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31 MayWEBINAR “VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF RURAL AREAS”
An online meetic on rural connections will be held on 7 June 2021, in order to exchange knowledge and best…
31 MayEuropean project lacks means in the CAP for generational renewal
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) lacks sufficient instruments to encourage young people to enter farming, according to the coordinator of…
21 MayInnovative land practices for an agricultural transition and rural regeneration
KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM A EUROPEAN STUDY Involving partners from research, civil society, public, and private sectors, the brings a multi-actor…
1 JuneInternational Conference on Sustainable Agricultural Socioeconomics, Agribusiness and Rural Development
Gadja Mada University organizes the first International Conference on Sustainable Agricultural Socioeconomics, Agribusiness and Rural Development (ICSASARD) 2021, dated September…
19 MayRuralization general assembly sets agenda for 2021
RURALIZATION General Assembly 2021
Among the main priority topics highlighted were the importance of dissemination, involving the European youth in addition to the stakeholders, as well as making soil issues a priority in the European political agenda, also at national and local level.
Wednesday, 19th May 2021. The general assembly of the H2020 European project Ruralization fixes the strategic lines of action for 2021. The interventions made under each work package included an overview of the progress made so far, the activities and events that are currently taking place, and more particularly the activities that will be carried out in the coming year.
The importance of disseminating the results of the project, involving not only stakeholders but also the youth of the European continent, was also emphasised, as well as making the soil issue a priority in the European political agenda, also at national and local level.
The ruralization project is based on the idea that a process of ‘ruralisation’ can change development patterns in rural areas overcoming population and economic decline and generating new opportunities by promoting rural regeneration and population renewal. To foster a “ruralisation” process across Europe, we need new policy-relevant knowledge, which the RURALIZATION project will generate.
Funded under the Horizon 2020 programme, RURALIZATION gathers 18 partners from 12 different countries including research organizations but also partners that implement innovative practices, such as members of the Access to Land network. This diversity will guarantee a wide range of perspectives and situations thus ensuring the project will formulate solutions and recommendations which respond to the diverse needs and features of rural areas in Europe.
27 May5TH RURAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE (RDC 2021)
The Rural Development Conference is based on teaching you best practices about cases of sustainable rural and agricultural development. Rural…
25 MayXVI CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMISTS EAAE
Next July the Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists will take place, it will be held on the…
18 MayEU GREEN WEEK 2021
Do you know the consequences of pollution? Due to pollution, elements so essential for human life are affected such as…
7 MaySupport youth in rural areas.
Have you ever considered the situation of young people in rural areas? ADRETS and CIPRA FRANCIA will tell you about…
7 MayCafe Talks?
For this month of May, Ruralization Projects invites you to three sessions of the sixth cycle of coffee talks. Our…
Events in June 2022
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3030 May, 2022 | 3131 May, 2022 | 11 June, 2022 | 22 June, 2022 | 33 June, 2022 | 44 June, 2022 | 55 June, 2022 |
| 66 June, 2022 | 77 June, 2022 | 88 June, 2022 |
99 June, 2022●(1 event)9:15 am: Sustainable Rural Development in the European agenda9:15 am – 1:30 pm 
RURITAGE project will hold its final conference. European leading researchers will foster the dialogue on long-term rural sustainability. Between the 9th and 10th of June 2022, RURITAGE project will hold its final conference at UNESCO HQ. During the conference, European leading researchers will foster the dialogue on long-term rural sustainability. Please join the following public sessions : - RURITAGE General Assembly on 09 June (09:15 – 12:45 CET) - EU Rural Regeneration workshop on 10 June (10:00 – 13:30 CET) 09 June: The RURITAGE General Assembly (09:15 – 12:45 CET) will present major outcomes, including how RURITAGE changed the rural areas for Role Models and Replicators. 10 June: The public session on 10 June (10:00 – 13:30 CET) will focus on "Sustainable rural development in the European agenda", bringing together several experts from diverse EU projects. The first discussion will be on “Rural territories in EU funded projects: inspiration from Local Communities”, with the participation of RURITAGE territories and members of AURORAL, INCULTUM, Be.CULTOUR and DESIRA projects, also working in rural development. This discussion will illustrate innovative heritage-led approaches from local communities. The following session on “Rural Development and regeneration within the EU Agenda”, with members from SHERPA and RURITAGE projects and the European Commission will tackle strategic and policy approaches.
Online |
1010 June, 2022●(1 event)9:15 am: Sustainable Rural Development in the European agenda9:15 am – 1:30 pm
RURITAGE project will hold its final conference. European leading researchers will foster the dialogue on long-term rural sustainability. Between the 9th and 10th of June 2022, RURITAGE project will hold its final conference at UNESCO HQ. During the conference, European leading researchers will foster the dialogue on long-term rural sustainability. Please join the following public sessions : - RURITAGE General Assembly on 09 June (09:15 – 12:45 CET) - EU Rural Regeneration workshop on 10 June (10:00 – 13:30 CET) 09 June: The RURITAGE General Assembly (09:15 – 12:45 CET) will present major outcomes, including how RURITAGE changed the rural areas for Role Models and Replicators. 10 June: The public session on 10 June (10:00 – 13:30 CET) will focus on "Sustainable rural development in the European agenda", bringing together several experts from diverse EU projects. The first discussion will be on “Rural territories in EU funded projects: inspiration from Local Communities”, with the participation of RURITAGE territories and members of AURORAL, INCULTUM, Be.CULTOUR and DESIRA projects, also working in rural development. This discussion will illustrate innovative heritage-led approaches from local communities. The following session on “Rural Development and regeneration within the EU Agenda”, with members from SHERPA and RURITAGE projects and the European Commission will tackle strategic and policy approaches.
Online |
1111 June, 2022 | 1212 June, 2022 |
1313 June, 2022●●(2 events)All day: Living Labs and Multi-Actor Platforms in rural areas All day 
Living Labs / Multi-Actor Platforms are increasingly considered by innovation policies as drivers of transformative change. Indeed, the interaction between stakeholders is supposed to generate innovation adapted to the needs of users and their context and to promote inclusion. A reflection is needed, both on the effectiveness of Living Labs as drivers of transformative change and on the validity of the knowledge created through them, as well as on the methodologies to make them more effective and efficient. This workshop, jointly organised by the DESIRA, MOVING and SHERPA projects, will be an opportunity to share experiences in this field and to reflect on how to consolidate methods and concepts around this approach. Have a look at the agenda. Online 11:00 am: H2020 PoliRural - Webinar on Foresight11:00 am – 12:00 pm 
Foresight as a discipline has been around for decades, with applications spanning a wide range of industries, from retail to rural development. Most recently, foresight has been used by the European Commission to develop a long-term vision for rural areas up to 2040. While foresight has been gaining in popularity, a common error is to think that foresight and future studies are synonymous. Future studies have their merit and are appropriate in certain contexts, but they are not the same as foresight, which is more action oriented and participatory, rather than purely research based. This webinar will present the foresight framework used in the PoliRural project as a tool for managing change in rural regions. Participants will be introduced to key concepts and methods underpinning the framework, before learning about preliminary results of its implementation in the region of Monaghan (IE) and Gevgelija-Strumica (NMK). The event will feature an interactive session to allow participants to ask questions and/or respond to any of the points mentioned in the presentations. SPEAKERSPatrick Crehan: Local |
1414 June, 2022●●(2 events)All day: Living Labs and Multi-Actor Platforms in rural areas All day
Living Labs / Multi-Actor Platforms are increasingly considered by innovation policies as drivers of transformative change. Indeed, the interaction between stakeholders is supposed to generate innovation adapted to the needs of users and their context and to promote inclusion. A reflection is needed, both on the effectiveness of Living Labs as drivers of transformative change and on the validity of the knowledge created through them, as well as on the methodologies to make them more effective and efficient. This workshop, jointly organised by the DESIRA, MOVING and SHERPA projects, will be an opportunity to share experiences in this field and to reflect on how to consolidate methods and concepts around this approach. Have a look at the agenda. Online All day: Rosewood 4.0 Final Event – Fostering innovation towards a more sustainable forest sector in Europe All day 
On 14-15 June the H2020 ROSEWOOD4.0 project will hold its final event in Barcelona, Spain (hosted in a hybrid format). The event is co-organised by the European Forest Institute (EFI) and Steinbeis Europa Zentrum (SEZ) and will consist of 3 sessions with innovation towards a more sustainable forestry sector in Europe as the cornerstone. Attendees will be able to decide whether to participate in the whole event or just register for any of the organised modules. Hybrid |
1515 June, 2022●●(3 events)All day: Rosewood 4.0 Final Event – Fostering innovation towards a more sustainable forest sector in Europe All day
On 14-15 June the H2020 ROSEWOOD4.0 project will hold its final event in Barcelona, Spain (hosted in a hybrid format). The event is co-organised by the European Forest Institute (EFI) and Steinbeis Europa Zentrum (SEZ) and will consist of 3 sessions with innovation towards a more sustainable forestry sector in Europe as the cornerstone. Attendees will be able to decide whether to participate in the whole event or just register for any of the organised modules. Hybrid All day: OECD Local Development Forum: Better strategies for stronger communities All day 
Beyond the shockwaves of COVID-19 and the humanitarian, social and economic pressures sparked by the large scale aggression in Ukraine, broader shifts such as the green transition, digitalisation and demographic change are fundamentally changing the communities where people live, work, create and consume. These changes bring both opportunities and challenges such as the changing geography of jobs and a need to massively rethink and ramp up our skills systems to keep pace with these changes. While these shifts may seem unprecedented, this is not the first time that communities have undergone transformational changes.
What can be learned from how communities have managed such transformations in the past, and what innovative approaches are communities taking to help all places and people emerge stronger and more resilient, together?
Local All day: The Rural Pact conference All day 
The Rural Pact conference will bring together EU, national, and regional politicians along with local authorities, social and economic stakeholders in a participatory event that reflects the rural vision’s ambition and bottom-up character. It will engage participants in designing the governance of the Rural Pact and gather commitments for the achievement of the long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas. Local |
1616 June, 2022●●(2 events)All day: OECD Local Development Forum: Better strategies for stronger communities All day
Beyond the shockwaves of COVID-19 and the humanitarian, social and economic pressures sparked by the large scale aggression in Ukraine, broader shifts such as the green transition, digitalisation and demographic change are fundamentally changing the communities where people live, work, create and consume. These changes bring both opportunities and challenges such as the changing geography of jobs and a need to massively rethink and ramp up our skills systems to keep pace with these changes. While these shifts may seem unprecedented, this is not the first time that communities have undergone transformational changes.
What can be learned from how communities have managed such transformations in the past, and what innovative approaches are communities taking to help all places and people emerge stronger and more resilient, together?
Local All day: The Rural Pact conference All day
The Rural Pact conference will bring together EU, national, and regional politicians along with local authorities, social and economic stakeholders in a participatory event that reflects the rural vision’s ambition and bottom-up character. It will engage participants in designing the governance of the Rural Pact and gather commitments for the achievement of the long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas. Local |
1717 June, 2022●(1 event)All day: OECD Local Development Forum: Better strategies for stronger communities All day
Beyond the shockwaves of COVID-19 and the humanitarian, social and economic pressures sparked by the large scale aggression in Ukraine, broader shifts such as the green transition, digitalisation and demographic change are fundamentally changing the communities where people live, work, create and consume. These changes bring both opportunities and challenges such as the changing geography of jobs and a need to massively rethink and ramp up our skills systems to keep pace with these changes. While these shifts may seem unprecedented, this is not the first time that communities have undergone transformational changes.
What can be learned from how communities have managed such transformations in the past, and what innovative approaches are communities taking to help all places and people emerge stronger and more resilient, together?
Local |
1818 June, 2022 | 1919 June, 2022 |
| 2020 June, 2022 |
2121 June, 2022●(1 event)10:00 am: Rural brain drain: How can the Cohesion Policy help reverse the trend?10:00 am – 12:00 pm 
Brain drain of young people and ageing population are two critical problems in rural and mountainous areas. As evidenced by a 2022 study done by Euromontana, 66% of mountain youth would like to remain in mountains but the lack of employment opportunities and dynamism as the main reasons for them to consider leaving. As result, the average age of mountain populations is higher than in other territories, with 4 out of the 6 top ageing regions in Europe being mountainous regions. 2022 was declared European Year of Youth by the European Commission, and International Year of the Sustainable Mountain Development by the United Nations. This conjunction of international pledges raises the question of how European policies, and in particular the 2021-2027 Cohesion Policy and the Next Generation EU, address the needs of youth in marginal areas, such as mountains. Are these policies ambitious enough to live up to the challenges faced by mountain areas and offer mountain youth the same opportunities as in other regions of Europe? For more information
Local |
2222 June, 2022 | 2323 June, 2022 | 2424 June, 2022 | 2525 June, 2022 | 2626 June, 2022 |
| 2727 June, 2022 | 2828 June, 2022 | 2929 June, 2022 | 3030 June, 2022 | 11 July, 2022 | 22 July, 2022 | 33 July, 2022 |
Events in June 2022
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3030 May, 2022 | 3131 May, 2022 | 11 June, 2022 | 22 June, 2022 | 33 June, 2022 | 44 June, 2022 | 55 June, 2022 |
| 66 June, 2022 | 77 June, 2022 | 88 June, 2022 |
99 June, 2022●(1 event)9:15 am: Sustainable Rural Development in the European agenda9:15 am – 1:30 pm
RURITAGE project will hold its final conference. European leading researchers will foster the dialogue on long-term rural sustainability. Between the 9th and 10th of June 2022, RURITAGE project will hold its final conference at UNESCO HQ. During the conference, European leading researchers will foster the dialogue on long-term rural sustainability. Please join the following public sessions : - RURITAGE General Assembly on 09 June (09:15 – 12:45 CET) - EU Rural Regeneration workshop on 10 June (10:00 – 13:30 CET) 09 June: The RURITAGE General Assembly (09:15 – 12:45 CET) will present major outcomes, including how RURITAGE changed the rural areas for Role Models and Replicators. 10 June: The public session on 10 June (10:00 – 13:30 CET) will focus on "Sustainable rural development in the European agenda", bringing together several experts from diverse EU projects. The first discussion will be on “Rural territories in EU funded projects: inspiration from Local Communities”, with the participation of RURITAGE territories and members of AURORAL, INCULTUM, Be.CULTOUR and DESIRA projects, also working in rural development. This discussion will illustrate innovative heritage-led approaches from local communities. The following session on “Rural Development and regeneration within the EU Agenda”, with members from SHERPA and RURITAGE projects and the European Commission will tackle strategic and policy approaches.
Online |
1010 June, 2022●(1 event)9:15 am: Sustainable Rural Development in the European agenda9:15 am – 1:30 pm
RURITAGE project will hold its final conference. European leading researchers will foster the dialogue on long-term rural sustainability. Between the 9th and 10th of June 2022, RURITAGE project will hold its final conference at UNESCO HQ. During the conference, European leading researchers will foster the dialogue on long-term rural sustainability. Please join the following public sessions : - RURITAGE General Assembly on 09 June (09:15 – 12:45 CET) - EU Rural Regeneration workshop on 10 June (10:00 – 13:30 CET) 09 June: The RURITAGE General Assembly (09:15 – 12:45 CET) will present major outcomes, including how RURITAGE changed the rural areas for Role Models and Replicators. 10 June: The public session on 10 June (10:00 – 13:30 CET) will focus on "Sustainable rural development in the European agenda", bringing together several experts from diverse EU projects. The first discussion will be on “Rural territories in EU funded projects: inspiration from Local Communities”, with the participation of RURITAGE territories and members of AURORAL, INCULTUM, Be.CULTOUR and DESIRA projects, also working in rural development. This discussion will illustrate innovative heritage-led approaches from local communities. The following session on “Rural Development and regeneration within the EU Agenda”, with members from SHERPA and RURITAGE projects and the European Commission will tackle strategic and policy approaches.
Online |
1111 June, 2022 | 1212 June, 2022 |
1313 June, 2022●●(2 events)All day: Living Labs and Multi-Actor Platforms in rural areas All day
Living Labs / Multi-Actor Platforms are increasingly considered by innovation policies as drivers of transformative change. Indeed, the interaction between stakeholders is supposed to generate innovation adapted to the needs of users and their context and to promote inclusion. A reflection is needed, both on the effectiveness of Living Labs as drivers of transformative change and on the validity of the knowledge created through them, as well as on the methodologies to make them more effective and efficient. This workshop, jointly organised by the DESIRA, MOVING and SHERPA projects, will be an opportunity to share experiences in this field and to reflect on how to consolidate methods and concepts around this approach. Have a look at the agenda. Online 11:00 am: H2020 PoliRural - Webinar on Foresight11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Foresight as a discipline has been around for decades, with applications spanning a wide range of industries, from retail to rural development. Most recently, foresight has been used by the European Commission to develop a long-term vision for rural areas up to 2040. While foresight has been gaining in popularity, a common error is to think that foresight and future studies are synonymous. Future studies have their merit and are appropriate in certain contexts, but they are not the same as foresight, which is more action oriented and participatory, rather than purely research based. This webinar will present the foresight framework used in the PoliRural project as a tool for managing change in rural regions. Participants will be introduced to key concepts and methods underpinning the framework, before learning about preliminary results of its implementation in the region of Monaghan (IE) and Gevgelija-Strumica (NMK). The event will feature an interactive session to allow participants to ask questions and/or respond to any of the points mentioned in the presentations. SPEAKERSPatrick Crehan: Local |
1414 June, 2022●●(2 events)All day: Living Labs and Multi-Actor Platforms in rural areas All day
Living Labs / Multi-Actor Platforms are increasingly considered by innovation policies as drivers of transformative change. Indeed, the interaction between stakeholders is supposed to generate innovation adapted to the needs of users and their context and to promote inclusion. A reflection is needed, both on the effectiveness of Living Labs as drivers of transformative change and on the validity of the knowledge created through them, as well as on the methodologies to make them more effective and efficient. This workshop, jointly organised by the DESIRA, MOVING and SHERPA projects, will be an opportunity to share experiences in this field and to reflect on how to consolidate methods and concepts around this approach. Have a look at the agenda. Online All day: Rosewood 4.0 Final Event – Fostering innovation towards a more sustainable forest sector in Europe All day
On 14-15 June the H2020 ROSEWOOD4.0 project will hold its final event in Barcelona, Spain (hosted in a hybrid format). The event is co-organised by the European Forest Institute (EFI) and Steinbeis Europa Zentrum (SEZ) and will consist of 3 sessions with innovation towards a more sustainable forestry sector in Europe as the cornerstone. Attendees will be able to decide whether to participate in the whole event or just register for any of the organised modules. Hybrid |
1515 June, 2022●●(3 events)All day: Rosewood 4.0 Final Event – Fostering innovation towards a more sustainable forest sector in Europe All day
On 14-15 June the H2020 ROSEWOOD4.0 project will hold its final event in Barcelona, Spain (hosted in a hybrid format). The event is co-organised by the European Forest Institute (EFI) and Steinbeis Europa Zentrum (SEZ) and will consist of 3 sessions with innovation towards a more sustainable forestry sector in Europe as the cornerstone. Attendees will be able to decide whether to participate in the whole event or just register for any of the organised modules. Hybrid All day: OECD Local Development Forum: Better strategies for stronger communities All day
Beyond the shockwaves of COVID-19 and the humanitarian, social and economic pressures sparked by the large scale aggression in Ukraine, broader shifts such as the green transition, digitalisation and demographic change are fundamentally changing the communities where people live, work, create and consume. These changes bring both opportunities and challenges such as the changing geography of jobs and a need to massively rethink and ramp up our skills systems to keep pace with these changes. While these shifts may seem unprecedented, this is not the first time that communities have undergone transformational changes.
What can be learned from how communities have managed such transformations in the past, and what innovative approaches are communities taking to help all places and people emerge stronger and more resilient, together?
Local All day: The Rural Pact conference All day
The Rural Pact conference will bring together EU, national, and regional politicians along with local authorities, social and economic stakeholders in a participatory event that reflects the rural vision’s ambition and bottom-up character. It will engage participants in designing the governance of the Rural Pact and gather commitments for the achievement of the long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas. Local |
1616 June, 2022●●(2 events)All day: OECD Local Development Forum: Better strategies for stronger communities All day
Beyond the shockwaves of COVID-19 and the humanitarian, social and economic pressures sparked by the large scale aggression in Ukraine, broader shifts such as the green transition, digitalisation and demographic change are fundamentally changing the communities where people live, work, create and consume. These changes bring both opportunities and challenges such as the changing geography of jobs and a need to massively rethink and ramp up our skills systems to keep pace with these changes. While these shifts may seem unprecedented, this is not the first time that communities have undergone transformational changes.
What can be learned from how communities have managed such transformations in the past, and what innovative approaches are communities taking to help all places and people emerge stronger and more resilient, together?
Local All day: The Rural Pact conference All day
The Rural Pact conference will bring together EU, national, and regional politicians along with local authorities, social and economic stakeholders in a participatory event that reflects the rural vision’s ambition and bottom-up character. It will engage participants in designing the governance of the Rural Pact and gather commitments for the achievement of the long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas. Local |
1717 June, 2022●(1 event)All day: OECD Local Development Forum: Better strategies for stronger communities All day
Beyond the shockwaves of COVID-19 and the humanitarian, social and economic pressures sparked by the large scale aggression in Ukraine, broader shifts such as the green transition, digitalisation and demographic change are fundamentally changing the communities where people live, work, create and consume. These changes bring both opportunities and challenges such as the changing geography of jobs and a need to massively rethink and ramp up our skills systems to keep pace with these changes. While these shifts may seem unprecedented, this is not the first time that communities have undergone transformational changes.
What can be learned from how communities have managed such transformations in the past, and what innovative approaches are communities taking to help all places and people emerge stronger and more resilient, together?
Local |
1818 June, 2022 | 1919 June, 2022 |
| 2020 June, 2022 |
2121 June, 2022●(1 event)10:00 am: Rural brain drain: How can the Cohesion Policy help reverse the trend?10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Brain drain of young people and ageing population are two critical problems in rural and mountainous areas. As evidenced by a 2022 study done by Euromontana, 66% of mountain youth would like to remain in mountains but the lack of employment opportunities and dynamism as the main reasons for them to consider leaving. As result, the average age of mountain populations is higher than in other territories, with 4 out of the 6 top ageing regions in Europe being mountainous regions. 2022 was declared European Year of Youth by the European Commission, and International Year of the Sustainable Mountain Development by the United Nations. This conjunction of international pledges raises the question of how European policies, and in particular the 2021-2027 Cohesion Policy and the Next Generation EU, address the needs of youth in marginal areas, such as mountains. Are these policies ambitious enough to live up to the challenges faced by mountain areas and offer mountain youth the same opportunities as in other regions of Europe? For more information
Local |
2222 June, 2022 | 2323 June, 2022 | 2424 June, 2022 | 2525 June, 2022 | 2626 June, 2022 |
| 2727 June, 2022 | 2828 June, 2022 | 2929 June, 2022 | 3030 June, 2022 | 11 July, 2022 | 22 July, 2022 | 33 July, 2022 |
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