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How to Promote Smart Rural Tourism in the Sierra and Mancha Conquense

Advanced technologies to rediscover paradise in the province of Cuenca

11 Ottobre 2025 • Cristina Sierra López (ITECAM Centro Tecnológico Industrial de Castilla La Mancha)

Take a few peaceful moments to travel—at least in your mind—to a place where tranquility fills the air. Let your imagination drift to that perfect setting where you’d love to spend a few restful days

Smart Agritourism Challenge launches in Chalkida: two days of ideas, tech, and teamwork for rural tourism

Hackathon-style event brings producers, tourism professionals, students, and developers together to prototype solutions at the intersection of agrifood, tourism, and technology.

26 Settembre 2025 • Chrisa Mpoza, OpenFarm (Open Call Winner for Pilot 3 - Central Greece Region)

Chalkida, 27–28 September 2025 — The Smart Agritourism Challenge is coming to the Euboea Chamber of Commerce (12 Eleftheriou Venizelou, Chalkida) for a two-day, hybrid event designed to spark practic

Beyond the numbers – how statistics help us listen to our communities

16 Aprile 2025 • Dzintars Močs, Vidzeme Planning Region

On April 4, the Vidzeme Planning Region organized a thematic working group, bringing together local government development and planning specialists, geographical information system specialists, repre

AgriFusion: Exploring Opportunities for Malta's Agricultural Sector

27 Marzo 2025 • Maria Elena Muscat

The AgriFusion initiative was a small-scale effort aimed at fostering discussions on challenges and opportunities in Malta’s agricultural sector. Led by The Veg Box Ltd and supported by the PoliRur

Vidzeme Planning Region lays the foundations for a development monitoring system

Advancing data-driven development monitoring for sustainable growth

21 Marzo 2025 • Dzintars Močs, Vidzeme Planning Region

To promote sustainable regional development and strengthen data-driven decision-making, Vidzeme Planning Region (VPR) continues to develop a regional development monitoring system framework within th

Exploring Circular Economy Business Opportunities in County Monaghan

Workshop Report

20 Marzo 2025 • Jeyald Anthony Rasaratnam

As part of the PoliRuralPlus Outreach Open Call initiative, MCA Consulting, in collaboration with Monaghan Integrated Development and Monaghan Local Enterprise Office, organized a strategic workshop

DEMO-IT project results

The activities, challenges and suggestions from the SFSC local actors

11 Marzo 2025 • Tinada

The DEMO-IT project aimed to facilitate the exchange of experiences and identify stakeholders’ needs for developing and promoting Short Food Supply Chain (SFSC) models in Apulia, Italy. Through a com

DigiStake: Key Achievements, Challenges, and Future Prospects

Digistake View made by AI PoliruralPlusAdvisor

10 Marzo 2025 • Marieta Okenková, Slovak University of Agriculture

As the DigiStake project concludes, we take a moment to reflect on its key achievements, challenges faced, and insights gained. Over the course of the project, we worked diligently to enhance stakeho

How to connect farms, gastronomy, and tourism in Pošumaví and the Bavarian Forest

FarmTourist project connected local farms, gastronomy, and tourism in the Šumava / Bavarian Forest region, strengthening regional collaboration and supporting local producers.

03 Marzo 2025 • Pavla Kolarova, Uhlava o.p.s.

Our FarmTourist project, carried out within the PoliRuralPlus Outreach Call, aimed to connect small and medium-sized farms, gastronomy, and tourism in the Pošumaví - Šumava - Bavarian Forest region.

Advancing Economic Monitoring in Vidzeme - From Insights to Action

28 Febbraio 2025 • Liga Braslina, InnoMatrix, Vidzeme Planning Region, Latvia

As the PoliRuralPlus project progresses, we are excited to share the latest developments in our efforts to enhance economic monitoring in the Vidzeme Planning Region. The recently completed study mar