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This edition focuses on communications uncovering the latest thinking from rural networkers while profiling some great examples of communication using digital channels, on-farm knowledge exchange and marketing initiatives to support Rural Development policy implementation.

The edition also includes the regular news and updates from the ENRD and the EU, as well as a collection of rural perspectives delving into topics ranging from bioeconomy value chains in Southern European countries, to initiatives to improve rural broadband, to a World Bank economic report that demonstrates how the CAP benefits the rural economy and drives growth.

This is the main report of the first meeting of the ENRD Thematic Group (TG) on 'Mainstreaming the Bioeconomy'.

It summarises the discussion on priorities, methodologies and communication tools for the TG.

This document provides the individual reflections of Professor Bill Slee on Smart Villages in Scotland and reviews the main objectives of the Scottish Government for sustainable inclusive economic growth, and the specific legislative framework to achieve it.

The Common Network Statistics (CNS) provides an insight into the quantitative outputs of NRNs in Y4 (2017 data), highlighting the development achieved by the NRNs.

This ENRD workshop brought together representatives of the Network Support Units (NSUs) to explore ways of identifying, collecting and disseminating project examples and good practices.

The event looked at the state-of-play across the EU and at various aspects of NSU work related to project examples and good practices.

Interactive group work sessions allowed the discussion of methods for approaching project holders, challenges and opportunities to address, ways of capitalising on the collected examples and effective dissemination methods. In addition, innovative examples of dissemination highlighted transferable.

This briefing overviews the main policies and tools available at the EU level to support youth in rural areas. The analysis is part of the ENRD thematic work on Social Inclusion and Generational Renewal.