Apply AI/ICT services to empower & amplify the voice of rural communities

Description

Complete the PoliRuralPlus project (https://www.poliruralplus.eu/) with its 20 pan-European partners by empowering 9 communities, to optimise their rural-urban linkage opportunities by validating an EU-wide regional-driven integrated territorial planning,  action-foresight implementation process and a dashboard of innovative services, enhanced by up-to-date AI and GIS technologies.

Commitment's information

Stakeholder beneficiary(ies)

Activities

Expected Outcomes

Complete the PoliRuralPlus project in December 2026, by validating its structured approach and dashboard of services to empower 9 pilot communities to optimise rural-urban linkage opportunities.  These will be open and freely available to all rural-urban communities across Europe.

Main results

Number of people

300

Number of projects

9

Final results

The key results from the PoliRuralPlus project will be to optimise rural-urban linkages and empower 9 pilot communities with exploitation roadmaps to 2030 and beyond, tailored to their specific regions. The roadmaps will encompass societal impact, research and innovation, capacity building, business and financial growth, and policy development, ensuring long-term benefits for rural and urban stakeholders. The validated structured approach and dashboard of services will be open and freely available to all rural-urban communities across Europe.