Events

Please mark your calendars for a joint meeting of the URBAN and RUMRA Intergroups on urban-rural partnerships: How can urban-rural partnerships promote Europe's green transition and territorial agenda? The event will take place on Thursday 23 June 14:00-16:00 in person in the European Parliament (JAN 6Q1).   Detailed agenda will follow soon but those who would like to already […]

In light of the fast-growing movement related to the development of rural and remote areas and smart villages, a delegation of the RUMRA & Smart Villages Intergroup in the European Parliament visited the first ever finalised Smart Village in the South Caucasus, on 22 September 2022. In the run up to the visit of the […]

In October 2022, more than 150 mountain stakeholders from all over Europe gathered in Camigliatello Silano in Calabria, Italy, to take part in the 12th European Mountain Convention on “Smart mountains: how to make our territories attractive and future oriented”. As a main outcome of the Convention, the Sila Declaration was co-developed to give shape […]

This seminar will be part of the Presidency of the Czech Republic in the Council of the EU and will be organized jointly by the NAT commission of the CoR and the European Parliament Intergroup RUMRA/Smart Villages. It is closely connected to the Long-term vision for the EU's rural areas, published at the end of […]

Hosted by Birgitta Sacrédeus, member of the European Committee of the Regions. By 2070, 30% of Europe's population will be aged 65 and over, which is 10% more than today. Rural and mountainous areas are particularly affected by this demographic change but often lack the goods, services and infrastructure that meet the needs of the […]

ELARD is a European association which gathers and represents nearly 2,800 Local Action Groups from 29 countries, including neighbouring countries of the European Union that have adopted and are implementing the LEADER methodology of local development by local actors. The organisation is actively working to make the LEADER approach better known among European decision-makers in […]

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We are pleased to invite you to the international Rural Pact Conference in Uppsala, Sweden on May 3-4 2023. Focus for the conference is exchange of experiences between member states as well as with the EU institutions. The conference is arranged in close dialogue with the Govern-ment Offices of Sweden and the European Commission. Conclusions […]