Rural Pact – progress report published by the European Commission
On 27th March 2024, the European Commission published a report entitled “The long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas: key achievements and ways forward” presenting the activities of the European Commission conducted in relation to the rural vision an …
SHERPA’s final recommendations for rural areas
Rural areas represent 83% of the EU territory and are home to 30.6% of the EU’s population. They offer substantial natural resources, diverse ecosystems, and vibrant economic activities. However, they also face increasing challenges to their human, soc …
ERDN has become a partner of the New European Bauhaus (NEB)
„If the European Green Deal has a soul, then it is the New European Bauhaus which has led to an explosion of creativity across our Union.” – Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission ERDN has become a partner of the New European Bau …
XX ERDN Conference “Green transformation in the European rural areas” 11–13.09.2024 Vilnius, Lithuania
Lithuanian Center for Social Sciences, Institute of Economics and Rural Development European Rural Development Network Lithuanian Academy of Sciences invites to the XX European Rural Development Network Conference “Green transformation in the Eu …
ESIRA kick-off meeting
During the last two days (17-18.01) Polish and Lithuanian teams of ERDN were taking part in a kick-off meeting in Burgos (Spain) in a new Horizon Europe project #ESIRA – Enhancing Social Innovation in Rural Areas. The main objective of ESIRA is to cont …
ERDN at the European Week of Regions and Cities in Brussels
Under the flag of the SHERPA project, the P10, the association for rural municipalities in the Netherlands hosted the participatory lab as part of the main programme of the European Week of Regions and Cities in Brussels. A diversity of experiences in …
Premium_EU project meeting in Krakow
On October 9-11, seven of the ERDN multi- actor platforms (MAPs) from the SHERPA project (Poland, Romania, Lithuania) and 3 MAPs cooperating with ERDN (Estonia, Spain) participated in the Caspar PREMIUM_EU project meeting in Krakow to seek synergies an …
V4GreenReporting: Green evaluation of food industries in V4 countries from EU Taxonomy perspective
V4GreenReporting Green evaluation of food industries in V4 countries from EU Taxonomy perspective Supported by Project summary Realization of EU’s green goals is particularly important for the food industries of V4 countries. Uniform system of criteria …
Concluding meetings of the 4-year #SHERPAproject
We have just started a series of concluding meetings of the 4-year #SHERPAproject (Sustainable Hub to Engage into Rural Policies with Actors – Sherpa) which was conducted in 19 European countries and aims to formulate recommendations for future researc …
Rural Pact Coordination Group
BREAKING NEWS! We are pleased to announce that by the official letter „on behalf of Mr. Wolfgang Burtscher Director General of Agriculture and Rural Development and Mr Normunds Popens Acting Director General of Regional and Urban Policy” European Rural …