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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 intergenerational fairness to be embedded across EU policies
A new European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) opinion calls for intergenerational fairness to become a cross-cutting principle of EU policymaking, with particular attention to territorial inequalities and people living in rural, remote and deprived areas.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Territorial equity and the fight against rural depopulation: an overview of Spain’s strategic policy framework
Spain has formally approved its Second National Strategy for Territorial Equity and the Demographic Challenge. Find out more about the country’s policy framework targeting rural depopulation and territorial imbalances in this article from the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Latest publications
Good Practice Brochure ‘Rural housing’
The second edition of the Rural Pact Good Practice Brochure explores how integrated policies, strong local partnerships and place-based solutions can address rural housing challenges while contributing to social inclusion, energy efficiency and territorial cohesion.
- 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
Highlights Report | Good Practice Webinar: ‘Rural Housing’
This highlights report outlines the main initiatives and summarises the main messages from the Good Practice Webinar on rural housing of 20 February 2025, hosted online by the Rural Pact Support Office.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Latest good practice
A hub for digital nomads on the Black Sea coast in rural Bulgaria
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Senior housing on Venø Island: enabling generational renewal through adapted housing solutions in rural Denmark
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Village renewal in Tyrol through integrated strategic approaches to rural housing and heritage
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform