Rural Pact Conference - From vision to action: Empowering rural areas for the future
2025-09-16 13:00 - 2025-09-17 17:00 (Europe/Dublin) | Château du Biez – Courtrai, Belgium
Organised by the Rural Pact Support Office, the Rural Pact Conference will gather 250 participants from across Europe. This 2-day networking event aims to facilitate exchanges to advance the rural vision 2040, update the Rural Action Plan and guide Rural Pact actions and future policies.

1st meeting of the Thematic Group on Improving Water Resilience in Rural Areas through the CAP
2025-09-18 08:00 - 12:00 | Online
This will be the first meeting of the Thematic Group on Improving Water Resilience in Rural Areas through the CAP.

Main aims:
– Share good practice examples of CAP actions and approaches to improve water resilience in rural areas in a sustainable way (e.g. natural solutions for greater water retention within the landscape, investments required to improve water efficiency or water re-use).
– Explore the success factors as well as the issues and challenges facing the design and implementation of interventions for improving sustainable water resilience in rural areas.
– Identify the main areas of interest for further in-depth discussion.
