.
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Upcoming events
Strengthening rural businesses for a more competitive Europe: creating value through business support, territorial assets and social economy
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- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Strengthening a diversified rural economy in the post-2027 period
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- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Latest publications
Good Practice Brochure 'Place-based innovation'
This first edition of the Rural Pact Good Practice Brochure focuses on place-based innovation and its role in addressing economic, social and environmental challenges in rural areas. It highlights how solutions rooted in local realities, supported by collaboration and tailored approaches, can strengthen rural development.
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- Rural Revitalisation Platform
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
Latest good practice
Holapueblo: connecting people with rural municipalities to revitalise depopulated areas in Spain
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- Rural Revitalisation Platform
4H entrepreneurship: supporting rural youth to start businesses in Finland
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- Rural Revitalisation Platform
PONI programme: support for entrepreneurs in Slovenia’s Gorenjska region
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform