Recursos

• 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)

• 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)

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

• 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)

• 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)