What are the enabling factors of rural revitalisation?
The European network for rural development assembled a thematic group on rural revitalisation. It has identified five enabling factors which drive the success of rural revitalisation policies and grouped them it two building blocks:
Building Block 1 (Structures)
Covers policy design, coordination and integration (focusing on national, regional levels) and includes the following factors:
- I. Integrated strategies
- II. Multilevel governance
Building Block 2 (People)
Covers Local empowerment, capacity building and innovation (focus on national, regional and local levels) and includes the following factors:
- III. Local capacities
- IV. Territorial cooperation
- V. Local innovation
Supporting these enabling factors through policies puts rural stakeholders in greater capacity to address the challenges and opportunities in their context (outer part of wheel) to move from a poor situation to a better one in key areas such as infrastructure, services, social inclusion, environment, basic goods.