Resilient rural communities: strengthening preparedness through climate adaptation and energy resilience This Good Practice Webinar, organised by Rural Pact, will showcase policies and initiatives strengthening rural resilience and preparedness in the face of environmental, economic and social challenges. Through practical examples from across Europe, it will explore how rural communities are building resilience through climate […]
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The Futures of Rural Places: identifying drivers, navigating uncertainty, and exploring alternatives – 18 November 2026
The first workshop in the new series of the OECD Principles on Rural Policy Dialogues, The Futures of Rural Places: identifying drivers, navigating uncertainty, and exploring alternatives will take place on Wednesday, 18 November 2026 (15:00-16:30, CET/Paris time). This online workshop will explore how developments at global, national, regional and local levels interact with rural characteristics, […]
RUR_DYNAMIX 2026: International Conference on Rural Dynamics, Resilience and Innovation, 27-28 November 2026
This conference will take place on 27–28 November 2026 in Mosteiro de Ancede, Baião, Portugal. It is organised through a collaboration between academic institutions, research centres and local authorities committed to the sustainable development of rural territories. RUR_DYNAMIX 2026 brings together researchers, policymakers and territorial actors to discuss the transformations shaping rural territories in times of global […]
Rural Movements and Parliaments in Europe
Rural Movements and Parliaments in Europe as Agents of Socio-Political Landscapes: Social Innovation, Identity Re-Creation, Democratic Renewal and Professionalisation in Times of Rural Transformation This paper has been co-authored by three members of LDnet, Alistair Adam Hernández, Neslihan Önder Özen and Joanna Tamar Storie, together with Tobias Federwisch and Karl Martin Born. European rural communities […]
The Right to Stay: Young Women in the EU’s Remote and Rural Areas
This study was carried out for the REGI Committee of the European Parliament. It was authored by Austėja ŠVEDKAUSKIENĖ, Justas ŠIMANSKAS, Simonas GAUŠAS, Beatričė LEIPUTĖ, Manuela MEJIA, Sally SHORTALL and Sonia DE GREGORIO HURTADO. In the EU’s rural and remote areas, population decline and a shortage of young women relative to young men interact with […]
MFF negotiations update: Territorial targeting returns through the Irish Negotiating Box
The negotiations on the MFF 2028-2034 have moved beyond the first battle over headline figures. The updated Irish Presidency Negotiating Box, the emerging European Parliament position (with votes on the key reports ongoing and due to end in December) and the latest European Council conclusions are beginning to reveal how the future budget could actually […]
Policy brief: European Parliament intergroups as channels of local and regional government interest representation
A new policy brief was recently published on European Parliament intergroups as channels of local and regional government interest representation, authored by Dr Balázs Brucker, Research Fellow at ELTE CERS Institute for Regional Studies, Pécs (HU). The executive summary of the brief is presented below and the link to the full document. A significant share of […]
Circular Economy and Cohesion Policy Funds
This study on Circular Economy and Cohesion Policy Funds was published in October 2026 in the series Research for REGI Committee of the European Parliament. The study examines how Cohesion Policy supports the circular economy, mapping allocations, implementation progress and territorial investment patterns. Drawing on EU policy analysis, programme data and five regional case studies, […]
Policy brief: Why Europe’s future depends on its places and territories
A new ‘Territorial Thinkers’ briefing (August 2026), Why Europe’s future depends on its places and territories reflects on main messages put forward by the authors over the past 10 years and adapts them to the current situation. The authors – Peter Mehlbye, Peter Schön, Derek Martin and Kai Böhme – summarise their key observations and […]
MFF negotiations: prospects of the negotiations after the summer recess
At the end of the Cyprus Presidency we published a critical overview of the MFF negotiations. We offer below an update by Serafin Pazos-Vidal on the state and prospects of the negotiations after the summer recess, followed by Serafin’s original overview. At this stage of the MFF negotiations, MEPs are about to start voting their […]
Strong villages and towns: understanding the determinants of population change in EU settlements
This JRC Working Paper, Strong villages and towns: understanding the determinants of population change in EU settlements, is authored by Mert Kompil, Paola Proietti, Chiara Dorati, Chris Jacobs-Crisoni, and Lewis Dijkstra. The study examines the drivers of population change in EU settlements, focusing on villages and towns, and analyses the influence of local characteristics and […]
Cohesion Policy Capacity Index (CPCI)
What makes EU funding work effectively on the ground? Strong programmes need more than funding: they also depend on the capacity of the authorities managing them. The new Cohesion Policy Capacity Index (CPCI) provides a data-driven framework to assess and compare the administrative capacity of Managing Authorities across the EU. It looks at several dimensions […]