The 2024 edition of the biennial Swedish Rural Parliament is organised under the headline ‘Towards a Balanced Country – in a New Era’. It will bring together policymakers, practitioners, representatives from rural movements in other countries, entrepreneurs and scientists.
The 18th edition of this international event on ‘Overarching issues of the European area’ will showcase the important role of science and academia in questioning, debating and trying to provide strategies and solutions to mitigate the multiple problems that the world faces today.
This Policy Action Lab, organised by the Rural Pact Support Office, will develop proposals on enhancing the achievement of the Rural Vision and Pact objectives at the local level.
Bringing the Rural Pact closer to citizens – Rural Pact Policy Lab
This event will shed a spotlight on renovation roadmaps, emphasising the need for these communication instruments to be thoughtfully designed to accelerate renovations to tackle energy poverty on a large scale.
The 2024 edition of the world's largest conference on direct democracy will bring together academia, policymakers and civil society activists and organisations to discuss trust in institutions, media, and citizens, all of essential importance to democratic governance.
This conference, organised by METREX (The Network of European Metropolitan Regions and Areas), will open a discussion with the network’s members on the urgent planning issues around the future of European metropolitan regions and areas in view of challenges such as climate change, finite resources, and wealth disparities.
This is the fifth meeting of the European rural mobility network, organised within the framework of the SMARTA-NET project.
This webinar, organised by the MOVING project, will overview trends and proposals likely to govern the post-2027 policy developments in the EU’s mountain areas. The project will unveil its proposal for strategic options and a policy roadmap to ensure that rural and mountain areas are not excluded from EU’s future policy development.
This event, organised by METREX (The Network of European Metropolitan Regions and Areas), will showcase technological innovations in metropolitan areas and exchange on the role of metropolises as places for social innovation initiation.
This year EU Open Day will be held on Saturday 4th May 2024. The Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development will be presenting a range of activities around farming in the EU, food safety and sustainable agriculture.
Good Practice Webinar: ‘Rural youth participation in policymaking’
The final conference of the COCOREADO project will discuss key project outcomes and approaches to rebalancing the position of the farmer as an individual actor, key player in innovative food supply chains, and supplier for public procurement.
This workshop, organised by the EU CAP Network, will exchange knowledge, identify successful initiatives and projects led by female innovators, and provide networking opportunities in the aim of empowering women in farming and rural areas.
Rural Pact Coordination Group: third meeting
This event will bring together a diverse range of stakeholders to reflect on the important role that cohesion policy plays in improving the well-being of all people living in Europe. At a time of important climate, technological, demographic and geopolitical developments, the EU cohesion policy needs to evolve to meet the ambitious objective of making Europe's regions more resilient, competitive and inclusive, embracing the green and digital transitions, and improving opportunities for all European citizens.
This event will explore the living and working conditions of migrant workers in European agriculture in the aim of developing a strategic approach to address challenges, such as abuses or insufficient access to basic services, in a systematic and forward-looking way.
New European Bauhaus Festival
This webinar will explore ways in which local communities can help anticipate and mitigate the impacts of climate change in rural areas, and adapt to those changes that are inevitable.
This conference will focus on the environmental challenges and prospects for sustainable mountain regions, exploring the transformative power of mountains and their value chains in shaping resilient and sustainable futures.
