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FUTURAL Policy Webinar 21 May 2025 – Smarter, stronger and more competitive rural areas

Smarter, stronger and more competitive rural areas: the way forward for EU policies (21 May 2025, 9.30-11.30 am CEST, online) Building on the European Local Innovation Forum (ELIF) held in November 2024 and following the RURACTIVE Forum in February 2025, the policy dialogue continue. As the EU Institutions are preparing the next Multi Annual Financial Framework […]

LDnet webinar – EU Climate neutral cities by 2050, a serious challenge for European cities! – 23 April 2025

Following the considerable interest shown on the theme of participative approaches, LDnet has included a webinar on “collaboration about sustainable cities and multi stakeholder approaches” in its 2025 webinar series. The webinar will take place on Wednesday 23 April 2025 at 16.30 CEST and it is led by Maria Joao Filgueiras Rauch. EU Climate neutral cities […]

Understanding the territorial patterns of climate discontent – 11 March 2025, Brussels

Across Europe, discontent is fueling the rise of anti-systemic sentiments, often in regions negatively impacted by economic transformations, including climate policies. The JRC Exploratory Research Activity on Climate Discontent aims to explore the relationship between climate change, climate mitigation policies, and regional discontent in Europe, with a focus on understanding how these three dimensions interact in […]

Local Action Groups as Territorial Development Polities

On 11 December 2024, Miriam de Oliveira Gonçalves presented her research on urban CLLD Local Action Groups (LAGs) in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area as part of the EPRC webinar series. Her talk gave an overview of her ongoing PhD work at URBinLAB – Urbanism & Territorial Dynamics in Lisbon. EU-funded LAGs were lauded for their […]

Community-led value for social innovation

This webinar, on 12 December 2024, from 10 am to 1 pm CET, will launch of the Community-Led Social Innovation (CLSI) network as part of the European Local Innovation Forum (ELIF) thematic community! The event will highlight inspiring examples of CLSI projects, showcasing innovative practices from the recent call for projects that tackle local social challenges […]

Examining Local Action Groups as Territorial Development Polities: CLLD in Lisbon Metropolitan Area

This EPRC webinar will take place on Wednesday 11 December 2024, from 12:00 to 13:00 CET (11:00 to 12:00 UK time). It will showcase a new paper by Miriam de Oliveira Gonçalves, João Morais Mourato, André Pereira & Cristina Cavaco and will provide an opportunity for discussing its findings and conclusions. Over the past three decades, Local Action Groups […]

The Michael Dower Award for European Rural Resilience

This new award was launched on 15 October 2024 and is now open for applications. It aims to showcase great examples of how local communities and individuals are tackling economic, environmental, and social challenges to build rural resilience. It also seeks to boost local empowerment across Europe by helping applicants share their experiences, practices, and […]

2025 RSA Annual Conference: Call for abstracts and special sessions

The RSA has published a call for abstracts and for special sessions for the ‘2025 RSA Annual Conference: Navigating Regional Transformation’ that will take place from 6 to 9 May 2025 at the University of Porto. Registration will open at the beginning of February 2025. More Information HERE.

Call for EUI Peer Reviews

A Peer Review is a capacity building activity offered by the European Urban Initiative (EUI) to support European cities to improve the design and implementation of their Sustainable Urban Development (SUD) strategies, through a process of benchmarking and peer learning. Each Peer Review involves one ‘City under review’ (primary beneficiary), working with individuals from up […]

Territorial development for the green transition: Harnessing the potential of rural communities (19 September 2024)

This Policy Action Lab, organised by the Rural Pact Support Office, will explore key opportunities for rural communities to benefit from the green transition and enhance their territorial development tools. Building on the European Commision report ‘The long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas: key achievements and ways forward’, the Policy Action Lab aims to: reflect on […]

Territorial peer reviews in non-urban areas

The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and the Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO have announced an open call for applications for the 2024 territorial peer review on integrated development strategies in non-urban areas (i.e. ITI, CLLD or other type of territorial tools) of the 2021-2027 programming period. The main […]

Debate: EU budget and place-based policies

The COTER Commission of the EU Committee of the Regions  (CoR) is preparing a new draft Opinion on EU budget and place-based policies: proposals for new design and delivery mechanisms for the MFF post 2027 . It is seeking to define principles whereby the present complexity and overlaps among EU funds and instruments having a territorial […]

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