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10 juin 2025

New European Bauhaus (NEB) call: EUR 118.4 million available under Horizon Europe

The call seeks to fund projects that connect sustainability, inclusion, and aesthetics – particularly in built and living environments. With a strong focus on community-level transformation, this call offers opportunities for rural municipalities, local actors, and innovation hubs – apply by 12 November 2025.

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  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
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26 mai 2025

Horizon Europe calls open: EUR 37 m available for rural, coastal and urban communities 

Explore the funding opportunities available under Horizon Europe’s Cluster 6: ‘Food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture and environment’! A set of the calls seeks to fund research in resilient, inclusive, healthy, and green rural, coastal and urban communities.

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  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
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23 mai 2025

Rural innovation: explore the presentations and videos from our latest webinar

“We need to make rural innovation visible, viable, and valued,” said the OECD’s Eduardo Montemayor at our dedicated webinar of 22 May 2025. Discover a range of national, regional and local initiatives promoting technological, ecological and social innovation in rural areas – browse through the presentations and video recordings.

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  • Rural Revitalisation Platform

Upcoming events

Rural Development 2025: Resilience to global change

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Latest publications

Policy Action Lab 'Territorial development for the green transition'
Event Highlights |

Highlights Report | Policy Action Lab 'Territorial development for the green transition: Harnessing the potential of rural communities'

This highlights report outlines the outputs of the Policy Action Lab of 19 September 2024, hosted by the Rural Pact Support Office.

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
Highlights Report | Good Practice Webinar: 'Rural communities tackling climate change'
Event Highlights |

Highlights Report | Good Practice Webinar: 'Rural communities tackling climate change'

This highlights report summarises the key messages and discussions of the Good Practice Webinar on climate of 20 March 2024, hosted by the Rural Pact Support Office in collaboration with the European Climate Pact.

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  • Rural Revitalisation Platform

Latest good practice

Regional innovation hub boosts sustainable food supply and resilience in rural Slovenia
Methodology | 09 juin 2025

Regional innovation hub boosts sustainable food supply and resilience in rural Slovenia

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  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
Circular-economy project addresses wood waste and sustainability awareness in rural Slovenia
Project | 09 juin 2025

Circular-economy project addresses wood waste and sustainability awareness in rural Slovenia

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
Starlight project: opening new careers for rural youth through learnings about astronomy-based tourism