Projects & Practice

Finnish villages sequestering and storing carbon - Hiiltä sitovat kylät

Keywords:: Climate change adaptation, Culture, Environmental protection, Rural Inspiration Awards: nominees
Countries:: Finland

Communities coming together to collaboratively develop locally suited, innovative actions to mitigate climate change in rural Finland.

A project to help keep elderly people living at home safe and happy.

Keywords:: Culture, Inter-territorial/Transnational cooperation, LEADER/CLLD, Tourism
Countries:: Finland

The largest inter-territorial cooperation project in Finland for 2014-2020, aims to promote cultural heritage as a vehicle for tourism development.

Keywords:: Demography, LEADER/CLLD, Social inclusion, Social services, Youth
Countries:: Finland

A project to give a voice to rural youth, to hear and publish their stories and to make them visible in society and its decision-making process.

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Digitisation, Information & Communications Technology (ICT), Information & promotion activities, Innovation
Countries:: Finland

A study financed by the Finnish RDP aimed to find new digital solutions for making reindeer husbandry a more efficient and profitable business.

A feasibility study was launched in order to set the foundations for turning an ancient crater lake into a driver for local development.