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AI, Short Food Chains and the Mediterranean Diet: the project bringing cities and countryside closer together

A new digital model to boost local agriculture, fight food waste, and promote health

13 Deireadh Fómhair 2025 • Tinada

Bridging the gap between cities and countryside through technology, revitalizing the Mediterranean diet, and putting farmers and consumers at the centre — this is the ambitious goal of INCO, a projec

Ideathon AI4RURAL: Technology, Creativity, and Artificial Intelligence to Transform the Sierra and Mancha Conquense

A collaborative event to boost rural areas through the potential of artificial intelligence

8 Deireadh Fómhair 2025 • Cristina Sierra López (ITECAM Centro Tecnológico Industrial de Castilla La Mancha)

The Sierra and Mancha Conquense region is a land rich in natural, cultural, and heritage value. Yet, despite all this wealth, it currently faces key challenges in attracting permanent residents and m

INTERESH Kick-off: Building on PoliRuralPlus for Soil Health Innovation

At the Foggia kick-off, Karel Charvat (CCSS) showcased PoliRuralPlus tools and GeoLLM developments as key enablers for data-driven soil health management.

6 Deireadh Fómhair 2025 • Sarka Horakova (CCSS)

Foggia, 29–30 September 2025 — The Horizon Europe project INTERESH (Innovation for Territorial Cohesion around Soil Health) officially launched in Foggia under the coordination of the University of F

Vidzeme Planning Region Hackathon Phase 2 Wraps Up

Data quality and standardization emerge as the key outcome for future regional development planning

3 Deireadh Fómhair 2025 • Aleksandrs Ļubinskis, NovoFutura NGO (Open Call Winner in Vidzeme Planning Region)

The second phase of the Vidzeme Planning Region (VPR) hackathon "Dati attīstībai" (Data to Develop) took place at the Smiltene Technical School, bringing together experts and municipal repr

Enhance Open Call launched – Apply now to validate JackDaw GeoAI Chatbot

30 Meán Fómhair 2025 • Markéta Kollerová

PoliRuralPlus is excited to announce the launch of the Enhance Open Call, the fourth and final funding opportunity of the project. This Horizon Europe initiative provides financial support for third

Smart Agritourism Challenge in Greece

A two-day hackathon on innovation and new technologies in agritourism and the countryside.

25 Meán Fómhair 2025 • Chrisa Mpoza, OpenFarm (Open Call Winner for Pilot 3 - Central Greece Region)

The Smart Agritourism Challenge comes to Chalkida on Saturday 27 September, 17:00–20:00 and Sunday 28 September 2025, 11:00–14:00, at the Euboea Chamber of Commerce – Conference Hall (12 Eleftheriou

Online launch and first stage of the Vidzeme D2D hackathon successfully completed

The first stage of the D2D hackathon brought together over 50 participants online to lay the foundations for a unified regional development monitoring system.

18 Meán Fómhair 2025 • Aleksandrs Ļubinskis, NovoFutura NGO (Open Call Winner in Vidzeme Planning Region)

The first stage of the Data for Development (D2D) hackathon took place online, bringing together a wide group of stakeholders from across Vidzeme and beyond. Organized within the framework of the Pol

AI Met Agriculture: PoliRuralPlus at FedCSIS 2025

At the FedCSIS conference in Kraków, CCSS expert Karel Charvát shared how PoliRuralPlus and the JackDaw platform bridged AI and local spatial data to support rural decision-making.

17 Meán Fómhair 2025 • Sarka Horakova (CCSS)

Kraków, Poland – September 2025 – The 20th Conference on Computer Science and Intelligence Systems (FedCSIS 2025) brought together AI researchers, computer scientists, and practitioners from around t

IDEATHON IN KLATOVY: Let’s shape the future of our region together!

In two weeks, the IDEATHON in Klatovy will take place as part of DIPS, one of the winning projects of the Mobilise initiative, fostering innovation for regional development.

10 Meán Fómhair 2025 • Pavla Kolářová

The two-day IDEATHON in Klatovy (25–26 September 2025, Úhlava, o.p.s., Plánická 174) is a unique regional innovation event connecting local farmers, tourism representatives, food producers, municipal

Opportunities for Regions: PoliRuralPlus at Smart Countryside in Practice

PoliRuralPlus Open Calls Presented at Země živitelka 2025

8 Meán Fómhair 2025 • Sarka Horakova (CCSS)

At the Smart Countryside in Practice seminar on 21 August 2025, part of the Země živitelka fair in České Budějovice, Markéta Kollerová (Plan4all) introduced the PoliRuralPlus project and its Open Cal