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Ideathon in Klatovy: When young ideas connect with the future of the region
26 Samhain 2025 • Pavla Kolářová - Úhlava, o.p.s.
Even before the two-day DIPS IDEATHON organised by Úhlava, o.p.s. kicked off in Klatovy at the end of September, it was clear that this would be far more than an ordinary competition. The purpose of
Upcoming Webinar: How to Publish Data on the PoliRuralPlus Hub
How to publish and share spatial data and compose maps for online presentation
26 Samhain 2025 • Markéta Kollerová
We are pleased to invite you to the next PoliRuralPlus webinar titled “How to Publish Data on the Hub”, taking place on November 28th at 10:00 CET.This session will explore how to publish and share s
Rural innovation: the AI4RURAL Ideathon brings together around thirty professionals and companies in Tarancón
The jury awards the first prize to a proposal that promotes community composting through the use of wireless sensors and AI tools
24 Samhain 2025 • Cristina Sierra López (ITECAM Centro Tecnológico Industrial de Castilla La Mancha)
ITECAM (Industrial Technology Centre of Castilla-La Mancha) brought together around thirty professionals and companies at the AI4RURAL Ideathon, an event held in Tarancón (Cuenca) as part of the Euro
INCO project report
Building smarter rural–urban connections through AI, traceability and sustainability.
20 Samhain 2025 • Tinada
The INCO project was presented by the VIRGOLETTERE agency within the PoliRuralPlus Mobilise Open Call programme, which aims to revolutionize the relationship between rural and urban areas through the
People First, Tech Second
Visioning how ethical AI Can Supercharge a Village
17 Samhain 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 Samhain 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
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
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
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