Sede | 13/11/2026
This Good Practice Webinar will showcase policies and initiatives strengthening rural resilience and preparedness in the face of environmental, economic and social challenges.
Through practical examples from across Europe, it will explore how rural communities are building resilience through climate adaptation, preparedness for climate-related risks and efforts to strengthen energy resilience. It will also examine the role of community capacity, cooperation and collective action in both areas. These factors can help reduce vulnerabilities and strengthen preparedness.
By promoting peer learning and exchange, the webinar will inspire the transfer of approaches that can reinforce the capacity of rural communities to adapt to change and prepare for, respond to and recover from shocks and crises.
Objectives
Explore how rural communities can strengthen resilience by adapting to longer-term change, reducing environmental, energy and social vulnerabilities and building their capacity to anticipate risks and prepare for shocks and crises;
Showcase practices and innovative approaches to climate adaptation and preparedness for climate-related risk and strengthening energy resilience, including how community capacities, cooperation and collective action can help reduce vulnerabilities and strengthen preparedness;
Foster peer learning and exchange on transferable approaches that strengthen local capacities, social capital and collective action, helping rural communities adapt to change and prepare for, respond to and recover from shocks and crises.
The webinar is targeted at local, regional and national public authorities, civil society organisations, community organisations, development agencies, energy communities, organisations working on climate adaptation and disaster risk management. It also welcomes researchers, project implementers and promoters of rural resilience and preparedness initiatives, as well as other public and private actors involved in rural development, community engagement and territorial governance.