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H2020 projects working on the Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas
On 12 November 2020, the Research Executive Agency (REA) of the European Commission, with the support from SHERPA, organised a cluster meeting bringing together the Horizon 2020 projects working on […]
Published by , 28/12/2020Read More
EU Multi-Actor Platform starts work on biodiversity and landscape features
On 19 December 2020, a new meeting of the EU Multi-Actor Platform (MAP) took place online to exchange about the draft SHERPA Position Paper on ‘Rural policies to protect and […]
Published by , 22/12/2020Read More
The EU MAP progresses on the common vision for rural areas
The Coordination Group of the EU Multi-Actor Platform (EU MAP) met again on 19 November 2020 to continue work on the ‘Long-term vision for rural areas’. This second meeting aimed […]
Published by , 26/11/2020Read More
DG AGRI launches stakeholder engagement toolkit for the Long Term Vision for Rural Areas
DG AGRI just launched a package of tools to support National Rural Networks and local actors to engage with groups of rural citizens to explore their ideal vision for the […]
Published by , 12/11/2020Read More
The Horizon 2020 project MOVING kicks off!
Mountains cover 36% of the European area and play an essential role in the provision of public and private goods. However, there is a lack of updated and comparable knowledge about many aspects of […]
Published by , 27/10/2020Read More
First meeting of the DESIRA Rural Digitalisation Forum
The EU Rural Digitalisation Forum (RDF), set-up by the DESIRA project, held its first meeting online on 10 September 2020. The RDF is a platform that brings together a wide […]
Published by , 26/10/2020Read More
European Parliament: ‘The upcoming Commission’s Communication on the long-term vision for rural areas’
The upcoming Commission’s Communication on the topic, to be published mid-2021, will aim to support the debate at European level on the future of rural areas by 2040 and the role […]
Published by , 22/10/2020Read More
ELARD: “Which future do you want in rural areas?”
In September 2020, ELARD and REDR published in a Summary of responses from the Macro survey: Which future do you want in rural areas? Both networks launched in May 2020 […]
Published by , 20/10/2020Read More
Tuscany MAP discusses how the desirable future would look like
What could the desirable future for Tuscany rural areas be in 2040? And what factors could potentially enable or hamper that vision to be attained? Members of the MAP Tuscany […]
Published by , 19/10/2020Read More
EU Multi-Actor Platform works on the Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas
The first working session of the SHERPA EU MAP’s Coordination Group took place online on 8 October 2020. The EU Multi-Actor Platform (MAP) is contributing to the SHERPA Position paper […]
Published by , 16/10/2020Read More
Galician MAP discuss the future of rural areas
On 25 September, the Galician MAP held their consensus meeting. Respecting all health restrictions and recommendations due to COVID-19, the meeting was able to be face-to-face. The aim of the […]
Published by , 05/10/2020Read More
ENRD Thematic Group on the Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas
The first of four meetings of the ENRD Thematic Group (TG) on the Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas took place on 22-23 September 2020. On this first meeting, members of […]
Published by , 05/10/2020Read More