A recent ENRD Seminar ‘Changing our Mindsets - Seizing opportunities in the Green Economy’ explored practical ways in which the Rural Development Programmes (RDPs) can build and support green economy projects.

In particular, the event aimed at identifying specific RDP actions and tools to support initiatives in the following three areas:

• Climate change, low-carbon economy and renewable energy;
• Efficiency of resource use by land managers and other rural businesses;
• Innovation, cooperation and community-led strategies.

The Seminar was attended by over 75 rural development stakeholders in Brussels on 1 July 2016. It forms part of the wider ENRD thematic work on ‘Promoting the Transition to the Green Economy’, including Thematic Group meetings and forthcoming editions of the EAFRD Projects Brochure and EU Rural Review.