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9th Thematic Group Meeting on ‘Smart Villages’

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.

Participants visited two of the villages participating in the Finnish Smart Villages competition, Vähikkälä and Teuro-Kuuslammi villages, and heard about their vision for the future. The Finnish Managing Authority presented their proposal for supporting these and other villages in fulfilling their vision by designing a dedicated framework for Smart Villages in the future CAP Strategic Plan. LEADER/CLLD, various complementary forms of village level cooperation, the networking of rural innovation brokers and Simplified Cost Options are at the core of the proposal.

The meeting also showed that there are many Member States exploring how to programme Smart Villages in the future CAP Strategic Plans and that further exchanges and networking are needed to learn from each other.

Background documents

Presentations

Introduction to the day, Paul Soto, ENRD CP

Policy context and interventions for Smart Villages

State of play of Smart Villages in Europe, Stefan Ostergard Jensen, DG AGRI
The existing policy landscape for supporting Smart Villages in Finland, Marianne Selkäinaho, Managing Authority Finland
Proposal for the future framework for supporting Smart Villages in Finland, Marianne Selkäinaho, Managing Authority Finland
LEADER and Smart Villages in Finland, Taina Sainio, LAG Varsinais-Suomen Jokivarsikumppanit
Cooperation and investments, Marianne Selkäinaho, Managing Authority Finland
Simplified Cost Options (draft budgets) for Smart Villages, Kati Vaissalo, Finnish Food Authority

Village movement and visions

Finnish village action movement, Sami Tantarimäki & Elina Leppänen, Finnish Village movement association
Vision for the future in Vähikkälä village, Minna Mäenpää, Chairwoman of Vähikkälä Village Association
Vision for the future in Teuro-Kuuslammi village, Mikko Pietilä, Chairman of the Village Association
Examples of local projects in Teuro-Kuuslammi village, Tuomo Tuovinen, Member of the Village Association

Publications

EU Rural Review 26 ‘Smart Villages: Revitalising Rural Services’

EAFRD Projects Brochure ‘Digital and Social Innovation in Rural Services’

Photo Gallery

Dates:

19/11/2019 - 12:00 to 20/11/2019 - 17:00

Location:

Vähikkälä and Teuro-Kuuslammi,

Finland

Event type:

Thematic Group meeting

Organiser:

ENRD Contact Point