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New Good Practices showcase rural youth opportunities, services, entrepreneurship and policy innovation
Discover ten new inspiring initiatives, ranging from exchange semesters in Austrian and German rural areas to a regional housing strategy in Spain – all available in the Rural Pact Good Practice database.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
New EU rules on craft and industrial geographical indications open doors for local producers
From 1 December 2025, producers of craft and industrial goods – from glassmakers and ceramic potters to jewellers, textile artisans and metalworkers – can apply for EU-wide protection under a newly launched Geographical Indication scheme.
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- Rural Revitalisation Platform
European Commission’s culture compass – opportunities for rural territories
The European Commission has adopted the ‘Culture Compass for Europe’, a forward-looking framework designed to shape EU cultural policy. For rural areas, this new framework brings opportunities – culture is seen as a strategic driver for social cohesion, local identity, economic resilience, innovation, and territorial development.
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- Rural Revitalisation Platform
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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.
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- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Highlights Report | Rural Pact Conference: 'From vision to action: Empowering rural areas for the future'
This highlights report summarises the key messages and discussions at the Rural Pact Conference of 16-17 September 2025, organised by the Rural Pact Support Office.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
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.
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- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Latest good practice
Connecting rural entrepreneurs in Skåne, Sweden, to the wider innovation ecosystem
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- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Small Lithuanian Culture Capitals: bringing arts and community-led culture to rural areas
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform