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Inspiring initiatives on place-based innovation in our Good Practice Brochure
Discover six good practices that demonstrate how place-based innovation can boost resilience, competitiveness and social cohesion in rural areas in the first edition of the Rural Pact Good Practice Brochure.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
European Rural Youth Observatory conference: call for abstracts
The European Rural Youth Observatory (EURYO) is calling for abstracts for its first conference, under the theme ‘The right to stay, the right to prosper: Rural young people in contemporary European societies’. Submit your abstract between 6 April and 31 May.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
New strategy supports EU eastern rural regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine
The European Commission has adopted a comprehensive strategy to step up support for the EU’s eastern regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. Key actions for rural areas include investments in agriculture, forestry, innovation, connectivity and communities, and increased activities within the Rural Pact.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Upcoming events
Rural youth alternative futures: new narratives and possibilities
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
The right to stay, the right to prosper: rural young people in contemporary European societies
- 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
Integrated regional housing strategy counters demographic change in rural Castilla y León, Spain
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
EDYNORA: enablers of local access to higher education in the Nordics
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform