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New Good Practice Brochure spotlights inspiring examples of territorial development
A new edition of our Good Practice Brochure highlights six diverse initiatives that show how territorial development instruments and approaches can help improve quality of life in rural areas.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Promoting sustainable agriculture through the social and solidarity economy: guide for French local authorities
A French project has developed a guide detailing ways of advancing sustainable agriculture at the local level through the social and solidarity economy (SSE).
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
The social economy and rural development: how EU policies make a difference
The social economy is a vital part of rural life, helping communities face challenges from demographic decline to lack of services and opportunities. This article looks at the progress so far with implementing the EU’s social economy action plan, Rural Pact members’ contribution to its mid-term review, and what’s in store for the next phase.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
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Strengthening rural businesses for a more competitive Europe: creating value through business support, territorial assets and social economy
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Latest publications
Good Practice Brochure 'Instruments for territorial development'
The third edition of the Rural Pact Good Practice Brochure focuses on territorial development. It highlights how integrated approaches like LEADER/CLLD, Integrated Territorial Investments (ITIs) and Smart Villages can help improve quality of life in rural areas.
- 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
Rural Vision Magazine | Edition 2
The second edition of the Magazine features a range of stakeholder voices on the most pressing developments around the EU’s rural vision and Pact in 2024.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Latest good practice
Employment House: developing a rural social enterprise model for inclusion and local job creation in Lithuania
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Villages Vivants: rural community development cooperative in France
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
‘Honey Routes’ project: revitalising rural Cyprus through sustainable tourism
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform