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

30 Settembre 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 Settembre 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 Settembre 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 Settembre 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 Settembre 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

08 Settembre 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

Empowering Regional Development through Data and AI: Vidzeme Launches Two-Phase Hackathon “Data for Development”

Driving smarter regional growth: Vidzeme launches D2D Hackathon to harness Data & AI for sustainable development.

29 Agosto 2025 • Aleksandrs Ļubinskis, NovoFutura NGO (Open Call Winner in Vidzeme Planning Region)

In September 2025, Vidzeme Planning Region, in collaboration with project partners from PoliRuralPlus and the innovation NGO NovoFutura, will organize a two-stage regional development hackathon title

VPR study under PoliRuralPlus recognised in national work on new development indicators

Vidzeme Planning Region’s PoliRuralPlus study shapes Latvia’s new development indicators, strengthening RAIM and evidence-based policy making

26 Agosto 2025 • Anita Āboliņa, Vidzeme Planning Region

The study carried out by Vidzeme Planning Region (VPR) on establishing a monitoring system for the quality of economic development within the PoliRuralPlus project has become the basis for further co

Stakeholders Unite in Irish Pilot: Circular Economy and Regional Planning Lead the Conversation

Participants at the 3rd PoliRuralPlus Stakeholders Meeting explored innovative approaches to circular economy, sustainable agriculture, and regional planning as part of the Irish pilot in County Monaghan

28 Luglio 2025 • Jeyald Anthony Rasaratnam

The 3rd Stakeholders Meeting of the Irish PoliRuralPlus pilot, held online via MS Teams on 18 June 2025, brought together local leaders, enterprise representatives, and development experts to progres

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 Luglio 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