A community-led initiative enabling access to local produce through an open-source digital farmers-market platform – provided by the Open Food Network (OFN).

Implemented in : Cloughjordan, County Tipperary

Country : Ireland

Initial investment : 7,400 €

A training programme aimed at community members interested in developing skills in coding and computer programming that delivers a community smartphone app as a result.

Implemented in : Alsunga

Country : Latvia

Initial investment : 156 €

The interactive story map is a village walking map on which information and stories from the village can be listened to with QR codes.

Implemented in : Schendelbeke

Country : Belgium – Flanders

Initial investment : 6,961 €

An Instagram business page enabling rural small businesses to promote and market local products and services, improving their competitiveness.

Implemented in : Alentejo Central

Country : Portugal

Initial investment : 0 €

A searchable network of public and private distance-working facilities available for rent.

Implemented in : Kupland Network, South-east Estonia (Võru, Valga, Põlva County)

Country : Estonia

Initial investment : 70,000 €

Local farm products are packaged into one ‘Village in a box’ twice a year and sold to local consumers.

Implemented in : Schriek, Heist-op-den-Berg municipality

Country : Belgium – Flanders

Initial investment : 0 €

A resident-led process of taking desolate/abandoned rural housing and upcycling it into new houses in suitable village locations.

Implemented in : Rautajärvi

Country : Finland

Initial investment : 26,500 €

Small-scale, community-owned solar energy parks using locally sourced timber to support the photovoltaic panels.

Implemented in : Carayac, Lot, Occitany

Country : France

Initial investment : 220,000 €

A community building serving as a multifunctional digital hub, which provides broadband internet connection, a range of rooms and spaces and support services for individuals or companies in the area.

Implemented in : Arvieu

Country : France

Initial investment : 960,000 €

A local irrigation system that involves the collection and filtering of rainwater pumped to agricultural land using solar and wind-powered pumps.

Implemented in : Tomaszyn

Country : Poland

Initial investment : 40,000 €

Providing mediation between vacant homeowners and potential new tenants, making it easier for young people, new residents and families to live in unused or semi-empty housing intended for tourist use.

Implemented in : Ansó

Country : Spain

Initial investment : 2,600 €

A not-for-profit, volunteer driven community project supporting remote working opportunities at local level in rural areas

Implemented in : Tubbercurry and South Sligo

Country : Ireland

Initial investment : 0 €

Use of ICT technologies and specialised equipment in the water system to monitor remotely the quality and quantity of the drinking water, to locate malfunctions and reduce losses.

Implemented in : Kythera

Country : Greece

Initial investment : 1,891,577 €

The solution consists in the selling of local and organic food and other products without packaging in different rural locations from a mobile truck.

Implemented in : Loches

Country : France

Initial investment : 49,000 €

A combination of a meeting place (café) and venue for workshops with a shop where children’s second-hand items are displayed and sold.

Implemented in : Meensel-Kiezegem

Country : Belgium – Flanders

Initial investment : 2,750 €

Digital remote education in the village school through digital technology and local collaboration with the nearest town.

Implemented in : Eskola

Country : Finland

Initial investment : 4,250 €

An electric car is made available in the village for short-term rent at low cost. A charging point is also provided, supplied by a photovoltaic carport.

Implemented in : Villerouge-Termenès

Country : France

Initial investment : 177,656 €

Ride-sharing benches are equipped with signs of destinations that local people can hold up in order to get a free ride from a passing vehicle heading in the same direction.

Implemented in : Grafing

Country : Germany

Initial investment : 6,000 €

Returning land from private to communal ownership under a secure and permanent legal structure, supported by training and guidance to develop holistically sustainable communities.

Implemented in : Tärkkilä

Country : Finland

Initial investment : 2,100 €

A 10-day residency for 80 participants from different creative and professional backgrounds, focused on exploring ways to revive village identity and local territorial development.

Implemented in : Morigerati

Country : Italy

Initial investment : 22,000 €

Adapted village infrastructure, ICT tools and branding to become an ‘accessible village’ for people with disabilities as an engine for cultural, social and economic growth.

Implemented in : Monteverde

Country : Italy

Initial investment : 4,750,000 €

The creation by villagers of their own fibre-optic network for high-speed data transfer.

Implemented in : Raudanmaa

Country : Finland

Initial investment : 399,160 €

Remote monitoring of biomedical parameters in the elderly based on digital communication between equipment.

Implemented in : Sabugueiro

Country : Portugal

Initial investment : 40,000 €

A children’s bike lending and swapping service, through which parents with young children get access to children’s bicycles at a very low cost.

Implemented in : Herselt

Country : Belgium – Flanders

Initial investment : 2,500 €

A small-scale physical installation that is fed with local food and garden waste to generate biogas energy for cooking and heating

Implemented in : Suderbyn Permaculture Ecovillage

Country : Sweden

Initial investment : 5,000 €

Users (from anywhere in the world) can adopt an olive tree in the village via the online platform adoptanolivetree.org, with the money raised being used at local level to recover abandoned olive groves.

Implemented in : Oliete

Country : Spain

Initial investment : 80,000 €

A school catering initiative that prioritises the supply of locally produced organic food without additional costs.

Implemented in : Mouans-Sartoux

Country : France

Initial investment : 0 €

A network of tourism enterprises committed to principles of ecotourism and delivering joint initiatives such as destination marketing.

Implemented in : Burren Ecotourism Network

Country : Ireland

Initial investment : 0 €

Installation of a scattered network of solar panels on roofs and terraces within a village through a community-led process.

Implemented in : Melpignano

Country : Italy

Initial investment : 400,000 €

Hosting cinema screenings and before-and-after social activities in the village library – or other municipal building.

Implemented in : Katymár

Country : Hungary

Initial investment : 6,886 €

Decontamination and sustainable management of a village landfill site to generate energy and provide a usable space for community activities.

Implemented in : Peccioli

Country : Italy

Initial investment : 2,000,000 €

Offering a range of local housing as accommodation for tourists through a shared online platform, together with local produce and activities.

Implemented in : Sauris/Zahre

Country : Italy

Initial investment : 0 €