🗣️In the #SHERPAconference, Elef. Stavropoulos of EUinmyRegion🇪🇺 highlighted the different ways to contribute to policy process at 🇪🇺 level: 🔸Engage representatives 🔸Be inspired by the #RuralVisionEU 🔸Cohesion Policy 🔸Join the #RuralPact DETAILS ➡️ bit.ly/3x06c1Y

Strengthening European regions is what we do at the RUMRA & Smart Villages Intergroup. Glad to see my colleague Hannes Heide promoting his beautiful mountainous constituency so successfully! Will try to stop by this evening for some 🇦🇹 cake, dried 🇪🇪 fish & 🇳🇴reindeer

Exciting to see remote regions in Europe working together for the European Capital of Culture 20 Bad Ischl Tartu linn Visit Bodø The room is packed and everyone is enjoying to speak about something soul warming, like culture. This is an investment in the future of regions

🇪🇺✍️The EU Council adopted conclusions on the EU’s long-term vision for rural areas #RuralVisionEU! 📄All Ministers welcome the vision and its holistic approach & invites all administrations to engage in the #RuralPact to make it happen. More ➡️bit.ly/3SJhlzj

🚀The Policy Briefing on ‘How to make the Rural Pact happen in Member States’ is out! Discover the 7 key ingredients to take action and contribute to the #RuralVisionEU 📄👉bit.ly/46zSf9v

Thrilled by the incredible support for the SMR Report in ITRE Committee Press! ⚡️ Now, the momentum for nuclear energy as a low-carbon solution for the EU is undeniable. Let's seize this opportunity to further embrace clean, reliable nuclear power for a sustainable future. #NuclearEnergy

A #startup village embraces #innovation and ambitious #entrepreneurship as a way to unlock development potential and support wellbeing in #rural areas The 🇪🇺 #StartupVillageForum mapping tool gathers 3️⃣2️⃣ examples from across the #EU👇 startup-forum.rural-vision.europa.eu/?lng=en #RuralVisionEU

In view of the current farmer’s protests, we need to be extremely careful not to burden our farmers - who are the backbone of Europe’s rural areas - with further regulations and economic burdens.

It was great to take part in the launch of the 🇪🇺 #RuralToolkit today with EU_ScienceHub DDG Salla Saastamoinen and team leader Giulia Testori. Hope this tool is beneficial to #rural communities and helps deploy concrete support to their ambitions. #EU #EUknowledge #RuralVisionEU

Join our round-table in the EP on 5.3 at 11:00 for this timely discussion on plant breeding with MEP Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, EU Agriculture🌱 Director, Michael Pielke and EU One Health Director, Klaus Berendt amongst ogthers. Register @ bit.ly/agro-invest-re…

Our 19th Rural Voices Seminar will feature Edina Ocsko, E40 Director, who will speak about the outcomes of the EU-funded Smart Rural 27 project she coordinated, as well as the impact of the Smart Villages Network, on rural communities & policy 🇪🇺 Register: universityofgalway-ie.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

We are proud to be invited to discuss the role of plant breeding companies at the RUMRA & Smart Villages Intergroup event on agricultural investments to preserve rural areas - a very important topic! 🌱🚜 Register here: ow.ly/GsaI50QCx3k Euroseeds Adam Thomas Mouchtar 🇪🇺 Atidzhe Alieva-Veli

Roundtable hosted by Franc Bogovič & Irene Tolleret at the EP debating if #biomethane is a "low hanging" fruit that can provide green and cheap energy in rural areas in view of replacing Russian gas. It's a lively debate between the industry, farmers and researchers

RIP Erik BERGKVIST, who died on 20.2.24, at 58 years of age. Erik BERGKVIST served as Swedish MEP in Renew Europe since 2019 and was an active member of our intergroup, always fighting for rural development and engaged for our citizens in Europe's remote corners. U will b missed

🌾 Enjoyed the stimulating debate at our event on agricultural investments & the role of plant breeding companies. EU Agriculture🌱, EU One Health, @Euroseeds, KWS Group @EU2024BE Atidzhe Alieva-Veli shared their insights on rural development challenges & opportunities in the context of #NGTs.

A key area for the next EU term is going beyond the urban-rural divide. This is a key aim of the RURBANIVE project EU Horizon project, where AEIDL leads EU policy development. On the back of LTVRA, 9thCR and Letta Reports and ahead of the next EU Term we held our Policy inception meeting

Speaking about the EU's intention to promote the strategic autonomy & resilience of EU industry through green policies & technological advancements Euractiv Landesvertretung NRW Amazon inter alia Regional Revitalization: Transformative Power of Investment in Rural Areas Across Europe