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Rural Women: The Heart and Future of Regions
On March 7, 2025, in celebration of International Women’s Day, the 15th annual national exhibition of decorated Easter eggs – Vandrovalo vajce – was officially inaugurated at the Cultural House in Ve
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ADESIMAN Unveils Comprehensive Sustainable Tourism Plan for Sierra and Mancha Conquense
ADESIMAN has recently launched an ambitious Sustainable Tourism Plan for the Sierra and Mancha Conquense region, aiming to transform the area into a model of sustainable development. This initiative,
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Invitation to Participate in Circular Economy Ideas Generation Workshop
The Circular Economy Ideas Generation Workshop aims to explore and identify opportunities for developing sustainable businesses in County Monaghan. By fostering discussions between local enterprises
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DEMO-IT project results
The DEMO-IT project aimed to facilitate the exchange of experiences and identify stakeholders’ needs for developing and promoting Short Food Supply Chain (SFSC) models in Apulia, Italy. Through a com
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DigiStake: Key Achievements, Challenges, and Future Prospects
As the DigiStake project concludes, we take a moment to reflect on its key achievements, challenges faced, and insights gained. Over the course of the project, we worked diligently to enhance stakeho
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How to connect farms, gastronomy, and tourism in Pošumaví and the Bavarian Forest
Our FarmTourist project, carried out within the PoliRuralPlus Outreach Call, aimed to connect small and medium-sized farms, gastronomy, and tourism in the Pošumaví - Šumava - Bavarian Forest region.
Read morePoliRuralPlus Main aim
PoliRuralPlus extends and enriches the achievements of its predecessor, the PoliRural, by delving deeper into the complexities of rural and urban interconnectivity. It deploys a sophisticated suite of digital tools, including Artificial Intelligence, Geographic Information Systems, Internet of Things, and advanced data analytics. The project's core mission is to tackle prevalent issues such as administrative fragmentation, inequality, and inefficiencies
in public service coordination, fostering an environment of enhanced cooperation and equal opportunities across rural and urban divides. Central to PoliRuralPlus are 9 pilot projects that serve as proving grounds for an EU-wide integrated approach to territorial planning and action foresight. PoliRuralPlus ambitiously expands its scope to include the urban dimension, thus embracing a broader perspective on development.
PoliRuralPlus Objectives
To develop and implement a foresight-based framework for interregional cooperation and coordination, aimed at overcoming policy barriers and improving governance arrangements to foster integrated and smart rural-urban development strategies
To develop and implement integrated strategies and action plans that enhance the availability of business and innovation opportunities in rural areas, while promoting a more proximate, circular, and green economy and revitalising rural places through better connectivity, improved valorization of cultural and natural heritage, and stronger innovation ecosystems.
To enhance mutual access to services and social connectivity between rural and urban areas, as well as build resilience and capacity for innovation through the implementation of regional action plans and pilot initiatives.
Contribute to the implementation of the European Green Deal, with a specific focus on the farm-to-fork and biodiversity strategies, the organic action plan, the common agricultural policy (CAP), the long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas, the flagship initiative “Research and innovation for rural communities,” and the EU territorial agenda for 2030.
To enhance cross-disciplinary collaboration and leverage the full potential of European Research Infrastructures, EOSC, EU Data spaces, INSPIRE, Copernicus, DIAS, Eurostat, FAO, and other relevant data sources for integrated rural-urban development.
To facilitate mission-oriented experimentation and innovation by leveraging data-driven decision-making, collaborative analysis, and system dynamics to advance the development of a well-being economy based on proximity, circularity, green economy/society, services, culture, landscape and heritage, and mobility.
To create synergies with the New European Bauhaus (NEB) and other EU-funded projects, facilitating ideas flows from urban to rural settings and vice versa.
