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Discover the new Women in Farming Platform
The European Commission has launched the Women in Farming Platform, a new initiative to strengthen women’s engagement and equal opportunities in agriculture and rural communities. Apply to become a member by 30 April 2026.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Apply for funding for your sustainable touristic route
The European Commission has launched a call for proposals to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in establishing sustainable touristic routes and developing associated tourism ecosystems. Apply by 20 May 2026.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Castilla-La Mancha reverses demographic decline in depopulated rural areas through long-term policy commitment and territorial investment
The Spanish region Castilla-La Mancha had faced long-standing demographic challenges in its rural interior. Around three-quarters of its municipalities had lost population over recent decades, and many small towns’ population densities are far below the national average, reflecting sustained out-migration and population ageing.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
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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.
- Rural Pact
- 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.
- Rural Pact
- 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.
- 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