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Contribute to the EU’s ‘right to stay’ strategy: share your feedback by 5 June
The European Commission has opened a call for evidence inviting stakeholders across Europe to contribute to the preparation of its forthcoming strategy on the ‘right to stay’. The initiative aims to address the conditions needed for people to live and build their future in the place they call home.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Regenerative Communities Fund: call for proposals open until 22 June
ECOLISE’s Regenerative Communities Fund (RCF) opens its fourth ‘Pathfinder Communities’ call to support small-scale, community-led initiatives working on climate action, local regeneration and just transition in Croatia, Finland, France, Portugal and Spain.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Discover ten inspiring Good Practices on sustainability, rural heritage, mobility, youth empowerment, and more!
Ten new initiatives are now available on the Rural Pact Good Practice database – from a rural cooperative revitalising local economies in France to a programme promoting women’s participation in local politics in Germany.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Upcoming events
Information session: How can rural stakeholders contribute to the Call for Evidence on the 'Right to Stay' Strategy?
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
LEADER inspired network community conference 2026
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Latest publications
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
Rural Vision Magazine | Edition 3
The third edition of the Rural Vision Magazine features a range of stakeholder voices on the most pressing developments around the EU rural vision and Pact in 2025.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Latest good practice
Hopeland – an educational eco-community in a Greek rural area
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Communities getting ready for crises building local resilience through LEADER networks in rural Sweden
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Playground that Grows: transforming a schoolyard into a regenerative play and learning park in Croatia
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform