Projects & Practice

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

In Finland, trialling the winter harvesting of the common reed provides a greater availability of sustainable resources with collateral environmental benefits.
 

A pig farm used Rural Development Programme (RDP) funding to improve the animals’ living conditions and the branding of their products.

An award-winning organic farm in Finland set up a food production network with neighbouring farms aiming to achieve energy and nutrient self-sufficiency.

Reintroducing the traditional practice of controlled forest burning, as means to promote biodiversity and create new business opportunities in the forestry sector.

Young people from Finland and Scotland came together to create a Youth Manifesto outlining ways in which local actors can engage young people in their activities.

This project is an example of how villagers can get access to high-speed broadband networks even in remote and sparsely populated rural areas. It is the winning initiative of the 2019 Rural Inspiration Awards in the 'Rural Revitalisation' category.

Supporting co-operation and knowledge sharing to tackle eutrophication in a vulnerable lake system.

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

A small, remote rural community of around 1 300 inhabitants in Finland launched a Digi-Hub for the elderly.