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Environmental and social data in European farms
The European Commission has proposed to convert the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) into a Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN), allowing to better address sustainability challenges thanks to increased data […]
Published by , 27/06/2022Read More
Lonely places – a new concept explored by JRC
The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission has recently published a report exploring the concept of ‘lonely places’ and their associated challenges focusing on territories across the EU-27 Member […]
Published by , 23/06/2022Read More
Public opinion on EU agriculture and rural areas
Nearly half of Europeans think that securing a stable supply of food in the EU at all times should be a main objective of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), according […]
Published by , 22/06/2022Read More
SHERPA contributes to the Public consultation on Brain Drain
The project has submitted its contribution to the European Commission’s Public Consultation for a Communication on Brain Drain – mitigating challenges associated with population decline. Brain drain is the emigration […]
Published by , 21/06/2022Read More
SHERPA consortium meets in Brussels
On 13 and 14 June 2022, SHERPA partners met in Brussels for the Consortium meeting to take stock of the progress achieved until now and discuss the next steps for […]
Published by , 14/06/2022Read More
Enabling factors for rural revitalisation
The European Network for Rural development (ENRD) published a report identifying key enabling factors for driving rural revitalisation together with a self-assessment tool for policy design. The report presents the […]
Published by , 10/06/2022Read More
Entrepreneurship and the social economy – the future of Lithuanian rural areas
In May 2022, the Lithuanian Multi-Actor Platform met at the scientific conference ‘Entrepreneurship and Social Economy in the Regions: Needs, Challenges and Necessary Scientific-Practical and Political Intervention’, organised by Lithuanian […]
Published by , 07/06/2022Read More
Social dimension of rural Wallonia in Belgium
On 2 June 2022, the MAP Wallonia in Belgium kick-started its activities foreseen within the project. The platform has gathered over ten local actors to discuss the social aspects of […]
Published by , 03/06/2022Read More
The future is youth! Rural Inspiration Awards
The fourth edition of the Rural Inspiration Awards will spotlight projects that involve young farmers in rural areas. On 19 May 2022, the European Network for Rural Development launched the […]
Published by , 25/05/2022Read More
Social dimension of rural Bieszczady in Poland
On 10 May 2022, the first meeting of the Multi-Actor Platform Bieszczady in Poland took place. MAP Bieszczady is a group of representatives from local NGOs, entrepreneurs, activists, scientists as […]
Published by , 18/05/2022Read More
CAP Strategic Plans: observation letters published
At the end of March 2022, the 19 EU Member States that submitted their CAP Strategic Plans (CSPs) by the 1 January 2022 deadline received their Observation Letters. The letters […]
Published by , 28/04/2022Read More
SHERPA’s foresight exercise
The SHERPA Position Paper on “Foresight exercise: Alternative rural futures” is now available online! During 2020, the SHERPA project focused on contributing to the development of the European Commission’s (EC) […]
Published by , 26/04/2022Read More