DESIRA - Here we are!

DESIRA Kick-Off meeting (4-5 September 2019)

DESIRA is a Horizon 2020 project that aims to improve the capacity of society and political bodies to respond to the challenges that digitisation generates in rural areas, agriculture and forestry, and to provide a comprehensive assessment of both opportunities and threats. Know more...

"Small is smart" - EIP Workshop (Bucharest | 29-30 October 2019)

Last October, Leanne Townsend (James Hutton Institute) participated in the "Small is smart" EIP workshop, where she introduced DESIRA project.
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(Picture: "Small is smart  - copyright European Commission")

Rural Development: Delivering well-being

The 12th OECD Rural Development Conference shared leading practices from across the world on how rural policies can support rural business to embrace new technologies and access global markets, deliver services and amenities in new ways, and mobilise rural assets  to create jobs. Source: ENRD

9th Thematic Group on Smart Villages (Finland, 19-20 November, 2019)

The ninth meeting of the ENRD Thematic Group on Smart Villages took place in Finland, one of the countries that has advanced the most in preparing the support framework for Smart Villages in the next programming period. Source: OECD

Up to speed: the Welsh village that installed its own fast broadband

“Local people own and operate our network and everyone has a feeling that they are more part of a community than they ever have before”
Source: The Guardian

The 4th European Rural Parliament 2019

Over 300 participants from 38 countries, including rural people, civil society organisations, researchers, national governments and European Union institutions, expect "the Smart Village processes to benefit large rural areas throughout Europe". Source: European Rural Parliament