The Smart Rural 21 Project
About the Smart Rural 21 project
The ‘Preparatory Action on Smart Rural Areas in the 21st Century’ (Smart Rural 21) project was a two and a half-year project supported by the European Commission (DG AGRI) with the overall aim to promote and inspire villages to develop and implement smart village approaches and strategies across Europe, and to draw conclusions and support future policy interventions on smart villages. The project started in December 2019 and concluded in November 2022.
You can download the project leaflet detailing all the activities of the project in English: here and in French: here.
You can download the infographic that explains the project process, the journey of the 21 selected villages and how interested stakeholders can get involved here
Smart Rural 21 partners & experts
The Smart Rural 21 project is led by E40 Group, and includes Institut für Ländliche Strukturforschung (IfLS, Germany), the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA, Greece) empirica (Germany), Innovatiesteunpunt (ISP, Belgium) and eConcepts (Ireland) as partners.
Presentations on the partners’ profiles (from the 1st Smart Village Academy) event can be accessed through clicking on the links below.
- E40 Group (Hungary)
- Institut für Ländliche Strukturforschung (Germany)
- Agricultural University of Athens (Greece)
- Innovatiesteunpunt (Belgium)
- empirica (Germany)
- eConcepts (Ireland)
The Core Team was also supported by an experienced expert team covering all EU countries (and languages) and a wide range of specialist expertise.
