Project description
Climate-smart training for rural areas
Rural communities and their surrounding ecosystems are often the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, including extreme weather events and changes in temperature patterns. This makes ecosystem-enhancing and climate actions crucial for sustainable development. With this in mind, the EU-funded RURALITIES project will promote climate action and ecosystem-enhancing expertise in rural areas. It will focus on the creation of learning hubs known as RURALITIES, which use innovative methodologies and a comprehensive network of living labs to empower rural actors. The project’s multi-point approach involves various actors, disciplines, systems and sectors. It will also train over 1 000 facilitators and coordinate with local and regional authorities to support rural innovation.
Objective
The project ‘Climate smart, ecosystem-enhancing and knowledge-based rural expertise and training centres’ (RURALITIES) delivers an ecosystem-enhancing and climate action driven expertise and learning framework organised in hubs e.g. the ‘RURALITIES’, comprising a series of innovative methodologies with the learner at its core, supported by a comprehensive network of living labs, and a blockchain-based digital platform combining the Internet and wireless technologies, to assist engage, connect and empower actors. This is done via a multi-point approach e.g. multi-actors, multi-disciplines, multi-systems, multi-scale, multi-sectors, and multi-levels.
RURALITIES is rooted in the recruitment, preparation, training and coaching of 1.000+ facilitators (KPI) distributed in all participating countries, for a variety of tasks (e.g. trainers, facilitators, role models, hub coordinators, etc.), and who play a significant role in creating the matrix and the platform upon which the learning framework is built, develops and evolves. RURALITIES proposes to ideate, implement, futureproof, validate and deliver the aforementioned expertise and learning centres via real-scale practicing in 7 simplified rural socio-ecological systems (SIMSES) e.g. demonstrators, 2 in Italy, 1 in the United- Kingdom (UK), 1 in Slovenia, 1 in Spain and 1 in Romania. RURALITIES coordinates identified actions of local, regional authorities in supports of rural innovation in regions and economic sectors where rural innovators are not yet engaged in a relevant network.
RURALITIES coordinates identified SIMSES networks promoting rural innovation solutions whilst establishing innovative multipoints ‘RURALITIES Hubs’ of expertise and training on rural innovation. This is done via coordinating action for the managing authorities and regional bodies influencing regional and national policy instruments in Italy, the UK, Slovenia, Spain and in Romania.
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036 01 Martin
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Participants (48)
707280 LETCANI
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1077 Nicosia
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33180 Norena
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1000 Ljubljana
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28040 Madrid
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11000 BEOGRAD
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51000 Rijeka
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10000 Zagreb
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00100 Nairobi
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Maputo
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8250 EGA
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48170 Mugla
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09010 Aydin
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1050 Bruxelles / Brussel
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8800 RUMBEKE-BEITEM
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2033 Cairo
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8270 KRSKO
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707410 VALEA LUPULUI VILLAGE
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700490 IASI
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707272 Lespezi
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Morogoro
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99999 NOUAKCHOTT OUEST
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KISANGANI
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000 BOUAKE
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100252 Lagos
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946 Khartoum
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500 Dapaong
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Mukono
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33203 Gijon
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36100 Vicenza
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61049 Urbania Pu
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61029 Urbino
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61029 Urbino
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33202 Gijon
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33003 Oviedo
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36012 Asiago
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80050 Agadir
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- Zomba
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Tamale
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2100 GODOLLO
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2035 Tunis
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Ziguinchor
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Ouagadougou
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Kigali
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Lusaka
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8270 KRSKO
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8281 Senovo
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61121 Pesaro
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Partners (3)
Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
IV3 5NQ Inverness
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BD1 4HR Bradford
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Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
OX2 7DE Oxford
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