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About SHERPA

Sustainable Hub to Engage into Rural Policies with Actors (SHERPA) was a four-year project (2019-2023) with 17 partners funded by the Horizon 2020 programme. The project aims were to gather knowledge, contributing to the formulation of recommendations for future policies relevant to EU rural areas, by creating a science-society-policy interface.

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MULTI-ACTOR PLATFORMS (MAPs)

SHERPA will implement 40 Multi-Actor Platforms (MAPs) across the EU. They will be the core forum for two-way exchanges of ideas for co-learning and co-creation of knowledge at regional levels among a wide variety of stakeholders. Check on the map updates on each multi-actor platform.

List of MULTI-ACTOR PLATFORMS (MAPs)

Latest publications

Title Document type Date
D7.6 Synthesis outputs adapted for citizen audiencesDeliverable16/11/2023D7.5 Second set of recommendations for development of future rural policiesDeliverable15/11/2023D7.4 Second set of recommendations for future research agendasDeliverable2/11/2023
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Timeline of EU programming

Check out the timeline to see at what step of the programming is each Member State regarding the preparation of their CAP Strategic Plans for the future Rural Development policy.

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SHERPA REPOSITORY

Browse through a compilation of research outputs and findings from past and ongoing projects related to rural areas.

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Partners

  • Agricultural University of Athens
  • CIHEAM
  • Consulai
  • Ecorys Brussels NV
  • European Association for Information and Local Development (AEIDL)
  • European Association for Local democracy (ALDA)
  • European Rural Development Network
  • IEEP
  • Nordregio
  • Polytechnic University of Madrid
  • The James Hutton Institute
  • Thünen Institute
  • University of Bologna
  • University of Ljubljana
  • University of Pisa
  • University of Santiago de Compostela
  • Wageningen Research
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