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1st EU Rural Innovation Forum: Building digital competencies for smart rural communities

The event, organised by the First Rural Innovation Forum, will set the groundwork for capacity building and expertise sharing on smart community-led innovation in rural areas.

  • - CEST
  • English
  • Amorebieta-Etxano, Spain
  • In-person

The two-day networking event will bring together stakeholders from the rural ecosystem (FUTURAL Multi-Actor Pilots (MAPs), rural innovators, rural networks, policymakers and implementers, EU-funded projects, organisations, and entrepreneurs).

The EU-RIF meeting aims to: 

  • Increase the capacity of rural communities to implement and adopt social, technological and business innovations by organising a set of workshops on capacity building and policy/governance frameworks.
  • Present and share experiences from the co-creation of innovations in the MAPs.
  • Present the Alpha version of the FUTURAL Smart Solutions and Metasearch Platform.
  • Maximise the interaction and knowledge sharing between FUTURAL MAPs, partners and participating experts from within and outside the project.

Additional info

Venue

Amorebieta-Etxano, Spain

Organiser

FUTURAL

Non-governmental / civil society organisation