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Advancing female-led innovation in farming and rural areas: FLIARA project guide
A guide from the EU-funded FLIARA project explores the key drivers, enablers and challenges for women-led innovation in rural and farm contexts, providing inspiring policy actions and real-life stories.
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- Rural Revitalisation Platform
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.
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- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Five EU-funded projects shed light on advancing gender equality in agriculture and rural areas
Gender equality in agriculture and rural areas is essential to promote social justice, food security and sustainable development. Explore the key findings and recommendations from five Horizon Europe projects in a policy brief from the European Commission.
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- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Upcoming events
Rural Pact Community Group on women in rural areas: online roundtable on women-led rural entrepreneurship and innovation
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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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Latest good practice
TERA project: balancing professional and private life in the countryside in Slovenia
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- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Women into Politics bridging gender gaps in local leadership in rural Germany
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
From European learning to local action: strengthening social services in rural Croatia
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform