Resources | The European Network for Rural Development (ENRD)

This section provides links to useful information sources and tools that can help rural communities and stakeholders participate in and follow the process of the preparation of the Rural Vision. This section will be updated on a regular basis including new sources as they become available.

Relevant policies and strategies

Cohesion Policy supporting rural areas and communities (March 2021)
Long-term vision for rural areas: public consultation outcomes (March 2021)
A Farm to Fork Strategy (May, 2020)
EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 (May, 2020)
The European Green Deal (December, 2019)
The European Digital Strategy: Shaping Europe's Digital Futures (February, 2020)
The recovery plan 'Next Generation EU': Europe's moment: Repair and Prepare for the Next Generation (May, 2020)
A draft Territorial Agenda 2030 (July, 2020)
The Future of Food and Farming (November, 2017)
Proposal for a Regulation on CAP Strategic Plans
- the Impact assessment accompanying the legislative proposal (June, 2018)
- Background Document Socio-Economic challenges facing EU agriculture and rural areas (December, 2017)
Proposal for a Regulation on the European Regional Development Fund and on the Cohesion Fund (May, 2018)
A strong social Europe for just transitions (January, 2020)
CORK 2.0 Declaration – A better life in rural areas, (EC, 2016)
RURAL 3.0. People-Centred Rural Policy, (OECD, 2019)
OECD Principles on Rural Policy, (OECD, 2019)

Trends, drivers & foresight

Scenarios for EU Rural Areas 2040 (JRC, 2021)
Report on the impact of demographic change (EC, 2020)
Conclusions on raising opportunities for young people in rural and remote areas, (EU Council, 2020)
Policy implications of Coronavirus crisis for rural development (OECD, 2020)
Food Supply Chains and COVID-19: Impacts and Policy Lessons (OECD, 2020)
10 Key drivers for rural change (OECD, 2019)
Strategies to improve rural service delivery (OECD, 2010)
The future of food and farming – Trends and challenges by 2050 (FAO, 2017)
The future of food and farming – Alternative pathways to 2050 (FAO, 2018)
'Farmers of the Future' on-going foresight study (JRC, 2020)
4th SCAR foresight exercise: Sustainable Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the Bioeconomy - A Challenge for Europe (EC, 2015)
Overview of a sample of existing foresight and scenario studies carried out at EU and global level (SHERPA H2020, 2020)
Long-term vision for rural areas: contribution from 20science-society-policy platforms (SHERPA H2020, 2020)
Inner peripheries in Europe: Possible development strategies to overcome their marginalising effects (ESPON, 2018)
Policy Brief: Shrinking rural regions in Europe (ESPON, 2017)
The Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) (EC, 2020)

Sources of information for the vision

H2020 projects

COASTAL (2018-2022)
DESIRA - Digitisation: Economic and Social Impacts in Rural Areas (2019-2023)
IoF – Internet of Food & Farm (2017-2020)
POLIRURAL - Future Oriented Collaborative Policy Development for Rural Areas and People (2019-2022)
- Document 'Polirural framework'
RURALIZATION - The opening of rural areas to renew rural generations, jobs and farms (2019-2023)
RURITAGE - Rural regeneration through systemic heritage-led strategies (2018-2022)
ROBUST- Rural-Urban Outlooks: Unlocking Synergies (2017-2021)
SHERPA - Sustainable Hub to Engage into Rural Policies with Actors (2019-2023)
SIMRA - Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas (2016-2020)
SmartAgriHubs - Connecting the dots to unleash the innovation potential for digital transformation of the European agri-food sector (2018-2022)

Interreg projects

ERUDITE - Enhancing Rural and Urban Digital Innovation Territories (2016-2020)
INNOGROW - Regional policies for innovation driven competitiveness and growth of rural SMEs (2016-2021)
P-IRIS - Policies to improve rural areas' innovation systems (2017- 2021)
ECCO - Creating new local Energy Community Co-Operatives (2017-2021)
Smart Villages - Smart digital transformation of villages in the Alpine Space
MAMBA – Mobility, accessibility, innovation (2017-2020)
RUMOBIL– Rural public transport (2016-2019)

Other resources

SMARTA – Smart Rural Transport Areas (2019-2021)
SMARTA 2 – Sustainable Rural Mobility (2020-2021)
REScoop - The European Federation of Renewable Energy Cooperatives
ELORA – Education for Local Development of Rural Areas (2017-2019)

ENRD resources

Rural Voices - A qualitative analysis of the findings from stakeholder workshops contributing to the long-term vision for rural areas (ENRD, June 2021)
Vibrant Rural Areas: Access to Services (ENRD, 2020)
Vibrant Rural Areas: Rural Jobs (ENRD, 2019)
'Rural Future Scenarios' presented during the ENRD event, by Hilkka Vihinen, Natural Resources Institute Finland (ENRD, 2018)
Smart Villages Portal (ENRD, 2020)

Tools for engaging rural society

Action catalogue - online decision support tool (Engage H2020)
Scenario exploration system (JRC)
Exploratory workshop on 'Working with megatrends' (JRC)
Stakeholder engagement tools (SHERPA H2020)
Youth participation in the democratic process (WHY – We Hear you, Erasmus+)
LTVRA Workshop Package for NRNs and other rural stakeholders - 'Welcome to our rural' (EC / DG AGRI)

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