NEWS | Digitalisation and the CAP’s impact on territorial development of rural areas
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has published the information report on the impact of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2014-2020 on the territorial development of rural areas. This [...]
NEWS | Highlights of the SMARTVillages Final Conference
On 29 April 2021, the Interreg SMARTVillages project held its final conference. The aim of the event was to inform about the project results, especially the insights into SmartVillages test [...]
ARTICLE | Digitalisation in the Rural Vision Week
Author: Blanca Casares (AEIDL) The 'Rural Vision Week: Imagining the future of Europe's rural areas', organised by the European Network for Rural Development (ENRD) Contact Point, together with the European Commission's [...]
NEWS | First results from the EC’s public consultation on the Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas
The European Commission (EC) has published the key outcomes of the public consultation on the Long-term vision for rural areas (LTVRA) held between 7 September and 30 November 2020. A [...]
NEWS | Smart Villages: concept, issues and prospects for EU rural areas
The European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) recently published the briefing 'Smart villages: concept, issues and prospects for EU rural areas'. The document presents an overview of Smart Villages’s concept, its [...]
ARTICLE | The new CAP and the digital transformation of agriculture
Author: Gianluca Brunori As stated by the Green Deal, the European Union attributes digitalisation a central role in the ecological transition and sustainable growth. In the proposal for a regulation [...]