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Investing in rural youth and local communities: reflections from the EURYO Conference 2026
What does it take to make rural areas places where young people genuinely choose to stay? This question was at the heart of the EURYO Conference 2026, held on 11 September in Angra do Heroísmo, in the Azores, Portugal.
- Rural Pact
- 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.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Rural Pact Community Group helps shape the next EU youth strategy
For the second time, a Rural Pact Community Group has been involved in contributing to EU policy. The rural youth group has responded to the public consultation on the EU’s new youth strategy post 2027.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Upcoming events
Strengthening a diversified rural economy in the post-2027 period
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Europe’s rural mobility future: setting standards
- 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
Highlights report | Good Practice Webinar on generational renewal
This highlights report showcases the main policy measures and examples presented during the Rural Pact Good Practice Webinar on generational renewal held on 10 June 2026.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
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
Latest good practice
4H entrepreneurship: supporting rural youth to start businesses in Finland
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
European Youth Village Programme – rural youth empowerment in Romania
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
One Step Ahead support for young people leaving institutional care in Czechia
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform