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Harness talents in rural Europe
Harnessing talents for vibrant rural areas Approximately 30% of Europe’s regions suffer from rapidly shrinking labour force, low share of higher education and youth exodus. Rural areas, more than other […]
Published by Carla Lostrangio, 19/01/2023Read More
SHERPA EU MAP discusses climate change & value chains
On 16th January, the members of SHERPA EU MAP met in Brussels (Belgium) to discuss SHERPA’s recommendations for rural areas on climate change and land use, and on resilient and […]
Published by Carla Lostrangio, 17/01/2023Read More
Ruralization MOOC: new opportunities for rural areas
The EU-funded Ruralization project launches a new MOOC on how to study the dynamics and trends in rural regions and how to create concepts, plans, and initiatives to improve rural development, […]
Published by , 06/01/2023Read More
SHERPA Discussion Paper on rural governance
SHERPA published a new Discussion Paper on “Empowering rural areas in multi-level governance processes”! This Discussion Paper provides a synthesis of key European policies and scientific evidence on the topic […]
Published by Carla Lostrangio, 05/01/2023Read More
CAP experts discuss EU Agricultural Outlook as Strategic Plans will launch on January 1st
The 2022 edition of the EU Agricultural Outlook Conference attracted more than 500 participants from 38 countries on site and about 3000 participants followed us online from 43 countries. This is the major annual […]
Published by Serafin Pazos, 20/12/2022Read More
CAP Strategic Plans…mission completed!
The European Commission has approved the latest CAP Strategic Plan! This means that starting from 1st January 2023, all European Member States will start to implement the activities and funds […]
Published by Carla Lostrangio, 19/12/2022Read More
SHERPA tool to characterise rural diversity
A new tool to characterise rural diversity has been added up to the SHERPA’s main results! The tool helps you to examine the characteristics of rural areas across Europe. This […]
Published by , 19/12/2022Read More
Rural observatory: what you need to know on rural trends and data in Europe
Rural areas cover 80% of the EU surface and represent 30% of its population. Yet, today we have very little knowledge about them. What are the current situation of rural […]
Published by Carla Lostrangio, 09/12/2022Read More
More science to policy interfaces are needed in CAP negotiations, advices a report for members of the EU Parliament
On 28 November, the European Parliament Agriculture and Rural Development Committee (AGRI) was presented with the study “Governance: the reform process of the CAP post 2020 seen from an inter-institutional […]
Published by Serafín Pazos-Vidal, 05/12/2022Read More
Remote territories shall be considered by EU policies, reaffirms the EU Committee of the Regions
On 1st December, the European Committee of the Regions adopted the opinion of Marie-Antoinette Maupertuis (FR/EA), President of the Corsica Regional Assembly on “Enhancing Cohesion Policy support for regions with […]
Published by Carla Lostrangio, 02/12/2022Read More
EU MAP discusses social dimension and digitalisation in rural areas
EU MAP meeting: focus on social dimension and digitalisation On 24 November, the SHERPA EU Multi-Actor Platform held its 10th meeting in Brussels. The purpose of the meeting was to […]
Published by Carla Lostrangio, 25/11/2022Read More
SHERPA’s methodology for rural foresight
The SHERPA Discussion Paper on “Foresight Exercise for Alternative Rural Futures: How to get there?” has been published! The University of Pisa is the main author of this paper, with […]
Published by Carla Lostrangio, 23/11/2022Read More