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Connect, exchange and collaborate: discover the Rural Pact Community Groups
The Rural Pact Community Groups are entering a new phase of development. Building on the experience gained since their launch in 2023, the Rural Pact Support Office (RPSO) is strengthening support to these online discussion fora to help them become even more active spaces for networking, knowledge exchange and collaboration across rural Europe.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Generational renewal in rural businesses: webinar presentations and recordings now available
Explore the resources from the Rural Pact Good Practice Webinar on generational renewal in rural businesses of 10 June 2016, outlining practical approaches supporting business creation, development and transfer in rural economies beyond agriculture.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Anchoring rural areas in the NRPPs: presentations and video recordings now available
A Rural Pact Policy Lab (3 June 2026 – Brussels, Belgium) underlined the importance of ensuring that rural areas are adequately reflected within future National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRPPs) through integrated and place-based measures.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
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Latest publications
Rural Pact Coordination Group (RPCG) position paper on legislative developments around the post-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework
This position paper of the Rural Pact Coordination Group (RPCG) reflects on recent legislative developments linked to the post-2027 EU policy framework and the future Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF).
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
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
Highlights Report | Policy Action Lab ‘Rural areas and communities in the post-2027 EU budget and policies’
This highlights report summarises the key messages and discussions of the dedicated Policy Action Lab of 5 November 2025, organised by the Rural Pact Support Office.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Latest good practice
The Old Rectory Country House: from heritage to hospitality, powering a resilient rural economy
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Villages Vivants: rural community development cooperative in France
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Connecting rural entrepreneurs in Skåne, Sweden, to the wider innovation ecosystem
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform