Dear Community,
We hope you enjoyed reading the first issue of our newsletter!
This October edition starts with a focus on rural proofing, before looking at activities related to the vision. As you will see, we have added new sections, one of which dedicated to you and your ideas!
We are looking forward to reading you!
The Rural vision team
EU CAP network and Rural proofing (21/10/2022)
In the Long-term vision for rural areas and as part of the Better Regulation Agenda, the European commission has committed to setup a rural proofing mechanism to help ensure that major EU legislative initiatives are developed through a “rural lens” and aligned with rural needs and realities.
Rural Proofing for Health - OECD/WHO webinar (21/10/2022)
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the World Health Organization (WHO) organised a webinar prior to the 13th OECD Rural Development Conference. The webinar explored lessons learnt and opportunities for rural proofing of health policies, strategies, plans and programmes.
Building Sustainable, Resilient and Thriving Rural Places - The 13th OECD Rural Development Conference (21/10/2022)
“The 13th OECD Rural Development Conference hosted by the Government of Ireland, emphasised the critical role of rural places in driving sustainable and inclusive growth and reinforced the need to strengthen place-based and place-led opportunities and resilience against global shocks.”
These are the introductory words of the Cavan-OECD Roadmap on Strengthening Rural Resilience for Global Challenges, which lists six cross-cutting actions that the OECD intends to take, including developing a definition of functional rural areas, improving data, advancing the implementation of OECD principles on rural policy, facilitating dialogue with rural communities and deepening international collaboration. You can read the full document here.
MATILDE – New policy briefs and policy recommendation booklet (21/10/2022)
The EU Horizon 2020 project, focusing on the impact of migration on the local development of rural and mountain regions and led by the University of Eastern Finland, published several new documents since September.
Connecting Europe Facility Digital programme – Launch of new calls for proposals (21/10/2022)
The Commission has launched the second set of calls for proposals under the Connecting Europe Facility Digital programme to support investments in digital connectivity infrastructures.
Rural Geographies in Transition – Call for proposals (21/10/2022)
The 3rd Rural Geographies Conference will take place in Groningen, in the Netherlands, from 26-29 June 2023. The theme is “Rural Geographies in Transition”. This event is by the way one of the commitments that was made during the Rural Pact Conference and that is now materialising!
The Future is Youth – Rural Inspirational Awards (21/10/2022)
Congratulations to the five winners who were announced at the Award Ceremony that took place on the 6th of October during the EU CAP Network Launch Event.
Successful stories can inspire people to replicate similar initiatives elsewhere, to help rural areas address the challenges they face.
Woola – Upcycling waste wool to replace plastic (21/10/2022)
Our first trip takes us to Estonia and to “Woola”, winner of the “Green Futures” category, where owners of an e-commerce business were lacking sustainable alternatives to the use of plastic bubble wrap used for packing material.
Acknowledging at the same time the wasting of 90% of the wool produced in the country, Woola was born!
Creating opportunities for rural youth (21/10/2022)
The second award takes us to Gilău, in Romania, for the Socially Inclusive & Innovative Futures category.
The LAG Napoca Porolissum set up a social inclusion centre in the village of Gilău to offer young people a space to interact and participate in various activities and events.
Raise your voice! (21/10/2022)
As you know, one of the objectives of the Rural Pact is to amplify rural voices to put them higher on the policy agenda. We would like to translate this at the level of this newsletter too.
So here’s a section dedicated to “Rural Voices”! Feel free to share your ideas or projects by sending us an email entitled “Rural voices” and we’ll try to feature as many as possible.
Community-led Local Development and Smart Villages as Innovative Tools for Effective Development of the Rural Areas (27/10/2022)
Community-led Local Development and Smart Villages as Innovative Tools for Effective Development of the Rural Areas
MOVING EU MAP webinar | European Quality schemes: the added value for mountain value chains (08/11/2022)
European Quality schemes: the added value for mountain value chains
Third meeting of the Rural Digitalisation Forum (15/11/2022)
Third meeting of the Rural Digitalisation Forum
Handbook of Territorial and Local Development Strategies launch. Inspiring experiences and future opportunities (18/11/2022)
The Handbook targets local actors and managing authorities responsible for territorial development strategies in areas other than urban supported by Cohesion Policy.
Strengthening and Expanding Social Orientation and Integration for Newcomers in Rural Areas (23/11/2022)
Strengthening and Expanding Social Orientation and Integration for Newcomers in Rural Areas
Community-led initiatives and the European Green Deal (28/11/2022)
Community-led initiatives and the European Green Deal
Check out the following calendars for further upcoming events (21/11/2022)
