Context
The EU Institutions are preparing for the next Multi Annual Financial Framework that will be tabled in July 2025. This builds from the Political Guidelines of the European Commission, themselves drawing ideas from the Letta and Draghi Reports, as well as the Long-Term Vision for Rural areas and the recent Vision for Agriculture and Food.
Τhe time is right to consider the role of community-led, social, technological and business innovations in creating vibrant rural areas. Building on this, the project will organise a Policy Webinar on ‘Smarter, Stronger and More Competitive Rural Areas: The Way Forward for EU policies.
Objectives
The Policy Webinar aims to:
- present the findings of the FUTURAL policy analysis on EU-level policy support to community-led innovation in rural areas.
- provide country-specific examples of policies and governance frameworks contributing to community-led innovation in FUTURAL countries (Austria, Belgium, Greece, Lithuania, Spain, Romania).
- discuss policy needs, gaps and recommendations to further contribute to smart community-led innovation in rural areas in the 2028-2034 programming period.
- present the initial set of FUTURAL policy recommendations on enhancing community-led innovation in post-2027 EU policies with project and external experts.
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