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Activity Map for rural events: making local life easier to discover
The Activity Map web service centred on the Mallusjoki pilot area in Finland, demonstrating events and destinations in a shared map view.
None • Avoin Map Oy, Otso Valta
A rural area may have an active cultural life, beautiful natural destinations and a full calendar of community events—and still appear almost empty online.Information may be divided between social-me
Map services for rural sustainability: from energy renovation to climate-conscious land use
None • Avoin Map Oy, Otso Valta
How much energy could a renovation save? What would it cost, and how would it affect emissions? What happens to carbon storage when a new building, road, power line or renewable-energy site is planne
Putting JackDaw to the Test
What 35 everyday users, researchers and professionals taught us about a GeoAI assistant working in the real world.
21. července 2026 • CATALINK LIMITED: J- VERSE
JackDaw is an AI-powered conversational assistant that enables stakeholders to explore territorial and environmental information through map-based analysis, using the platform’s available geospatial
GeoEDUHealth Access – Bacău: Final Validation of the JackDaw GeoAI Solution for Territorial Accessibility in Rural Romania
Participants at the second validation workshop, at the Bacău County Council headquarters, 29 June 2026.
10. července 2026 • Constantin Avrămescu, General Director & AI/GIS Expert, MEDIA TREND SRL | Alexandru-Norbert Droiman, Project Manager, MEDIA TREND SRL
The Context: Why Bacău County?The GeoEDUHealth Access - Bacău project is implemented by MEDIA TREND SRL, the only Romanian company selected under the ENHANCE cascade funding call, part of the PoliRur
Maps first, decisions next: lessons from JackDaw’s first FloodAI+ workshop
How stakeholder feedback is helping validate JackDaw and the new Flood Connector for practical flood-risk decisions
8. července 2026 • Ana Silva, Porvalor
Why FloodAI+ matters nowFlood-risk information is becoming richer, more spatial and more data-driven. Hazard layers, satellite imagery, exposure models, vulnerability indicators and rainfall scenario
LocalLinks AI Brings Regional Food Networks Closer to Consumers
A Digital Map Connecting Farmers from the Pilsen Region with the Places Where You Can Buy Their Products
4. července 2026 • LocalLinks.AI Team (DEVELOP Open Call Winner – Pilot 6, Bavaria–Czech Region)
Where can you buy cheese from a farm just over the hill? Which local shop sells juice from a nearby orchard, or meat from a regional producer? Finding answers to these questions is often more difficu
Bringing AI Closer to Farmers: How eMooJI Makes Map-Based Decisions Easier
1. července 2026 • Jeet Biswas, Moofind
eMooJI is Moofind’s validation project under the PoliRuralPlus ENHANCE Call, testing how JackDaw can make complex spatial data easier to use for farmers and rural stakeholders. By combining GeoAI, Ea
Putting JackDaw to the Test: Early Findings from AURA's Usability Evaluation
29. června 2026 • AURA project
Earlier this year, the AURA project set out to answer a deceptively simple question: can an AI chatbot built on geospatial, climatic and demographic data actually help people in Central Macedonia mak
From the Counter to the Customer’s Screen: How Digital Skills and Product Photography Power Rural E-Commerce
A hands-on DASK workshop with local producers in Chora, Kythera, shows what it takes to turn island products into sellable online listings.
24. června 2026 • DASK team (Develop Open Call Winner for Pilot 3 - Central Greece Region)
On Saturday, 20 June 2026, a community hall in Chora, Kythera, filled with something you would not usually associate with digital transformation: jars of thyme honey, bottles of local wine and craft
MALTESE: Training in Malta turns digital tools into rural action
3. června 2026 • Daniel Amariei, PAMEA
A four-day training programme under PoliRuralPlus brought together young people, farmers, entrepreneurs, educators, and local stakeholders in Malta to test digital tools, explore circular agri-busine