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28 oct 2025

Empowering rural women: FLIARA project conference calls for inclusive innovation and policy change

Women’s innovation is a driver of rural transformation across Europe – female entrepreneurs are proving that innovation rooted in local knowledge can revitalise rural economies and communities. This headline message emerged from the final conference of the Horizon Europe-funded FLIARA project, held on 17 October 2025 in Brussels.

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
© European Union, 2025
27 oct 2025

Empowering local communities for a sustainable Europe: insights from EU Regions' Week 2025

Europe is at its best when it empowers local actors – a theme that echoed throughout the 2025 European Week of Regions and Cities (13–16 October, Brussels). The Rural Pact Support Office took part in several sessions, exploring how local and regional authorities are driving the green, digital, and demographic transitions. Explore the insights revealing that empowering local communities is essential to building a more cohesive, sustainable, and future-ready Europe.

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
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23 oct 2025

New report on rural resilience through a gender lens

Gender-sensitive rural development is an investment in the long-term resilience of rural communities – a recent report by the EU-funded project GRANULAR explores the intersection of gender and rurality in shaping employment outcomes across Europe.

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform

Upcoming events

Policy Lab

Rural areas and communities in the post-2027 EU budget and policies

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
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RURACTIVE project Forum meeting

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  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
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Webinar

The role of local authorities in enabling energy communities

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  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
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Latest publications

Highlights Report | Policy Lab ‘Rural proofing: looking at policies through the rural lens’
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Highlights Report | Policy Action Lab 'Rural proofing: looking at policies through the rural lens'

This highlights report summarises the key messages and discussions at the dedicated Policy Action Lab of 12 June 2025, hosted online by the Rural Pact Support Office.

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
Highlights Report | Good Practice Webinar ‘Rural innovation'
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Highlights Report | Good Practice Webinar ‘Rural innovation’

This highlights report outlines inspiring initiatives and practical ways to strengthen innovation ecosystems and empower local communities to drive local innovation action.

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
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

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

  • Rural Pact
  • 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
Irish community-based association addresses rural homelessness and energy efficiency
Case Study | 09 juin 2025

Irish community-based association addresses rural homelessness and energy efficiency

  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform