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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
New European Commission strategy outlines measures to support generational renewal in agriculture
The new strategy – launched by the European Commission on 21 October – sets out a roadmap to revitalise farming, strengthen rural areas and ensure a new generation of farmers can thrive. It acknowledges that young farmers face specific challenges that need to be addressed with specific actions at all levels of governance – EU, national and regional – and across policies.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
New publication showcases Czech CLLD experience as a model for inclusive, place-based development across Europe
Community-led Local Development (CLLD) provides a proven framework for empowering local partnerships, integrating public and private action, and ensuring that development reflects the real needs of people and places. Explore a new brochure outlining key messages from the conference ‘CLLD – prosperous communities: opportunity for a shared future 2028+’ (31 March–1 April 2025).
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Upcoming events
Rural areas and communities in the post-2027 EU budget and policies
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Rural-Urban connections: Pathways to sustainable development
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Latest publications
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’
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
Highlights Report | Good Practice Webinar: ‘Rural Housing’
This highlights report outlines the main initiatives and summarises the main messages from the Good Practice Webinar on rural housing of 20 February 2025, hosted online by the Rural Pact Support Office.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Latest good practice
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
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Rural Growth Agreements support multi-level governance and local innovation in Norway
- Rural Pact