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Bringing Czech-Bavarian Pilot Insights to the Conference Stage
Initial results from Czech-Bavarian pilot project presented at the RSA Regional Futures Conference in London.On November 13 and 14, 2025, Karin Haslböck and Johanna Trager from the Czech-Bavarian pil
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Next week in the PoliRuralPlus webinar series
The PoliRuralPlus Tools Webinar Series continues with four hands-on sessions exploring data management, analysis, and innovation for smarter regional development.🗓️ Upcoming Webinars: Tuesday, Dec
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Upcoming Webinar: How to Publish Data on the PoliRuralPlus Hub
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
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From Soil to Society – Rethinking Access to Agricultural Land in Malta
In Malta, where every patch of fertile land is precious, the challenge of access to agricultural land is as much social and economic as it is environmental. During the MaYA Agri-Tech Ideathon, part
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Web Marketing and Artificial Intelligence
In recent years, the Short Supply Chain has taken on an increasingly strategic role in the agri-food sector.A production model that prioritises proximity, transparency, and quality, reducing the dist
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Educational excursion of DIPS IDEATHON participants: A day when technology and science came within students’ reach
As a symbolic conclusion to the Mobilise project, students, teachers, and professionals who took part in the Klatovy IDEATHON set out on a full-day educational excursion. The goal was to reveal the b
Read morePoliRuralPlus Main aim
PoliRuralPlus extends and enriches the achievements of its predecessor, the PoliRural, by delving deeper into the complexities of rural and urban interconnectivity. It deploys a sophisticated suite of digital tools, including Artificial Intelligence, Geographic Information Systems, Internet of Things, and advanced data analytics. The project's core mission is to tackle prevalent issues such as administrative fragmentation, inequality, and inefficiencies
in public service coordination, fostering an environment of enhanced cooperation and equal opportunities across rural and urban divides. Central to PoliRuralPlus are 9 pilot projects that serve as proving grounds for an EU-wide integrated approach to territorial planning and action foresight. PoliRuralPlus ambitiously expands its scope to include the urban dimension, thus embracing a broader perspective on development.
PoliRuralPlus Objectives
To develop and implement a foresight-based framework for interregional cooperation and coordination, aimed at overcoming policy barriers and improving governance arrangements to foster integrated and smart rural-urban development strategies
To develop and implement integrated strategies and action plans that enhance the availability of business and innovation opportunities in rural areas, while promoting a more proximate, circular, and green economy and revitalising rural places through better connectivity, improved valorization of cultural and natural heritage, and stronger innovation ecosystems.
To enhance mutual access to services and social connectivity between rural and urban areas, as well as build resilience and capacity for innovation through the implementation of regional action plans and pilot initiatives.
Contribute to the implementation of the European Green Deal, with a specific focus on the farm-to-fork and biodiversity strategies, the organic action plan, the common agricultural policy (CAP), the long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas, the flagship initiative “Research and innovation for rural communities,” and the EU territorial agenda for 2030.
To enhance cross-disciplinary collaboration and leverage the full potential of European Research Infrastructures, EOSC, EU Data spaces, INSPIRE, Copernicus, DIAS, Eurostat, FAO, and other relevant data sources for integrated rural-urban development.
To facilitate mission-oriented experimentation and innovation by leveraging data-driven decision-making, collaborative analysis, and system dynamics to advance the development of a well-being economy based on proximity, circularity, green economy/society, services, culture, landscape and heritage, and mobility.
To create synergies with the New European Bauhaus (NEB) and other EU-funded projects, facilitating ideas flows from urban to rural settings and vice versa.
