Empower your community to shape its energy future!

EU municipalities can host their own #CitizenEnergyPanel: an event tackling local energy & climate challenges.

Get support through the Citizen Energy Advisory Hub programme: bit.ly/47mZV1c

#CitizenEnergyHub #RuralPact #RuralVisionEU

While rural issues are increasingly recognised in EU discourse, true influence on policymaking remains limited.

Read @arc2020.bsky.social piece by Edina Ocsko calling for strategic engagement with power holders to embed rural development at the heart of European policies: bit.ly/4oFuHu4

Rural innovation often takes non-technological forms & can therefore be overlooked. To further support innovation, policies need to be tailored, place-based, & co-designed with local actors.

More recommendations & good practice examples in our report: bit.ly/4lop8Nt

#RuralPact #RuralVisionEU

On International Youth Day, we highlight the vital role of rural youth. Yet, rural youth often lack essential services, driving many to leave.

Explore what policymakers & communities can do to address these challenge by browsing through #RuralPact resources on youth: bit.ly/46NLq7S

#RuralVisionEU

What are sustainable solutions for housing renovation & revitalisation?

• Improving access to funding
• Enhancing local capacities to boost the implementation of initiatives
• Simplifying legislative & administrative barriers

More in our highlights report on housing 👇

#RuralPact #RuralVisionEU

The Interreg Aurora project promotes regenerative nature tourism in Finland & Sweden.

It builds local capacity, shifts mindsets & creates models linking visitor engagement with community wellbeing & environmental restoration.

Interested to learn more? bit.ly/3JvK73E

#RuralPact #RuralVisionEU

🤝 How can local and regional governments (LRGs) be better involved in human rights mechanisms?

❇️ Join us to exchange good practices, challenges, and progress in the participation of LRGs, including through NMIRFs

📅 23 July 2025
🕙 10:00-12:00 & 15:00-17:00 CEST
📍 Palais des Nations, Geneva & online

How can sustainable tourism contribute to rural development?

Explore key takeaways, EU initiatives supporting sustainable rural tourism, challenges & opportunities, as well as inspiring local projects in our recently published report: bit.ly/4kdhGEE

#RuralPact #RuralVisionEU