Driving Innovation and Resilience in Europe’s Rural Regions
REROOTED integrates results from previous EU and Japanese research on demographic change, its drivers, and its impacts into a socio-spatial typology of rural areas in the European Union..... Read More
The #HorizonEurope-funded REROOTED project is now live! Discover how rural communities can adapt to demographic change.
The Horizon Europe project REROOTED brings together researchers and rural communities to develop new solutions and opportunities for rural areas. The new website provides information about the project, its partners and activities across Europe. As a project partner, the European LEADER Association for Rural Development ELARD helps connect REROOTED with rural communities and Local Action Groups across Europe, supporting the exchange of knowledge and experiences.
REROOTED brings together a consortium of 16 partners and 2 associated partners from 9 different countries. The consortium is composed of 5 Universities, 2 Research organizations, 1 EU-wide association, 1 network platform, and 8 Regional development agencies, local action groups & social enterprises. In REROOTED six frontrunner local communities cooperate with researchers from the social sciences and humanities (SSH) and land use planning, together with a leading EU association of local action groups. The project integrates results from previous EU and Japanese research on demographic change, its drivers, and its impacts into a socio-spatial typology of rural areas in the European Union. Foresight adds insight in possible future demographic scenarios.
A Geographic Information System (GIS) tool provides information and ex-ante policy assessment on potential demographic impacts. This improved understanding is translated into actionable strategies at two levels, aligned with the long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas (Rural Vision). On the local level local frontrunner communities from six partner countries cooperate with scientists who – based on the gathered evidence – co-create local innovations to mitigate and adapt to a variety of demographic changes. They develop guidance for their upscaling, targeting different partners: local authorities, enterprises and civic organizations. These solutions and guidance are tested and validated in follower communities under other territorial contexts in e.g. governing and planning, economy, physical geography (including climate challenges).
These followers are selected via a Financial Support to Third Parties (FSTP) open call. For the above-local level, national and regional economic and spatial policies and investments in the six partners countries are studied on their (demographic) impacts in frontrunner rural areas. Enhancements are suggested in a series of workshops between national, regional policy makers and local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), civil society organisations (CSOs), and authorities from the frontrunner communities.
Suggested strategies support governance and local initiative and innovations. The strategies include national and regional economic and spatial planning and investments, and promote rural-urban synergies. Upscaling is supported by an interactive Knowledge and Community Learning Hub, hosted by an EU-wide LEADER association and its over 2500 member Local Action Groups.
🔗 Explore the website and stay updated on the project's activities and results: https://rerootedproject.eu/
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