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Prosperous rural areas

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14 May 2025

Sustainable rural tourism webinar: presentations and videos available

Couldn’t join our Good Practice Webinar on sustainable rural tourism? Browse through the presentations and video recordings to explore innovative approaches that link sustainable tourism, heritage conservation and entrepreneurship in rural areas.

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
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13 May 2025

Modernising cohesion policy for increased efficiency, sustainability and responsiveness: EESC opinion

A results‑oriented approach is necessary to ensure cohesion policy continues to deliver concrete benefits while reducing inequalities and promoting sustainable competitiveness, a recent opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) highlights.

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
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09 May 2025

Become a rural innovation hub: apply to RURACTIVE’s call by 31 May!

Design and implement a community-led, sustainable development solution in your rural area. The RURACTIVE project is looking to support nine rural communities with the knowledge and skills needed to establish local multi-actor Rural Innovation Ecosystems and implement specific solutions in their own context.

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform

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Good practices in animal handling to ensure farm safety

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
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Yunka Festival

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
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Latest publications

Policy Action Lab ‘Enhancing policy coordination for vibrant rural areas’
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Highlights Report | Policy Action Lab ‘Enhancing policy coordination for vibrant rural areas’

This highlights report outlines the main messages and outputs of the Policy Action Lab of 28 November 2024, hosted by the Rural Pact Support Office.

  • Rural Pact
Declaration on the future of rural areas and rural development policy in the European Union
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Rural Pact Coordination Group (RPCG) Declaration on the future of rural areas and rural development policy in the European Union

The RPCG Declaration – adopted on 12 December 2024 – sets out a strategic proposal for the post-2027 EU funds and policies to address the challenges faced by rural areas. It calls for a strong shift in future policies to ensure the sustainability and resilience of EU’s rural areas in the long run.

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
Policy Briefing ‘Empowering communities to take action for the rural vision’
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Policy Briefing ‘Empowering communities to take action for the rural vision’

This Policy Briefing outlines how the Rural Pact can contribute to transformative local action in rural areas. It identifies a set of actions for both local communities and higher-level authorities to pursue in order to enable tailored responses to rural challenges.

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform

Latest good practice

DIGIRUR Consortium
Source: LAG Brdy-Vltava o.p.s
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Project | 14 Mar 2025

User-driven digital app enhances ecosystem monitoring and awareness in rural Luxembourg

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform