ABOUT THE PROJECT
The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence "European Rural Development and Empowered Leaders" (ERUDEL2040) is dedicated to testing innovative educational and research approach and related materials as a mechanism for improving implementation of the long-term vision for the EU's rural areas (2021) and European Parliament's Resolution on a long-term vision for the EU's rural areas (2022) and improving its global impact.
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By doing that it will advance interdisciplinary EU studies dealing with the phenomenon of EU implementation deficit, with a view to offer innovative educational tools (open learning, continuous co-creation of teaching materials, virtual classrooms) and innovative research approaches that could be utilised in other environments across Europe, to foster dialogue between the academia and the society to contribute to the awareness of EU rural development policy.
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It is inter- and transdisciplinary, pooling and crossing expertise on more traditional EU studies (i.e. political science, law, economics, regional studies) as well as less common EU studies (i.e. economy, sociology).
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ERUDEL2040 enhances awareness of the EU and its rural development policy in the general public at large, facilitate future engagement and people-to-people dialogue and, in the long run, contribute to core EU values, particularly to the higher levels of political participation, transparency, responsibility, deliberation and others.
EU priorities
priority six
ERUDEL2040 focuses on the EU Commission's priorities for 2019-24, in particular priority six, a new push for European democracy, and focuses on developing a long-term vision that addresses urgent challenges and identifies new opportunities for communities across Europe, as outlined in the New Strategic Agenda 2019-24.
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ERUDEL2040 engages a variety of target groups in its activities, i.e. academia, students, researchers, professionals (mayors, civil servants), state and local level policymakers and policy officers, local media, businesses, civil society, and general public at large.
Disclaimer
Project – 101175414 – ERUDEL2040 – ERASMUS-JMO-2024-COE, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence European Rural Development and Empowered Leaders (ERUDEL2040).
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