• Objective 1

    amplify the voice of rural areas to bring them higher on the political agenda
Description

I'am the coordinator of KNowledgE alliance for Social Innovation in Shrinking villages (KiNESIS), a three-year-long project (2021-2023 - extended to June 2024), co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. The main aim of the KiNESIS project was to create a Knowledge Alliance among academia, NGOs, communities, local authorities, businesses to develop a program of multidisciplinary activities in shrinking areas with the aim of promoting and fostering ideas, projects, workforce, productivity and attractiveness. 

The focus of KiNESIS was to converge the interest of different stakeholders by recalling various skills around abandoned villages to make them "smart" and "attractive". Keeping in mind the triangular objectives of cooperation and innovation of research, higher education and business of the Knowledge Alliance action, the KiNESIS project aims are: 

  • revitalising depopulated areas by stimulating entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial skills;
  • creating local living laboratories, shared at European level, in which the exchange of knowledge, best practices, experiences can help promote social inclusion and entrepreneurial development;
  • experimenting new, innovative and multidisciplinary approaches in teaching and learning;
  • facilitating the exchange, flow and co-creation of knowledge at a local and global level. 

You can find the project website.
 

On our YouTube channel you can have a look at the various activities carried out during the project. 
 

I would like to share the results and best practices of the project to find new opportunities of cooperation on the topic of social and cultural innovation actions in rural and depopulated areas.

Commitment's information

Themes
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Nature and environment
  • Tourism and heritage
  • Research and innovation
  • Women
  • Youth
  • Digital
  • Education and training
    • Stakeholder beneficiary(ies)
    • Academic/research institution
    • Citizen
    • Non-governmental / civil society organisation
    • Private Business
    • Public authority
    Activities
    • Knowledge sharing
    • Rural development strategy
    • Networking activities
    • Research or/& evaluation
    Expected Outcomes
    1. share the results and best practices developed during the KINESIS project
    2. cooperate with other bodies/ academic institutions interested in social and cultural innovation in rural areas

    Main results

    Number of people

    1000

    Number of projects

    20

    Number of jobs

    50

    Final results
    • Cross-sectoral collaboration and network building
    • Promotion of innovation
    • Capacity building and skill development
    • Knowledge sharing and dissemination
    • Long-term relationships and networking
       

    Organisation/Company information

    University of Naples L'Orientale

    Academic/research institution
    • European
    TOPICS OF INTEREST
    Education and training
    Status
    Ongoing
    Funding
    Commitment's fund
    EU funds, National funding
    EU Fund
    Horizon programme, ERASMUS
    Budget
    Estimated budget
    EUR 5 000.00
    Planned additional investment
    human & technological resources
    Further details
    Scope of action
    European
    Beneficiary country
    Italy
    Type of territories
    Inland area