Highlights from rural business seminar

You now get key messages and highlights from a European seminar on rural business innovation.

The European Network for Rural Development (ENRD) seminar on 'Revitalising Rural Areas through Business Innovation' took place on 30 March 2017 in Brussels, Belgium.

The seminar explored how rural businesses – both farm and non-farm – can innovate in ways that "create the conditions for future prosperity and vitality" as articulated in the Cork 2.0 Declaration.

The event

• examined a range of EU policies and tools for business innovation, including digitisation, smart specialisation, and social innovation
• showcased inspiring examples of rural business innovation and explore how such initiatives can be supported and extended through the Rural Development Programmes

You can download a report with the key messages and highlights from the seminar from the ENRD website.

Visit the ENRD website to find out more about the event and get links to presentations and more information.

The event is part of the broader ENRD thematic work on 'Smart and Competitive Rural Businesses'.