📍 Rural Sustainability Transitions through Integration of Knowledge for improved policy processes. Funded by the European Union 🇪🇺 https://xitter.cf/t.co/QiyOegTYxK
Joined June 2022
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❓ What connects the ESIRA and @RustikHEU projects?
👉 Both projects focus on rural areas and the opportunities to make them more resilient, inclusive and attractive places to live and work.
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🚨 Final week to register!
The @RustikHEU & #GRANULAR Final Conference will bring together leading voices from @EUAgri, @EU_JRC , @OECD , CREA, @EP_ThinkTank , @EESC_PRESS , CCRI, @ErcaRural , @ELARD_aisbl, @EU_CoR to discuss the future of rural development, rural proofing and place-based policymaking in Europe.
📍 Fondation Universitaire, Brussels
📅 24–25 June
⏳ Last chance to secure your spot! bit.ly/3Rw5Yw8
#RuralDevelopment #RuralProofing #RuralData
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📬 The #GRANULARLetter (April 2026) is OUT!
Discover:
🔹 RUSTIK & GRANULAR Final Conference (24–25 June, Brussels)
🔹 Smarter rural indicators
🔹 Climate neutrality insights
🔹 Living Labs & rural innovation
👉 Read more: bit.ly/4tPI6Sw
#RuralDevelopment #HorizonEurope #RuralInnovation
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In Ontopo, Abasha, don’t really have a “Blue Monday.” 🇬🇪
When times are hard or joyful, people come together, for weddings, funerals, harvests, or simply to support one another.
This tradition of togetherness is what keeps rural communities resilient, even on the bluest days.
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Don’t miss the #GRANULAR webinar: see the rural climate neutrality framework in action 🌿
Built for EU rural areas: indicators on energy, mobility, agriculture & waste, aligned with #LTVRA.
🗓️ 30 Jan | 11:00–12:30 CET
👉 Register: bit.ly/4qjIOoT
#ClimateNeutrality #RuralDevelopment #EUClimateAction
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The highlights report from our event during the #EURegionsWeek is now available! The session was co-organised by GRANULAR partners from @P10 and @AEIDL, together with colleagues from @RustikHEU & @VALORADA_EU.
The workshop focused on #RuralProofing: Making #policies work for rural areas through data & Earth observation, welcoming experts from @EUAgri, @OECD & Central Greece Region. We also had collaborative conversation tables led by the Livings Labs from our 3 projects to discuss their rural proofing frameworks.
Read the highlights report 👉ruralgranular.eu/event/rural…
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Our project at @RustikHEU workshop Exploring Collaborative Approaches to Rural Sustainability and Development!
🤝🏽 We're proud to have been part of this event discussing more resilient rural communities. Thanks for having us!
Watch the recap video 🎬
youtu.be/c_G39ixU5zw?si=rYrK…
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👏 Last week, #GRANULAR joined the #EURegionsWeek 2025 in Brussels with two key sessions.
🌿 Rural proofing — Co-hosted a workshop on embedding rural perspectives in policymaking with contributions from the @EU_Commission, @OECD @Central_Greece , plus interactive discussions with GRANULAR, @RustikHEU & @VALORADA_EU 👏
💻 Regions to stay — With partners from Castilla-La Mancha, Carinthia, Bouches-du-Rhône, West Finland & Łódzkie, we showcased how digital tools can boost rural resilience and joined the @EURuralPact Community Group.
👉 Read more: bit.ly/4qsdfds
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#GRANULAR is proud to participate in Living Lab in Action: Collaborative Governance for Transformation on 9 Oct 2025 (online + in Sober, Lugo) organised by @RustikHEU 👏
Our partners from @uvigo will be there!
✅Maribel Doval: presenting GRANULAR’s rural proofing approach for better policies.
✅Breixo Martins: part of the panel “From Living Labs to Multi-Actor Governance.”
Want to join? ➡️ bit.ly/4nvD3mQ
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Exploring multi-actor approaches to rural sustainability and development 🤝🏽🌾
Join us on October 9 for a #workshop on Collaborative Approaches to Rural Sustainability by @RustikHEU, Down to Earth & @ruralgranular.
Both online and in person in Galicia, Spain!
Full agenda below:
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Interested in how policies can better support rural areas? Join us at #EURegionsWeek for Rural Proofing in Action:
📅 14 Oct | 16:00 CET
📍 Brussels
A collaboration between the @RustikHEU , @VALORADA_EU & @ruralgranular projects👏
Register by 30/09, places are limited. Don’t miss out, register now👉bit.ly/4gdxx5K
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New blog from RPC’s Jane Atterton on two events she attended in June organised by @WHO and @EURuralPact on #ruralhealth and #ruralproofing @AEIDL @RustikHEU @ruralgranular @SRUC
"Reflections on rural proofing, rural health and rural poverty"
bit.ly/4lcXfsp
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Come and visit our stand MS7 - where you can find out more about our project @RustikHEU
It aims to enable rural communities’ actors and policy makers to design better strategies, initiatives and policies fostering sustainability transitions of rural areas
@Groundswellaguk
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We have made it! 🫸 🫷
We are here @Groundswellaguk
📍 Stand MS7
Come and say hello to Chloe (L) & Charlotte (R) and others from the Countryside and Community Research Institute 👋👋👋
#Groundswell25 #Research #Agriculture #Farming
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We were last week in Joensuu as part of @RustikHEU!
3 days to discuss tools and concepts like #RuralProofing, discover the progress made within our 14 living labs and learn about the responses to #DemographicChange in North Karelia
About the project⤵️
euromontana.org/rustik/
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How can rural areas become Europe’s next hubs of #innovation and #resilience?🤔 We explored this in our latest #GRANULARproject webinar!
Read the highlights report on:
✔️ Functional approaches to rural policy
✔️ Inclusive economic alternatives
✔️ EU-level tools for boosting rural #competitiveness
✔️ Data innovation for local resilience
Check out the report: ruralgranular.eu/event/vibra…
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Last week, #GRANULAR partners had a super productive General Assembly in Ourense, Galicia!🌱 We dove deep into rural well-being, exploring how new data & methods can help us better understand rural areas across Europe.
Key highlights:
• Advanced rural characterization with new indicators.
• Reports on climate neutrality & gender-sensitive rural resilience.
• Knowledge exchange workshop with our Multi-Actor Labs.
• Valuable insights from @RustikHEU & STORCITO.
• Updates on the Rural Proofing framework.
#RuralRevitalisation
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📢 Join @RustikHEU on 5 June for a event exploring innovative responses to rural demographic challenges!
🕑 14:00–16:00 EEST
📍 Vaarasali Auditorium, Koli Nature Centre Ukko (Finland) & Online
🌍 Focus: Labour markets, immigration & youth engagement
More information below!
🔊 Meet the voices behind rural innovation!
Join the 1st RUSTIK Regional Workshop on 5 June to hear from leading researchers & practitioners tackling demographic challenges head-on:
📍 Koli, Finland & Online | 🕒 14:00–16:00 EET
✅ Register now: forms.office.com/e/eKFV1wVpa…
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🚨 Last Call to Register!
Join us this Friday for the GRANULAR webinar on: Vibrant Rural Areas: Tools & Policies for Resilient and Competitive Economies
We’ll explore:
🔹 How experimental and crowd-sourced data are redefining rural resilience
🔹 New indicators to track economic vulnerability and social cohesion
🔹 How EU strategies like the Competitiveness Compass and Startup & Scaleup Strategy can empower rural economies
REGISTER NOW 👉 bit.ly/3S219HG
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#HorizonEurope boosts research and innovation's impact in the EU!
With @HorizonEU we are working to improve rural policies, resilience to #ForestFires and #ClimateChange, and GIs contribution to sustainable development 💪
Discover our projects ⤵️
euromontana.org/projects/
🚀 Horizon Europe is driving Europe's innovation edge.
🔹 15,000+ projects funded
🔹 80% ERC projects = major scientific breakthroughs
🔹 €1 from EIC Fund gets €3 from private investment
🔹 Forecast for 2045: €1 invested = up to €11 in economic gains lnkd.in/d7BdPFjK
