Latest news
European Commission launches gender equality strategy 2026-2030
The European Commission has presented its new gender equality strategy for 2026 to 2030 which tackles several challenges faced by women in rural areas.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Revitalising the rural economy through artistic practice: insights from a Basque project
Discover the Mutur Beltz project that fosters traditional trades, rural knowledge, employment and gender equality by recovering sheep wool as a strategic economic, ecological and cultural resource. The initiative was among the winners of the EU CAP Network’s Agricultural and Rural Inspiration Awards (ARIA) 2025.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
New toolkit to help strengthen migrant participation at local level
A new toolkit intends to support European municipalities and communities in involving migrants in the design and implementation of local integration policies. It offers concrete tools and practical methods for local authorities, civil society groups, migrant-led organisations, and researchers.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Upcoming events
Shifting perceptions: from evidence to inclusive narratives
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- Rural Revitalisation Platform
European Capitals of Inclusion and Diversity Award Ceremony
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
When inequalities overlap: women’s health in rural Europe
- 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
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
From European learning to local action: strengthening social services in rural Croatia
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
‘Learning from the Extremes’: transforming rural schools into digital learning and innovation hubs
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Integrated regional housing strategy counters demographic change in rural Castilla y León, Spain
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform