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The Commission has launched the second set of calls for proposals under the Connecting Europe Facility Digital programme. The 5G for Smart Communities action will contribute to the deployment of 5G-based systems that support service of general interest for citizens around the EU.

Some stakeholders and national authorities in the community are exploring ways to setup a pre-financing system to improve access to EU funds of beneficiaries, such as small rural municipalities, who cannot access EU funds because they cannot advance payments.

On 26 and 27 October 2022, more than 150 mountain stakeholders from all over Europe gathered in Camigliatello Silano in Calabria, Italy, to take part in the XII European Mountain Convention on “Smart mountains: how to make our territories attractive and future oriented”.

This year’s theme for International Mountain Day was “Women move mountains”.

On 5 December we celebrated World soil day. Missions are a new instrument under the EU research and innovation framework programme 2021-2027, Horizon Europe, and they aim at bringing concrete solutions to our greatest societal challenges. One of them is on soils and new calls for projects have just

The European Employment and Social Rights Forum (EESRF) took place on 16-17 November 2022 and was focused on how to achieve a fair and inclusive green transition for all.

The European drone strategy, which is one of the Rural action plan actions for more connected rural areas, has been adopted on 29 November.

The Ministry of Regional Development launched the "national" Rural Pact for Czechia during the "Joint Seminar on Community-led Local Development and Smart Villages" in Lednice on 28 October. 

Participants discussed the way forward in terms of the EU's current financing period and the shaping of future programming periods covered by the long-term vision.