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Smart Villages: 9th Thematic Group meeting

This is the main report of the ninth meeting of the ENRD Thematic Group (TG) on 'Smart Villages'.

The meeting combined a visit to two of the villages participating in the Smartest Villages competitionin Finland, presentations and group discussions.

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Publication date: 
December, 2019
Keywords:
  • Smart Villages

Bioeconomy: 2nd Thematic Group meeting

This is the main report of the second meeting of the ENRD Thematic Group (TG) on 'Mainstreaming the Bioeconomy'. It summarises the discussion on territorial and local approaches to developing bioeconomy in rural areas, and on how to combine different funding instruments to support rural bioeconomy initiatives.

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Publication date: 
February, 2019
Keywords:
  • Bioeconomy

Smart Villages: How to support Smart Villages strategies which effectively empower rural communities?

This briefing document offers some preliminary orientations on how to support Smart Villages – both in the current programming period (2014-2020) and, more significantly, in the framework of the post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) programming period.

It is targeted mainly at national and regional policy-makers and implementers to help them put in place both rural and regional policies which enable rural communities to respond to the challenges they face.

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Publication date: 
May, 2019
Keywords:
  • Smart Villages

InvestEU offers improved investment choices for CAP Managing Authorities

This policy insights article focuses on InvestEU's offer of improved investment choices for CAP Managing Authorities. With up to € 372 billion of investment anticipated to flow through InvestEU, Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) funding can be used to attract this investment to strengthen the socio-economic and environmental resilience of rural Europe. 

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Publication date: 
February, 2022
Keywords:
  • Agriculture, Rural SMEs

Rural Businesses: Rural digital hubs

This comparative case study on 'Revitalising rural areas through digitisation' is based on three rural digital hub examples: Cocotte Numérique (France), #hellodigital (Scotland) and the Ludgate Hub (Ireland). 
The study explores how to most effectively set up and run rural digital hubs, promoting the use of digital technology in rural areas. It has a strong focus on practical implementation aspects (including first steps, main triggers, initiators, financial and human resources, challenges and lessons learnt).
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Publication date: 
September, 2017
Keywords:
  • Broadband, Digitisation, Diversification, Innovation, Rural business

Smart Villages: Rural mobility

This thematic briefing is focusing on rural mobility, aiming to highlight factors and conditions to be taken into account when designing the future policies to ensure that Smart Villages strategies enable rural communities to design and test mobility solutions.

The document is targeted at Managing Authorities and other institutional actors involved in preparing the future CAP Strategic Plans as well as other policies for rural development.

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Publication date: 
November, 2019
Keywords:
  • Future CAP, Rural services, Smart Villages

LEADER example: 'Building a food ecosystem', Belgium

This summary overviews a  ‘Farm Incubator’ initiative ran by a Belgian Local Action Group (LAG) to help new entrant farmers create real jobs, including long-term strategy, levering other funding and providing territorial animation. 
The example was presented at an ENRD Seminar on LEADER/CLLD.
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Publication date: 
October, 2018
Keywords:
  • Added value, Job creation, LEADER Innovation, LEADER/CLLD

Pathways to LEADER

This guide, produced by the European Commission’s DG AGRI, aims to support the take-up of the LEADER approach in the Western Balkans, Turkey and beyond.
It compiles practical information on preparing the ground for LEADER; establishing LAGs; preparing and implementing Local Development Strategies, as well as sections on networking and innovation.
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Publication date: 
October, 2017
Keywords:
  • LEADER/CLLD

Smart Villages: 'Reciprocity contracts'

This case study explores ‘reciprocity contracts’ between cities and their surrounding countryside in four pilot areas in France.
It overviews how local government officials and residents from both types of area come together to negotiate win-win partnerships and joint activities in areas of common concern such as employment, the environment and local services. The study considers the governance and funding implications of such partnerships.
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Publication date: 
January, 2018
Keywords:
  • Competitiveness, Digitisation, Innovation, Rural business, Rural services, Smart Villages

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