The aim of this report is to analyse the current situation and future prospects of rural areas in the eight central and …. Rural development measures have become more important in recent years. As shown in the reform of the Common Agricultural … Policy in June 2003, as well as in the conclusions of the Second European Conference on Rural Development, held in Salzburg …

The profound changes experienced by rural areas in Europe over the past couple of decades have resulted in obvious … and entrepreneurial activity. However, one resource that rural areas may be able to draw upon is their "social capital …