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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

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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European society for rural sociology Congress: call for abstracts by 14 February
Submit a short abstract for the forthcoming Congress of the European society for rural sociology (ESRS 2025) under the event theme ‘Navigating rural transitions: Exploring liveable futures’.
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Upcoming events
Rural roots and routes: Navigating complexities of quality of life, immobility, and migration
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Taking stock and building partnership for sustainable development of mountain and rural areas
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- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Food systems transition for sustainable rural development
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- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Latest publications

Rural Vision Magazine | Edition 1
This first edition of the Rural Vision Magazine provides you with stories and information to inspire and drive progress in implementing the rural vision.
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- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Latest good practice

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

French collaborative framework fosters strategic cooperation and holistic territorial development
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- Rural Revitalisation Platform

Silicon Vilstal fosters social innovation in rural areas of Lower Bavaria, Germany
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