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EUROPEAN GUIDE TO SUSTAINABILITY AND RURAL AREA DEVELOPMENT
This guide is a practical tool that supports the planning, implementation and evaluation of projects, making processes clearer and more effective. It helps teams organise ideas, define goals and improve results in a structured way.
Aims of the tool
Promoting Youth Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Innovation in Rural Communities
Description of the tool
The EUROPEAN GUIDE TO SUSTAINABILITY AND RURAL AREA DEVELOPMENT is a practical learning tool designed for young people, youth workers and organisations working in rural areas. It brings together principles, methods and real examples that help users understand the main challenges of sustainability in rural communities and develop solutions adapted to the local context.
The guide works as a hands-on resource that supports planning, implementation and evaluation. It helps teams structure ideas, organise resources, involve the community and create initiatives with real impact. It includes proposed activities, reflection exercises, ready-to-use templates and simple instructions to turn local problems into opportunities for sustainable development.
By using this tool, learners will be able to:
- Understand key concepts of sustainability and rural development in a European context;
- Identify local needs, challenges and opportunities;
- Plan initiatives using practical and easy-to-apply methods;
-Use non-formal education tools to work on sustainability with young people;
- Create strategies for community involvement and active participation;
- Transform ideas into concrete actions that support rural well-being and protect local resources.
https://bit.ly/EuropeanGuide_SARD
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Tool overview
http://toolbox.salto-youth.net/5221
This tool is for
The guide is aimed at young people, youth workers, community facilitators, educators and organisations working in rural areas. It is also useful for local authorities, community associations and informal groups that want to promote sustainability initiatives, youth participation and community development in rural settings. https://bit.ly/EuropeanGuide_SARD
and addresses
Social Inclusion, Environment
Behind the tool
The tool was created by
OMNI
The tool was published to the Toolbox by
Associação OMNI (on 5 December 2025)
and last modified
16 November 2025
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