Projects & Practice

Mobilising rural awareness in Finland about sustainable transport opportunities
 

The Digitally Visiting project has pioneered digital skill development in Central Finland. The project has demonstrated that there is a large need for local digital support to develop residents’ digital skills, especially in remote rural regions. The project encouraged and guided rural residents to use electronic services and so has contributed to making rural living in Central Finland more appealing.
 

A dairy family farm in Sweden invested in a biogas powered generator and a storage facility for substrates in order to become self-sufficient through the use of green energy.

EAFRD support enabled a young person to start his own commercially-oriented farm, thus contributing to the generational renewal of the sector.

Introducing a new forest management method that ensures the rapid and natural rejuvenation of harvested forests. 

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

Support from the rural development programme was used to buy new machinery and expand the production capacity of a biogas plant.

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.

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

Five districts in the north of Hesse joined forces to provide fast internet access in a region where no privately financed investment was covering the existing digital divide.