What’s happening in my country
On the country pages you will find useful information about what is happening in EU Member States concerning the planning and implementation of smart villages.
The information aims to orient people on policy planning, key contacts and resources on smart villages. However, it neither aims to be fully comprehensive, nor necessarily reflects the official government or European Commission position.
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Flanders DC
Manual, trend analysis, project sheet and template report to get started with the idea wheel
Language : Dutch, English
Manual, trend analysis, project sheet and template report to get started with the idea wheel
Language : Dutch, English
Tussenheid Hilvarenbeek
(
2021
)
This document presents how the ‘sustainizability’ model is applied in real life in two specific cases: Spoorpark Tilburg (Railroad Park) and Digihelden Hilvarenbeek (Digital Heroes Hilvarenbeek)
Language : English
This document presents how the ‘sustainizability’ model is applied in real life in two specific cases: Spoorpark Tilburg (Railroad Park) and Digihelden Hilvarenbeek (Digital Heroes Hilvarenbeek)
Language : English
Tussenheid Hilvarenbeek
(
20/10/2016
)
Mr Palmen, mayor of the community of Hilvarenbeek at the event of the contact night of the Hilver B & O platforms (Hilver Management & Development) talks about the complementary role of the local government and local society, and how each should take its own responsibility.
Language : Dutch, English
Mr Palmen, mayor of the community of Hilvarenbeek at the event of the contact night of the Hilver B & O platforms (Hilver Management & Development) talks about the complementary role of the local government and local society, and how each should take its own responsibility.
Language : Dutch, English
Tussenheid Hilvarenbeek
(
25/04/2018
)
Tussenheid is an upside down umbrella organization. It is a movement of local initiatives, whereby local ownership is guaranteed. Tussenheid Hilvarenbeek helps to make local projects / initiatives sustainable in the economic, societal and environmental sense.
Language : English
Tussenheid is an upside down umbrella organization. It is a movement of local initiatives, whereby local ownership is guaranteed. Tussenheid Hilvarenbeek helps to make local projects / initiatives sustainable in the economic, societal and environmental sense.
Language : English
Sustainizability model, network analysis and applications Part I: The model
Tussenheid Hilvarenbeek
This guide sets out the basics of the sustainzability model, that has emerged in the North Brabant region of the Netherlands in the ‘50s. Until the fifties the Kempen region (the southern part of the province of North Brabant and the northern part of the Flemish provinces of Antwerp and Limburg) was a relatively poor region with a history and regional identity of mainly hardworking small farmers. They had to be self-reliant, but the awareness of the great importance of support from and to the people in the area certainly had a major impact on social relations and the way in which ideas were created and developed. This cultural orientation certainly contributed to the emergence of all kinds of cooperatives. A key example of this was the arise of the cooperative Boerenleenbanken (Raiffeisenbank), and more recently the impressive industrial development (Brainport) in which cooperation proved to be the success factor.
Josef Maiwald
‘For you as a manager, it is not just about making good decisions. Equally important is to implement them together with your employees in a sustainable way. The cooperative leading, or “leading at eye-level” of self-responsible and self-confident employees is becoming increasingly important. Through “Systemic Consensing” (SC) you create a good basis for this.’
Language : English
‘For you as a manager, it is not just about making good decisions. Equally important is to implement them together with your employees in a sustainable way. The cooperative leading, or “leading at eye-level” of self-responsible and self-confident employees is becoming increasingly important. Through “Systemic Consensing” (SC) you create a good basis for this.’
Language : English
Sarah Peter
, Simone Sterly
, Gerlinde Behrendt
, Anna Maria Häring
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Institut für Ländliche Strukturforschung
, Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development
(
2019
)
Part of the results of the BioFinanz research project on community financing in the organic food sector, this publication succinctly summarises key findings about the usage, benefits and critical points of different financing models. The paper was presented at the 7th CIRIEC International Research Conference on Social Economy “Social and Solidarity Economy: Moving Towards a New Economic System”, Bucharest (Romania), 6-9 June 2019.
Language : German
Type of resource : Publication
Part of the results of the BioFinanz research project on community financing in the organic food sector, this publication succinctly summarises key findings about the usage, benefits and critical points of different financing models. The paper was presented at the 7th CIRIEC International Research Conference on Social Economy “Social and Solidarity Economy: Moving Towards a New Economic System”, Bucharest (Romania), 6-9 June 2019.
Language : German
Type of resource : Publication
Institut für Ländliche Strukturforschung
, Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development
(
2020
)
Web portal about alternative financing in the organic food sector, based on a research project (2017-2020).
Language : German
Type of resource : Website
Web portal about alternative financing in the organic food sector, based on a research project (2017-2020).
Language : German
Type of resource : Website
Estonian National Rural Network
(
06/05/2021
)
An online thematic seminar on smart villages `Finnish experience and vision, providing an overview of the development of smart villages in Finland, as well as an Estonian LEADER smart villages cooperation project. The web page features presentations and links to additional information.
Language : English
An online thematic seminar on smart villages `Finnish experience and vision, providing an overview of the development of smart villages in Finland, as well as an Estonian LEADER smart villages cooperation project. The web page features presentations and links to additional information.
Language : English
Croatian Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds
(
02/2021
–
2030
)
The document sets out a strategic vision and direction for Croatia by 2030. It includes four development directions and their related 13 strategic goals. The broader development directions are: sustainable economy and society; strengthening crisis resilience; green and digital transition; and balanced regional development.
Type of resource : Document
The document sets out a strategic vision and direction for Croatia by 2030. It includes four development directions and their related 13 strategic goals. The broader development directions are: sustainable economy and society; strengthening crisis resilience; green and digital transition; and balanced regional development.
Type of resource : Document
Croatian Rural Parliament
(
23/05/2019
)
The Declaration emerging from the third edition of the bi-annual Croatian Rural Parliament intends to communicate the most important rural development topics in the country to the general public and decision-makers at local, national and European levels. The theme of the 2019 Parliament was ‘smart villages’ with discussions revolving around local rural challenges, as well as in the wider European context, drawing on the conclusions of the previous European Rural Parliaments, the Cork 2.0 Declaration and the Tartu Declaration on Renewing LEADER/CLLD for 2020+.
Language : Croatian
The Declaration emerging from the third edition of the bi-annual Croatian Rural Parliament intends to communicate the most important rural development topics in the country to the general public and decision-makers at local, national and European levels. The theme of the 2019 Parliament was ‘smart villages’ with discussions revolving around local rural challenges, as well as in the wider European context, drawing on the conclusions of the previous European Rural Parliaments, the Cork 2.0 Declaration and the Tartu Declaration on Renewing LEADER/CLLD for 2020+.
Language : Croatian
József Káposzta
, Patrícia Honvári
(
2019
)
A study published in the ’Space and Society’ scientific journal.
Language : Hungarian
Type of resource : Publication
A study published in the ’Space and Society’ scientific journal.
Language : Hungarian
Type of resource : Publication
COCONAT
(
2019
–
Ongoing
)
Bad Belzig and Wiesenburg are the real laboratory for testing digital tools in rural areas for Brandenburg Region.
Language : German
Bad Belzig and Wiesenburg are the real laboratory for testing digital tools in rural areas for Brandenburg Region.
Language : German
Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (Fraunhofer IESE)
, Economic Development Agency Brandenburg (WFBB)
, Bitkom
(
2019
–
Ongoing
)
A project targeting the state of Brandenburg as a lively economic and innovation area with its districts, towns and villages. The project follows the strategic goals of the “Future Strategy Digital Brandenburg” with which the state government wants to support “digital showcases and practical laboratories” so that “new developments become ‘tangible’ and transferable”.
Language : English, German
A project targeting the state of Brandenburg as a lively economic and innovation area with its districts, towns and villages. The project follows the strategic goals of the “Future Strategy Digital Brandenburg” with which the state government wants to support “digital showcases and practical laboratories” so that “new developments become ‘tangible’ and transferable”.
Language : English, German
Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (Fraunhofer IESE)
An initiative working to shorten the distances for food supply by using and testing a mobile sales vehicle that stops in the centre of villages that no longer have their own supply. The offer will be supplemented by a digital marketplace linking citizens, regional producers, and village shops, so that in addition to spontaneous purchases from the vehicle, orders can also be placed online.
Language : English, German
An initiative working to shorten the distances for food supply by using and testing a mobile sales vehicle that stops in the centre of villages that no longer have their own supply. The offer will be supplemented by a digital marketplace linking citizens, regional producers, and village shops, so that in addition to spontaneous purchases from the vehicle, orders can also be placed online.
Language : English, German
Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (Fraunhofer IESE)
, Digital Opportunities Foundation
A cooperation project in the southern part of the federal state. In the ‘Real Laboratory Southern Lower Saxony’ (located in Göttingen), the needs of the population in rural areas for more digital participation are determined together with municipalities in southern Lower Saxony. At the interface between citizens and administration, tests are being carried out on how the offers of the Digital Villages Platform can be used and further developed in order to enable a better quality of community life in villages. The focus is on the regional commitment of the local actors and the connection to municipal (administrative) structures.
Language : German
A cooperation project in the southern part of the federal state. In the ‘Real Laboratory Southern Lower Saxony’ (located in Göttingen), the needs of the population in rural areas for more digital participation are determined together with municipalities in southern Lower Saxony. At the interface between citizens and administration, tests are being carried out on how the offers of the Digital Villages Platform can be used and further developed in order to enable a better quality of community life in villages. The focus is on the regional commitment of the local actors and the connection to municipal (administrative) structures.
Language : German
Ministry of Regional Development Saxony
(
06/2020
–
Ongoing
)
A project that develops and tests digital applications for rural areas in the Lommatzscher Pflege LEADER region. The population, municipal representatives and scientists from the Fraunhofer Institutes for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE) and for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems (IVI) jointly prepare specific practical proposals on how to implement these digital applications in workshops.
Language : Czech, English, German, Polish
A project that develops and tests digital applications for rural areas in the Lommatzscher Pflege LEADER region. The population, municipal representatives and scientists from the Fraunhofer Institutes for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE) and for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems (IVI) jointly prepare specific practical proposals on how to implement these digital applications in workshops.
Language : Czech, English, German, Polish
Ministry of the Interior and Sports of the Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate
(
2015
–
Ongoing
)
A project working to disseminate the findings and experiences of the three model communities of the ‘Digital Villages’ project, Eisenberg and Göllheim, as well as Betzdorf-Gebhardshain to interested communities in Rhineland-Palatinate and in order to support them in their digital projects. The networking project is funded by the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of the Interior and Sports.
Language : German
A project working to disseminate the findings and experiences of the three model communities of the ‘Digital Villages’ project, Eisenberg and Göllheim, as well as Betzdorf-Gebhardshain to interested communities in Rhineland-Palatinate and in order to support them in their digital projects. The networking project is funded by the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of the Interior and Sports.
Language : German
Salla Pätilä
-
Maaseutuverkosto – Finnish National Rural Network
(
06/05/2021
)
A presentation given at the thematic seminar on smart villages `Finnish experience and vision´ organised by the Estonian Rural Network.
Language : English
A presentation given at the thematic seminar on smart villages `Finnish experience and vision´ organised by the Estonian Rural Network.
Language : English
Finnish Food Authority
(
20/11/2019
)
A presentation given at the ninth European Network for Rural Development thematic group meeting on smart villages on experiences with implementing the lump sum (draft budget) cost option in Finland.
Language : English
Type of resource : Presentation
A presentation given at the ninth European Network for Rural Development thematic group meeting on smart villages on experiences with implementing the lump sum (draft budget) cost option in Finland.
Language : English
Type of resource : Presentation
Marianne Selkäinaho
-
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland
(
20/11/2019
)
A presentation given at the ninth European Network for Rural Development thematic group meeting on smart villages on opportunities under the Cooperation Measure (M16) of the Rural Development Programme.
Language : English
Type of resource : Presentation
A presentation given at the ninth European Network for Rural Development thematic group meeting on smart villages on opportunities under the Cooperation Measure (M16) of the Rural Development Programme.
Language : English
Type of resource : Presentation
LAG Varsinais-Suomen Jokivarsikumppanit
(
19/11/2019
–
20/11/2019
)
A presentation given at the ninth European Network for Rural Development thematic group meeting on smart villages on ways in which a LEADER project has benefitted from digital opportunities.
Language : English
Type of resource : Presentation
A presentation given at the ninth European Network for Rural Development thematic group meeting on smart villages on ways in which a LEADER project has benefitted from digital opportunities.
Language : English
Type of resource : Presentation
Marianne Selkäinaho
-
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland
(
20/11/2019
)
A presentation given at the ninth European Network for Rural Development thematic group meeting on smart villages on plans for the future framework for supporting smart villages in Finland.
Language : English
Type of resource : Presentation
A presentation given at the ninth European Network for Rural Development thematic group meeting on smart villages on plans for the future framework for supporting smart villages in Finland.
Language : English
Type of resource : Presentation
Marianne Selkäinaho
-
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland
(
19/11/2019
)
A presentation given at the ninth European Network for Rural Development thematic group meeting on smart villages on the current policy landscape for supporting smart villages in Finland.
Language : English
Type of resource : Presentation
A presentation given at the ninth European Network for Rural Development thematic group meeting on smart villages on the current policy landscape for supporting smart villages in Finland.
Language : English
Type of resource : Presentation
European Network for Rural Development Contact Point (ENRD CP)
, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland
, Maaseutuverkosto – Finnish National Rural Network
(
19/11/2019
–
20/11/2019
)
A meeting of the dedicated European Network for Rural Development thematic group featured a site visit to Finland, specifically, to two of the villages participating in the national ’smart village’ competition, Vähikkälä and Teuro-Kuuslammi, which outlined their visions for the future. The Finnish Managing Authority presented their proposal for supporting these and other villages in fulfilling their visions by designing a dedicated framework for smart villages in the CAP Strategic Plan.
Language : English
A meeting of the dedicated European Network for Rural Development thematic group featured a site visit to Finland, specifically, to two of the villages participating in the national ’smart village’ competition, Vähikkälä and Teuro-Kuuslammi, which outlined their visions for the future. The Finnish Managing Authority presented their proposal for supporting these and other villages in fulfilling their visions by designing a dedicated framework for smart villages in the CAP Strategic Plan.
Language : English
European Network for Rural Development Contact Point (ENRD CP)
(
02/2020
)
A briefing paper outlining Finland’s proposal to design future interventions under the CAP Strategic Plan in a way that is both simple to use and provides clear added value for rural communities. The briefing was produced in the framework of the European Network for Rural Development thematic group on smart villages.
Language : English
A briefing paper outlining Finland’s proposal to design future interventions under the CAP Strategic Plan in a way that is both simple to use and provides clear added value for rural communities. The briefing was produced in the framework of the European Network for Rural Development thematic group on smart villages.
Language : English
Maaseutuverkosto – Finnish National Rural Network
(
2019
–
2020
)
A presentation overviewing the timeline of the Finish NRN’s activities related to smart villages.
Language : Finnish
Type of resource : Presentation
A presentation overviewing the timeline of the Finish NRN’s activities related to smart villages.
Language : Finnish
Type of resource : Presentation
