Fostering Sustainable, Balanced, Equitable, Place-based and Inclusive Development of Rural-Urban Communities' Using Specific Spatial Enhanced Attractivenes Mapping ToolBox

Projektinformationen

PoliRuralPlus

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 101136910

DOI

10.3030/101136910

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 6 Dezember 2023

Startdatum 1 Januar 2024

Enddatum 31 Dezember 2026

Finanziert unter

• Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Gesamtkosten

€ 6 201 312,50

EU-Beitrag

€ 5 498 673,50

Koordiniert durch

CESKE VYSOKE UCENI TECHNICKE V PRAZE
Czechia

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - PoliRuralPlus (Fostering Sustainable, Balanced, Equitable, Place-based and Inclusive Development of Rural-Urban Communities' Using Specific Spatial Enhanced Attractivenes Mapping ToolBox)

Berichtszeitraum: 2024-01-01 bis 2025-06-30

Zusammenfassung vom Kontext und den Gesamtzielen des Projekts

PoliRuralPlus addresses persistent disparities and weak urban–rural cooperation in Europe, building on the achievements of the H2020 PoliRural project. Its aim is to extend foresight-based planning methods to integrated rural–urban territories, supporting sustainable, inclusive and innovation-driven regional development. The project contributes directly to the European Green Deal, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and the Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas, while aligning with initiatives such as the New European Bauhaus.

The central objective is to provide regions with advanced, AI-enabled planning tools and harmonised data frameworks that strengthen governance, foster innovation, and ensure balanced rural–urban partnerships.

Arbeit, die ab Beginn des Projekts bis zum Ende des durch den Bericht erfassten Berichtszeitraums geleistet wurde, und die wichtigsten bis dahin erzielten Ergebnisse

During the first period, activities focused on preparing Regional Action Plans (RAPs) through a Multi-Actor Approach (MAA), ensuring strong stakeholder engagement across all nine pilot regions. Major progress includes:
Methodological advances: Delivery of an updated foresight-based RAP methodology integrating co-design practices, no-code solutions, and AI-assisted workflows such as Work Awareness Journaling.
Stakeholder engagement: Comprehensive mapping of local communities, authorities, SMEs, NGOs and knowledge actors to inform RAP co-creation.
Platform development: Enhancement of the PoliRuralPlus Hub with a new integrated dashboard, upgraded Rural Attractiveness Explorer and Policy Options Explorer, and deployment of AI/GeoAI functionalities.
Data innovation: Implementation of a centrality-based analysis methodology, producing 170 harmonised grid map layers for Europe and the Czech Republic, now embedded in the Hub’s Map service and supporting AI training.
Knowledge Base: A consolidated repository of validated project resources (blogs, training materials, datasets) actively used for AI grounding.

Open calls: The Outreach Call concluded successfully; the Mobilise Call is ongoing; and the Develop Call attracted more than 100 applications, showing strong external interest - the administration with selected applicants is currently underway; the Enhance call was announced.

Fortschritte, die über den aktuellen Stand der Technik hinausgehen und voraussichtliche potenzielle Auswirkungen (einschließlich der bis dato erzielten sozioökonomischen Auswirkungen und weiter gefassten gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen des Projekts)

PoliRuralPlus provides a suite of interoperable, AI-enabled tools that surpass current planning practices:
JackDaw – GeoAI chatbot for scenario modelling, spatial intelligence and policy gap analysis.
Vulture – Automated AI system for large-scale data processing and trend detection.
Magpie – Semantic metadata discovery across spatial and non-spatial datasets.
Dashboard – Real-time RAP monitoring and indicator tracking.
MAA Tool – Stakeholder engagement and co-creation management instrument.
Rural Attractiveness Explorer (RAE) – Composite index tool integrated with JackDaw and the Dashboard.
PoliRuralPlus Hub – High-TRL digital ecosystem for data integration, Digital Twins, and support of AKIS.

The integration of centrality-based datasets establishes a harmonised spatial framework for Europe, enabling more robust cross-regional comparison, policy analysis, and AI-supported modelling.

Jackdaw featured at the GEO Symposium workshop, Hangzou, China 10/2024

PoliRuralPlus Consortium at the kick-off meeting, Prague, Czechia, 1/2024

Jackdaw featured at the INSPIRE conference, Strbske Pleso, Slovakia, 11/2024

Social media banner for Outreach Open call launch, June 2024

PoliRuralPlus project featured at the Zeme Zivitelka workshop, Ceske Budejovice, CZ, 08/2024

PoliRuralPlus project featured at the Synergy Days, Barcelona, Spain, 10/2024