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How does rural development funding make a difference on the local level?

To answer this question, the IfLS evaluation team is currently visiting four federal states, as was the case last week in the Odenwald district of…
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Smart Villages – how villages are shaping their own future

Together with representatives from the Lahn-Dill-Wetzlar Local Action Group (LAG) and a representative from the Hessian Ministry of Economic Affairs,…
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How can farms break new ground and actively shape their future?

Behind every successful diversification initiative are people who develop ideas, recognise opportunities and are prepared to try something new. How…
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Tools4CAP experiences with stakeholder engagement presented at the EU-GAP Network workshop

How can rural stakeholders be effectively involved in the development of the National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRPPs)? This question was the…
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Save the Date – RegioWertGeBen project transfer workshop on 19 November 2026, 2.00–4.00 pm (online)

As part of this workshop, we would like to present findings and proposed solutions for bio-regional value chains in communal catering for vegetables.…
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Young People and Education in the Rhein-Hunsrück District: Results of the RUSTIK Living Lab published

On 29 September 2026, as part of the closing event of the RUSTIK Living Lab ‘Youth and Training in the Rhein-Hunsrück District’ at the…
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Are sustainability and resilience compatible? – A look back at the GNK Hessen networking event

To give a brief answer straight away: yes – because a local authority that is neither climate-resilient nor socially resilient will not be able to…
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Digital twins for resilient rural areas: TERRAE project launched

In early September 2026, the EU project "TERRAE – Digital Twins-Enabled Rural Resilience in Agriculture and forEstry" got underway. Over the next four…
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Digitalisation in rural areas: When small steps make a big difference

On 4 September, the regional stakeholder group involved in the INTERREG-Europe INSPIRE project set off on a discovery tour of the region with the…
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Good practices from Germany, Austria, Denmark, France and Italy – What can Ludwigsburg-Stuttgart and North Hesse learn about sustainable communal catering?

The BÖL project ‘RegioWertGeBen’ highlights innovative approaches to strengthening regional, organic community catering, using the vegetable sector as…
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More locally grown organic vegetables in communal catering – the final phase of the RegioWertGeBen project

On 25 and 26 August, the project partners of the RegioWertGeben project met in Gießen for their project meeting. The focus was on solutions for…
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Funding decisions for 17 new innovation and collaboration projects in Hesse

On 19 August 2026, Daniel Köfer, State Secretary at the Hessian Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment, Viticulture, Forestry, Hunting and Local…
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