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VirtuALL supports an active ageing in rural areas of the central region of Portugal
A social innovation project that promotes active ageing, provides digital training to the elderly and builds caregivers’ capacities.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Business incubator in Baćkowice, Poland
A business incubator working to improve conditions for the set-up of new SMEs in a rural area, triggering job creation and development of new businesses and services.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Connecting rural youth from Europe with EU institutions
An initiative connecting rural youth with EU and international policy-makers and enabling their participation in activities such as the European Rural Parliament.
- Rural Pact
Green social entrepreneurship in the municipality of Kotel, Bulgaria
An NGO-led project that provided participants with social entrepreneurship skills and set up a green social enterprise employing 17 people at risk of social exclusion.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
A foundation created by five municipalities boosts tourism in Groningen, the Netherlands
A foundation working to create and disseminate new economic opportunities in order to attract businesses and people to rural Groningen.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Carpathian Civil Society Platform in mountainous rural areas of Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine
A platform for rural civil society organisations in remote mountainous areas, which facilitates access to funding and information, and builds capacities.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Addressing women’s unemployment through enhanced childcare support in rural Poland
The project set up a nursery, thus improving access to services in a rural area and promoting equal employment opportunities.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Chalki, the first eco-island model in Greece
A Greek government pilot project to transform Greek islands into models of clean energy and green economy implementation.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Bioenergy Villages in the region of Göttingen
A replicable model using rural, renewable energy sources – such as biomass – to supply energy to villages through biogas power plants.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
The Biocluster project by the town of Haapavesi, Finland
An initiative to promote the green transition of the bioeconomy industry in Finland through the creation of a ‘biocluster’ comprising 50 companies.
- Rural Pact
