{"id":27166,"date":"2025-09-29T08:55:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T08:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futural-project.eu\/?p=27166"},"modified":"2025-09-29T09:34:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T09:34:20","slug":"six-country-factsheets-on-rural-policy-framework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futural-project.eu\/lt\/six-country-factsheets-on-rural-policy-framework\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Country Factsheets on Rural Policy Frameworks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"27166\" class=\"elementor elementor-27166\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c718fad e-flex e-con-boxed sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c718fad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a5f357 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a5f357\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><p>Rural communities across Europe face shared challenges, from demographic decline to digital gaps, but the way policies support innovation varies from country to country.<\/p><\/div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">To make this landscape easier to understand, the FUTURAL project has created <b>six country factsheets<\/b>. These short, accessible overviews highlight how policies and governance frameworks shape community-led innovation, where the gaps are, and what opportunities exist for stronger support.<br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Covering <b>Austria, Belgium, Greece, Lithuania, Romania, and Spain<\/b>, the factsheets draw on <a href=\"https:\/\/shorturl.at\/hZRY2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FUTURAL\u2019s in-depth policy analysis<\/a> carried out by\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/futural-project.eu\/lt\/futural-partners\/aeidl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AEIDL<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0(Lostrangio &amp; Pazos-Vidal, 2025) and validated through FUTURAL\u2019s Multi-Actor Platforms (MAPs).<\/span><\/div><h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">What the factsheets include<\/h4><h6 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Each factsheet highlights:<\/h6><div>\u00a0<\/div><ul><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The FUTURAL pilot case study in the country, including local challenges and the community-led innovations being tested.<\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rural context and innovation performance, with comparative data against EU averages.<\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Governance frameworks, administrative levels, and the role of local authorities.<\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Policy instruments under the CAP, Cohesion Policy, and other national frameworks that can support rural innovation.<\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Examples of good practices or targeted interventions, such as Smart Villages or community-based services.<\/li><\/ul><h6>Read and download the factsheets:<\/h6><ul><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/futural-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FUTURAL_PolicyFactsheets_Austria.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Austrija<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/futural-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FUTURAL_PolicyFactsheets_Belgium.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Belgija<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/futural-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FUTURAL_PolicyFactsheets_Greece.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Graikija<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/futural-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FUTURAL_PolicyFactsheets_Lithuania.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lietuva<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/futural-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FUTURAL_PolicyFactsheets_Romania.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rumunija<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/futural-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FUTURAL_PolicyFactsheets_Spain.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ispanija<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rural communities across Europe face shared challenges, from demographic decline to digital gaps, but the way policies support innovation varies from country to country. 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