pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. New challenges and new patterns of collaboration -- pt. 3. Europe's new regionalization : the integration of regional activities through macro-regions -- pt. 4. Europe's re-regionalization across borders -- pt. 5. Conclusions

1. Setting the stage -- 2. An action framework for rural municipalities -- 3. An agenda for cross-border know-how exchange -- 4. The evaluation of the transferability of the proposed agenda -- 5. Conclusion.