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Visioning how ethical AI Can Supercharge a Village
17. listopadu 2025 • Avoin Ry, Otso Valta, illustration by Tuula Cox
Ethical AI is at its best when it stays in the background, making community life easier without stealing the spotlight or private data. The Go Mallusjoki! Ideathon shows how digital tools can quietly
Join our first PoliRuralPlus webinar: What is JackDaw?
17. listopadu 2025 • Markéta Kollerová
We are pleased to launch the PoliRuralPlus Webinar Series with an introductory session on JackDaw, one of the core tools supporting data management and analysis within the PoliRuralPlus ecosystem.Dur
Discover the PoliRuralPlus Webinar Series: Exploring Tools for Smarter Rural-Urban Futures
Join our interactive webinar series — Using the PoliRuralPlus Tools
14. listopadu 2025 • Markéta Kollerová
The PoliRuralPlus project is excited to invite stakeholders, researchers, policymakers, and all those passionate about rural-urban development to join our interactive webinar series — Using the PoliR
Smart Agritourism Challenge: Co-creating Sustainable Tourism Ideas in Evia, Greece
Exploring collaboration, innovation, and digital tools for the future of rural tourism 27–28 September 2025 | Chalkida (Evia, Greece) | Hybrid format
6. listopadu 2025 • Chrisa Mpoza, OpenFarm (Open Call Winner for Pilot 3 - Central Greece Region)
The Smart Agritourism Challenge, held in Chalkida on 27–28 September 2025, brought together farmers, tourism professionals, researchers, and entrepreneurs to rethink how agritourism can become a driv
Women and Food – the Heart of the Slovak Rural Areas
Rural Women Conference, Župčany, Eastern Slovakia, 17 October 2025
30. října 2025 • Marieta Okenková, Slovak University of Agriculture
World Food Day (16 October) and the International Day of Rural Women (15 October) are two meaningful occasions that share a common message: food is not just nourishment, it is a gift rooted in c
Vidzeme promotes integrated, data-driven territorial planning through GIS cooperation
GIS specialists meet in Valmiera to enhance geospatial data use under the PoliRuralPlus project
13. července 2025 • Anita Āboliņa, Head of Communications and Public Relations, Vidzeme Planning Region
This summer, the Vidzeme Planning Region has been marked by a targeted effort to reinforce data-driven territorial development planning. In cooperation with Valmiera Municipality, a thematic working
ADESIMAN leads rural energy transition in Castilla-La Mancha with a regional seminar on Community Energy best practices.
As the Spanish pilot of the EU-funded PoliRuralPlus project, ADESIMAN brings together local authorities, citizens, and stakeholders to showcase the power of rural-based energy innovation.
9. července 2025 • Manuel Julián Orden del Pozo
Tarancón, July 2, 2025 – As the Spanish pilot site of the European PoliRuralPlus project, the Local Action Group ADESIMAN hosted the seminar “Best Practices in Local Energy Communities” at the Luisa
Turning Poultry Waste into Rural Wealth: Business & Policy Opportunities in Co. Monaghan, Ireland
This article explores how County Monaghan can transform poultry waste into rural economic opportunity through circular economy solutions and smart regional planning
1. července 2025 • Jeyald Anthony Rasaratnam
Executive SummaryCounty Monaghan is a leading region in Ireland’s poultry sector, producing a significant share of the nation’s broiler chickens and eggs. With over 200,000 tonnes of poultry litter g
AI, FAIR data & Smart food systems: A new blueprint for rural–urban resilience in Europe
Bridging the rural–urban divide through digital transformation
1. července 2025 • PoliRuralPlus Consortium
As Europe continues its green and digital transitions, rural and peri-urban regions face a pressing question: how can they remain resilient, relevant, and connected in an increasingly data-driven wor
Go Mallusjoki! An Ideathon to develop the rural event industry in the Mallusjoki region
26. června 2025 • Avoin Ry, Tuula Cox
In July, Avoin Ry will organize an idea contest as a part of Takinkääntöviikko, a music festival organised by Mallusjoki Youth Association in Mallusjoki. Finland. Go Mallusjoki! Ideathon will be an o