As proud partners in the Communities for Local Green Deals (COM4LGD) project, ELARD Knowledge Hub invites LAG managers to a unique training and networking opportunity focusing on climate action, innovation, and the future of the LEADER approach. What to expect: Explore how LEADER can be used as a transformation tool Gain hands-on tools for participatory […]
Join IEECP’s conference, combining different LIFE funded projects: Ineexs, Regio1st, CoolLife, RENOVERTY, Reverter, EP-0, GigaRegioFactory and ENSMOV Plus. This two-day conference is a unique opportunity to meet, hear from research developed and experience shared in the past four years and interact with experts and practitioners from various countries and fields, and working on shaping the future of energy in Europe. The sessions […]
The Final Conference of the FLIARA Project will bring together researchers, policymakers, innovation support actors, and civil society stakeholders to spotlight the critical role of women in shaping the future of rural areas and sustainable farming. Taking place on October 17, 2025, in Brussels at the European Committee of Regions from 09:00h to 17:00h, this high-level event marks the culmination […]
Scotland was selected to host the next European Rural Parliament. It will bring together in October a 40-country delegation to Aberdeenshire, Moray and the Cairngorms National Park area. The ERP is a large-scale participative democratic process, set up to amplify the diverse voices of rural and island people in Europe. The 6th edition's theme is ‘Rural […]
The Rural Pact Support Office, together with the European Commission, is organising the Policy Action Lab ‘Rural areas and communities in the post-2027 EU budget and policies’ (Brussels, Belgium, 5 November 2025). The event targets primarily policymakers at EU, national and regional levels in charge of designing, implementing and monitoring policies with an impact on rural areas – in particular […]
Are you part of an organisation or informal group in a LAG area? Want to empower rural youth and explore Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps opportunities? Interested in meeting international partners? Then apply for the training "Rural Youth Empowerment: Unlocking Erasmus+ & European Solidarity Corps 2.0"! The target group of this training are people from […]
The last event of LDnet 2025 webinar series, which took place on 4.12.2025, was titled “In what direction can the next MFF evolve in 2026?”. The webinar was a great success (see the summary, full recording and speakers’ presentations HERE) but due to limited time it wasn’t possible to take on board all the questions and ideas of the discussants. Participants have expressed a keen […]
This event is hybrid and in person - watch live on the link in the "details" section below. What makes a rural community a good place to live, work, run a business, start a family and grow old? What are the key strengths of rural areas? What can be done to help overcome the barriers […]
This high-level event is organised by Rural Youth Europe in collaboration with EPA! - Rural Youth of Spain, and will bring together around 100 participants, including rural youth leaders, representatives of youth-led and young farmer’s organisations, and European policy-makers. The conference is co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union and the European Youth Foundation of […]
The EU CAP Network brokerage event 'Innovating for competitive, resilient and sustainable agriculture and rural areas' will take place in Warsaw, Poland, on 25 and 26 February 2026. A call for expression of interest was open until 10 December 2025, 23:59 CET. In recent years, the EU CAP Network brokerage events have successfully supported the […]
