The LINK-EU project, co-funded by the European Union through the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) programme, seeks to build collectively a Roadmap on rural resilience.
The goals of the Roadmap are to:
- Establish a shared assessment of current barriers and opportunities in rural areas related to climate action
- Identify existing solutions and good practices tackle the transition challenges of rural areas
- Define a trajectory towards resilient and sustainable rural communities
- Draw policy recommendations addressed to EU decision-makers for a better support of rural transition
The Rural Resilience Roadmap will be elaborated during 4 events, each one addressing one of the goals above.
The first event took place from July 6th to July 8th in Guimarães, Portugal and gathered over 30 participants from 7 European countries. During the event, the participants contributed actively to the building of the shared assessment of current barriers and opportunities of climate action in rural areas. They worked in particular on three major topics:
- Decarbonizing mobility of people and goods
- Urban-rural interdependencies, use of resources and circular economy
- Democratic practices and citizens’ engagement
In order to enrich the shared assessment, we are now opening a public consultation to collect your feedback on rural transition challenges: barriers and opportunities.
