PoliRural_webinars - PDF 13MB   💡 PoliRural Webinar #1: "Action Oriented Foresight for Rural Development"  See recording on YouTube channel 🔗https://youtu.be/m66wjhqLbg0 📯 PoliRural Webinar #2: “Semantic Explorer: A Text Mining Tool for Smart Research" See recording on YouTube channel 🔗 https://youtu.be/Y0YlBi6n2yM  📯 PoliRural Webinar #3: "System Dynamic...

Topic: Semantic Explorer, or Semex, is a powerful text analytics tool that works with structured and unstructured data sources to provide insights to policy makers, researchers, foresight practitioners and others who need to make informed decisions while working with large amounts of information under time constraints. A typical foresight workshop, for example, requires a lot of research to...

It will be dedicated to 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. In this webinar, we will present the foresight framework used in PoliRural as a tool for managing change in rural regions. 13 June 2022, 11:00 CET Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../reg.../WN_hrDYlC6YTp-vWyV0_84pxA Topic: Action-Oriented Foresight for Rural Development Description: Foresight as a discipline...

PoliRural H2020 Project is collecting case studies on the 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 in the 12 𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀 that are interesting examples from practice that are fully of partially transferable to other regions or serve as inspiration for partners in the value chain. A good example is the case study of Siolta Chroi Co-operative Society, an environmental education and retreat centre, formed in October 2020 at...

PoliRural has accomplished significant progress in the application of 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗗𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗦𝗗𝗠) to Regional Foresight! Several experiments have been conducted related to the use of SDM in the 12 Regional Foresight pilots of the #PoliRural project. A model for rural regions based on 8 interconnected modules, containing over 300 parameters has been developed, and customized or adapted to...

Tools for Regional Foresight: Guide to Deep Dives on CAP Reform PoliRural H2020 has created the document "A Guide to Deep Dives on CAP Reform" that is one of several resources provided to leadership teams of the 12 PoliRural regional foresight initiatives Learn more here: https://polirural.eu/2022/03/31/tools-for-regional-foresight-guide-to-deep-dives-on-cap-reform/  

The rural economies in the twelve pilots of the PoliRural project are characterized by their own challenges and dynamics. To illustrate the diversity and complexity of the rural economies in the twelve PoliRural pilots, case studies on new entrants and new activities in the twelve PoliRural pilots are gathered. The case studies on new entrants and new activities in the twelve PoliRural pilots...

What topics can you find in this issue? Lessons learned from PoliRural: new entrant in the Slovakia Region Pilot PoliRural Regional Recommendations Guide to Deep Dives on the regional impact of COVID 19 PoliRural participation in the RURALIZATION mid-term Conference Building Synergies: MOVING https://polirural.eu/newsletter/10/

The blog is written by Häme University of Applied Science (HAMK) student group: Jaana Ellonen, Elina Järvinen, Matti Kuusi, Suvi Perkkiö, Sini Sangi & Merja Leikkainen. How people choose their place of residence? What keeps them in there? How to find a new glow to the fading places?  It needs more than a few houses to make a vital rural community. Community is a bigger group of...

The blog is written by Häme University of Applied Sciences (HAMK) student group: Maija Moisander, Veli-Pekka Korhonen, Paula Lamminsuo, Heini Tauriainen, Kaarle Pirttiniemi and Jouni Hiltunen.    The ways to increase the attractiveness of rural areas are diverse. Services mean a lot, but also image, community spirit, e-services and environmental values can have an impact. What...

The initial and overall  ambition of the Häme pilot is:  The pilot will use PoliRural results to boost the region’s attractiveness by introducing business-friendly policies that can encourage new entrepreneurs to create products and services on circular economy and well-being, which in the future may become a significant source of employment. Change Factors Analysis (CFA)...

HÄME pilot stakeholder group gathered in groups Teams platform on 27th of August for a workshop to identify the drivers affecting the attractiveness of the Häme region. The goal of the workshop was to discuss: How is the change happening in the area? What changes are happening right now?  What changes are likely to occur in the future?  The order of importance of the drivers...

The 25th International Conference on Information Systems for Agriculture and Forestry (ISAF) & 14th Geomatics in Projects & 6th annual conference of Plan4All together with the conference Agriculture 4.0 is keeping the virtual format this year still due to the worldwide situation with COVID-19.  The main virtual event will be organized on Wednesday...

PoliRural project is a Horizon2020 funded project that researches, innovates, and delivers novel solutions to future-oriented collaborative policy development for rural areas. PoliRural aims to intervene in the policy value chain.   What is then the policy value chain? This is my subjective interpretation of the policy value chain. It is shaped based on my experiences and...

One key element at the project is local stakeholder panels which engage diverse, multi-actor stakeholders that are attached to rural areas either by profession or otherwise. HÄME pilot has engaged 50 panel members. The members have been mapped according to the PoliRural standard procedure. The overall aim of stakeholder mapping is to identify actors interested and involved in collaborative...

PoliRural Newsletter #8 is now available, and it contains the latest information of the Project, including latest activities and findings from PoliRural pilots, the level of stakeholder engagement already obtained in the project, results from PoliRural third Foresight Summit, and more! Check it out here: https://polirural.eu/resources/newsletters/ TOPICS: Lessons learned from PoliRural:...

Semantic Explorer (SemEx) is one of the technical and innovative outputs of the PoliRural research project financed by the Horizon2020 Program of the EU. SemEx's ambitious vision is to provide support to researchers and facilitators by reducing the cognitive load related to tasks that are essential to research, development, and innovation actions.  Smart & Lean Hub Oy (S&L Hub) is...

The rural economies in the twelve pilots of the PoliRural project are characterized by their own challenges and dynamics. To illustrate the diversity and complexity of the rural economies in the twelve PoliRural pilots, case studies on new entrants and new activities in the twelve PoliRural pilots are gathered. Eventually the case studies on new entrants and new activities in the twelve...

The Open Spring INSPIRE Hackathon 2021 focused on developments and innovations in agriculture, the environment, transport, tourism, geospatial applications, remote sensing and GNSS goes after two-month hacking into the final stage scheduled on 17th June! More than 70 participants have contributed to all 11 very relevant series of challenges and their results are evaluated by an international...

PoliRural Newsletter #7 is now available! Main topics: It includes PoliRural latest results: Pilots recent developments (from Segóbriga, Central Greece, Flanders , Galilee); Participation of PoliRural in the “Rural Vision Week – Imagining the future of Europe’s Rural Areas” SEGÓBRIGA 21st century: developing an interactive app for tourism innovation Lessons learned from PoliRural:...