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04 Dec 2024
New publication overviews initiatives to strengthen rural innovation and entrepreneurship
Produced by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the report analyses public and private initiatives focused on attracting, training or retraining human capital and sets out key elements for their successes.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform

12 Nov 2024
Enhancing rural-urban linkages – new policy brief
A new policy brief by Interreg Europe’s Policy Learning Platform sets out five recommendations for fully leveraging the potential and impact of urban-rural linkages.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform

16 Feb 2024
Improving life in rural communities through social and technological innovation
A new EU-funded project – RURBANIVE – will work between 2024 and 2027 to establish a novel rural-urban innovation framework, supported by technical and social innovations in order to enhance territorial governance and existing policy tools.
- Rural Pact
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Case Study | 09 Jun 2025
Rural Radicals: connecting urban creativity and rural regeneration
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Policy | 14 Mar 2025
Structured governance and information-sharing mechanisms improve Bratislava-Austria regional cooperation
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Case Study | 14 Mar 2025
Volunteer-driven transport service enhances mobility options in rural Belgium
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