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European initiatives

This section provides examples of rural communities and stakeholders developing their contribution to the Long Term Vision for Rural Areas whether at European, National or Regional/Local Levels.

• A long-term vision for the EU's rural areas – Opinion Factsheet by the European Committee of the Regions (January 2022)
• Opinion on the long-term vision for rural areas by the European Economic and Social Committee (January 2022)
• Rural Voices - A qualitative analysis of the findings from stakeholder workshops contributing to the long-term vision for rural areas - ENRD Contact Point (June 2021) 
• Euromontana presents its Long-Term Vision for Mountains’ Rural Areas - Contribution (November 2020) 
• EU strategy for Rural Revival - Draft opinion, European Committee of Regions (November 2020)
• Long-term vision for rural areas - Making“no one left behind” a reality - Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) (November 2020)
• Towards a Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas - Contribution from RUMRA & Smart Villages The European Parliament Intergroup on Rural, Mountainous and Remote Areas (November 2020)
• A Vision and Strategy for Rural Europe – Now - Working document, Agriculture and Rural Convention 2020 (July 2020)
• A Vision for Rural Europe - Interactive video conference, Renew Europe group in the European Parliament (July 2020)
• The Voice of Rural Europe for the Future of Europe - Position paper, ELARD (May 2020) 
• Towards a long-term vision of rural areas - Note, Euromontana (May 2020)
• Contribution to the Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas, Desira (Digitisation: Economic and Social Impacts in Rural Areas) (January 2020)
• Rural Europe: Which Way to Go? - Article, Agriculture and Rural Convention 2020 (January 2020)

National initiatives

This section provides examples of rural visions and innovatory projects developed in different countries which can provide ideas and inspiration for the European Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas

Belgium

• Les territoires ruraux wallons en 2040 - Exercice prospectif (RwDR 2014)

Finland

• Symbiosis between rural and urban areas. Improved quality of life and vitality of livelihoods, MTK Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forestry Owners, Finland (February 2020)
• Finish Vision for Rural Areas, Finnish NRN (October 2020)

France

• 5 milliards d’euros pour la relance dans les territoires ruraux, L’Agence nationale de la cohésion des territoires (November 2020)
• Ruralités: Un ambition à partager. 200 propositions pour un agenda rural
• Territoire d'innovation - 24 exemplary projects (INRA et IRSTEA, 2019)
• La Vision rurale à long terme, Le Réseau rural français

Ireland

• Rural Development Policy 2021-2025 - Our Rural Future (2021)
• Rural Conversations, Royal Irish Academy (2017-2018)

Spain

• Rural proofing from global to national in Spain (2021)
• Declaration of Santo Estevo (Galicia) for a European Rural Agenda, International Observatory of Rural Research (RIO) (2019)

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