Apulia - Italy
The region of Apulia is located in the Southern Italy bordering with Molise from northwest, with Campania and Basilicata from west, and with the Adriatic and Ionian seas from the east and southeast respectively. Apulia has succeeded in combining its traditions with history and productive vocations with innovation and technology. Indeed, it has achieved good level of specialization in numerous industrial sectors. Different policies with the aim of developing innovation processes together with a vast availability of investment incentives have encouraged the local production system including the aerospace, automotive, chemical and ICT sectors. 96.8% of Apulian companies use the computer in their activities and 89.7% of the companies are connected with internet.
The pilot will use the results of the project to increase the attractiveness of the region by identifying policies and actions favorable to the development of existing farms and by encouraging the creation of new farms in rural areas. The action on the production system will concern the promotion of the introduction of new products and services related to the circular and digital economy that encourage new employment especially for the younger population groups.
Expected outputs which are directly targeted to Apulia Pilot Region:
• The stakeholders at the region widen and deepen their understanding and knowledge of rural attractiveness and its factors in Apulia region; • The policy makers of the Apulia region get new tools to adopt data-driven decision making process; • The cross-border cooperation, clustering and regional stakeholder cooperation generate ideas for new business opportunities and ideas in Apulia region; • Strengthen the positive brand of Apulia region; • PoliRural improves Apulia region inhabitants’ well-being; • PoliRural increases the attractiveness of Apulia region; • New business models based on the circular and digital economy.
Progress bar can help orient the user in terms of what the pilot was doing, what is happening now and what will happen in the future. While the structure of the bar will be the same for all pilots, its content will differ from pilot to pilot. A dynamic front end with a predetermined colour scheme can be used to differentiate past, present and future, like in the graphic below.
As part of the Polirural project, information on individual entrance case studies and other data from pilot regions will be published in the Atlas. The Atlas of the Best Practices visualizes relevant cases on a map and provides easily accessible information to inform and inspire other stakeholders. Best practices and pilot examples are collected by project project partners and there is a need to identify, synthesize, share and present individual examples and provide opportunities for new paths and other subjects. Below, you can see examples from Italy.
We manage a typical restaurant in the old town of Spinazzola. We started with a B&B. In 2011 we bought another old building close to our B&B, and we converted it into a restaurant. This was possible also thanks to a grant given by Murgia Più Local Action Group.
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The activity is based in the old town of Gravina di Puglia, Italy. Our business is a B&B. The activity started in 2013. Thanks to a grant from the Local Action Group, we refurbished an old building in the historic centre of Gravina in Puglia and started our B&B.
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I own an arable farm and a leisure centre with swimming pools. The activity started in 2013. I inherited the farm from my father. I refurbished and re-opened the swimming pools, which had been closed for a few years.
Read more...Meet the Italian Pilot team!
InnovAgriTech
Italian pilot Leader
Murgia PiùPartner Organisation
Confagricoltura Foggia
Partner Organisation
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement Nº 818496.
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