This edition of Rural Connections includes updates on the work of the ENRD in recent months, including new Thematic Groups and events.
Rural development stakeholders from across the EU share their views and experiences with successful projects that are breathing new life into EU's rural areas.
The EAFRD Projects Brochure ‘Rural youth as leaders of change’ is now available.
The Projects Brochure looks at how Rural Development Programmes (RDPs) have been accompanying rural youth and supporting their innovative ideas, engagement and participation.
The highlights report of the 2nd meeting of the Thematic Group (TG) on Rural Revitalisation (31 March 2022) is now published.
The meeting explored and discussed the key enabling factors for rural revitalisation and the lessons emerging from EU- and national-level initiatives.
Territorial Agenda is conducting an online survey organised in the framework of the pilot action ‘Understanding how sector policies shape spatial (im)balances’.
The survey maps the application of Territorial Impact Assessment (TIA) by national and regional administration around the EU. The information will help in reviewing the various methodologies used on national and regional level and prepare the TIA manual.
It can be filled in by 25 February 2022 using this link.
The first meeting of the new ENRD Thematic Group on Rural Proofing (27 January 2022) allowed to share knowledge, experience and key considerations on the design and implementation of rural proofing mechanisms. All the presentations are available on the event page.
Rural proofing is one of the transversal elements outlined in the Long Term Vision for Rural Areas. This meeting kicked off the work of this new ENRD Thematic Group, launched with the ambition to support the design and implementation of rural proofing mechanisms within Member States at different administrative levels.
The Projects Brochure presenting the 20 finalists of the Rural Inspiration Awards (RIA) 2021 is available in 6 languages.
The publication gives well‑deserve visibility to EAFRD-funded initiatives that could inspire rural areas' future development path in the Long‑Term Vision for Rural Areas.
Rural Connections 2-2021 is now available in 6 languages!
In this edition of the Rural Connections magazine, rural development stakeholders from across Europe look at the future of their territories and of rural Europe. They share their views on a range of topics, including the role of rural youth, the importance of broadband development and the use of LEADER to support cultural projects.
The latest edition of the EU Rural Review looks at the future of rural areas in digital, environmental and social terms, as well as in terms of resilience.
This edition of the EU Rural Review includes articles by experts from different fields and countries who offer distinctive visions for the future of Europe’s rural areas, based on the outcomes of the ENRD work on the Long Term Rural Vision and of Rural Vision Week.
This report by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) summarises the results of a foresight study on the future of EU rural areas 2040.
A set of four scenarios were developed in a participatory process with the European Network for Rural Development (ENRD) Thematic Group on the Long Term Rural Vision between September and December 2020. The scenarios describe possible alternative futures for rural areas in the EU, ranging from pronounced depopulation and land use specialisation to diversified and expanding rural areas. The exercise contributes to the discussions and the development of the long-term vision for EU rural areas put forward by the European Commission in 2021.
The European Commission has today put forward a long-term Vision for the EU’s rural areas, identifying the challenges and concerns that they are facing, as well as highlighting some of the most promising opportunities that are available to these regions.
Based on a foresight exercise undertaken in an ENRD Thematic Group and wide consultations with citizens as well as other actors in rural areas, the Vision proposes a Rural Pact and an EU Rural Action Plan, which aim to make rural Europe stronger, connected, resilient and prosperous. The EU Rural Action Plan sets out a series of flagship initiatives around these four themes. In addition, “rural proofing” will be put in place whereby major EU policies are reviewed through a rural perspective. A rural observatory will also be set up within the Commission to further improve data collection and analysis on rural areas and inform policy-making.
Discover more from the European Commission press release and the ENRD website’s Long Term Rural Vision Portal.
