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New EU research and innovation funding for the green and digital transitions
The European Commission has mobilised previously unallocated Horizon Europe funding to increase the 2024 budget of the EU's research and innovation programme by nearly EUR 1.4 billion. The amendment features opportunities for green and digital development in rural areas.
Meet the rural winners of the 2024 New European Bauhaus Prizes
The laureates in the 2024 edition of the New European Bauhaus (NEB) Prizes were announced on 12 April at an award ceremony in Brussels – discover the winning projects dealing with rural topics.
Call for tenders: Advisory hub for citizen energy, deadline: 14 June
A new call for tenders by the European Commission’s Directorate General for Energy seeks to assist the set-up or facilitation of citizen-led energy projects through technical, organisational, administrative and outreach support.
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Highlights Report | Good Practice Webinar "Rural areas in the energy transition"
This highlights report summarises the outputs from the Good Practice Webinar "Rural areas in the Energy Transition". It took place in online on 24 October 2023.
Making the Rural Pact happen in Member States
This policy briefing outlines the key elements, or ingredients, needed to mobilise stakeholders around the Rural Pact and foster concerted action towards meeting the objectives of the long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas in the specific context of each Member State or region. It also presents inspiring examples of how these elements are put into practice.
Opportunities and challenges for remote rural areas in the European Union
The brief describes the EU’s remote rural areas, showing how remoteness can increase territorial disparities across the urban-rural continuum. Remote rural areas differ from non-remote ones in key areas such as demography, economy, service provision, connectivity,
biodiversity and the geographic context. This policy brief was developed in cooperation with the DG for Agriculture and Rural Development and the DG for Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission in support of the rural vision.
