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Putting JackDaw to the Test: Early Findings from AURA's Usability Evaluation
2026. gada 29. jūnijs • AURA project
Earlier this year, the AURA project set out to answer a deceptively simple question: can an AI chatbot built on geospatial, climatic and demographic data actually help people in Central Macedonia mak
PoliRuralPlus joins the INTERESH Policy Lab
Strengthening dialogue among local actors to support sustainable agriculture and integrated territorial development
2026. gada 28. jūnijs • Tinada
On 16 June, PoliRuralPlus participated in the Policy Lab organised by the INTERESH project, an event dedicated to sustainable soil management and the role of coordinated policy action in supporting m
From the Counter to the Customer’s Screen: How Digital Skills and Product Photography Power Rural E-Commerce
A hands-on DASK workshop with local producers in Chora, Kythera, shows what it takes to turn island products into sellable online listings.
2026. gada 24. jūnijs • DASK team (Develop Open Call Winner for Pilot 3 - Central Greece Region)
On Saturday, 20 June 2026, a community hall in Chora, Kythera, filled with something you would not usually associate with digital transformation: jars of thyme honey, bottles of local wine and craft
LocalLinks AI Nears Completion Following Extensive Stakeholder Testing
The LocalLinks AI project, supported through the PoliRural Plus Develop Open Call, is entering its final phase, with the public release of the application expected in the near future.
2026. gada 24. jūnijs • LocalLinks.AI Team (DEVELOP Open Call Winner – Pilot 6, Bavaria–Czech Region)
The LocalLinks AI project, supported through the PoliRural Plus Develop Open Call, is entering its final phase, with the public release of the application expected in the near future.According to a r
Practical workshops in Vidzeme to define monitoring indicators for entrepreneurship and innovation
Municipal specialists from across Vidzeme are collaborating to develop a unified, data-driven monitoring system that will strengthen entrepreneurship support and regional economic development.
2026. gada 17. jūnijs • Ieva Upeniece (Vidzeme)
To support the development of a unified monitoring system across the municipalities of the Vidzeme planning region (VPR) in the area of economic activity and business support measures and to strength
ARISE moves towards completion: connecting cultural heritage, local businesses and territorial collaboration in Sierra y Mancha Conquense
One month before project completion, ARISE is consolidating its public digital platform and preparing the final steps towards validation, sustainability and replication.
2026. gada 10. jūnijs • Pedro Branco, Obsidian Innovation Institute
ARISE - Archaeological Routes for Inclusive Synergy & Entrepreneurship in Sierra y Mancha Conquense - is now entering its final implementation phase within PoliRuralPlus. One month before project
MALTESE: Training in Malta turns digital tools into rural action
2026. gada 3. jūnijs • Daniel Amariei, PAMEA
A four-day training programme under PoliRuralPlus brought together young people, farmers, entrepreneurs, educators, and local stakeholders in Malta to test digital tools, explore circular agri-busine
J- VERSE: Using Knowledge Graphs to Validate Jackdaw Against Weather APIs and IoT Data
2026. gada 2. jūnijs • Vasilis Papadopoulos, Catalink
Validating JackDaw with J-VERSEJackDaw is an AI-powered GeoAI chatbot and spatial intelligence assistant developed under the Horizon Europe project PoliRuralPlus. It is designed to help users interac
SYLVAN-AI: Validating JackDaw GeoAI for Sustainable Forestry and Land Management in Europe
2026. gada 26. maijs • Amir A. Zadpoor, Sylvanity B.V. (ENHANCE Open Call Winner)
Navigating Complex Forestry Data Europe's forests generate vast amounts of critical information, ranging from satellite imagery and land-use records to biodiversity maps and protected-area datas
PoliRuralPlus x QuantiFarm Synergy Webinar
The PoliRuralPlus x QuantiFarm Synergy Webinar explored how digital tools developed within each project can transform agricultural and territorial data into practical insights for farmers, advisors, policymakers and rural communities.
2026. gada 26. maijs • Katerina Sachsamanoglou (GAIA EPICHEIREIN)
On the 18th of May, the EU-funded projects PoliRuralPlus and QuantiFarm joined forces for an online synergy webinar exploring how digital tools developed within each project can support farmers, advi