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Invitation to the Rural Forum Smart Rural Communities in the Digital Era
We cordially invite you to the Rural Forum Smart Rural Communities in the Digital Era, where the PoliRuraPlus project and the Slovak pilot will also be presented.**** October 25-26, 2024**** Žilina,
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Slovak Minister of Agriculture establishes anti-bureaucratic commission to reduce administrative burden
The illustration represents the concept of the anti-bureaucratic commission focused on agriculture. It captures a collaborative effort to reduce bureaucracy and support agricultural stakeholders.
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Call for External Evaluators
Within the framework of the PoliRuralPlus project, funded under the Horizon Europe programme, a series of four open calls are anticipated. These calls are designed to attract and fund innovative prop
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Going Beyond Text: Enhancing Large Language Models with Spatial Predictors
Large Language Models (LLMs) have disrupted many aspects of our everyday life. They assist in generating useful information and excel at producing large chunks of human-like information in the blink
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PoliRuralPlus introduced in China: Showcasing GeoAI at the GEO symposium
Karel Charvat, a technical manager of the PoliRuralPlus project, recently traveled to China to represent the initiative at the GEO Symposium and Open Data/Open Knowledge (ODOK) Workshop 2024. This ev
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Innovation platform - Mallusjoki Summer Festival
This year, the Mallusjoki Summer Festival - Takinkääntöviikko - is being used as an innovation platform for the Rural Event Industry.The platform provides a test-bed for real-life experiments and a r
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.
