Driving Rural Innovation through startup Villages across Europe

Informazioni relative al progetto

DRIVE

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 101181939

DOI

10.3030/101181939

Progetto chiuso

Data della firma CE 1 Ottobre 2024

Data di avvio 1 Gennaio 2025

Data di completamento 30 Giugno 2026

Finanziato da

• Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Costo totale

Nessun dato

Contributo UE

€ 832 400,00

Coordinato da

CONSORZIO ITALBIOTEC
Italy

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Risultati finali

Data Management Plan (2)

Data Management Plan – Final version

Data Management Plan concerning data treatment (Task 1.3). It contains recommendations for preserving the long-term impact benefits of the project consistent with the data and outputs generated.

Data Management Plan – First version

Data Management Plan concerning data treatment (Task 1.3). It contains an analysis and procedure for managing research data compliant with the FAIR criteria. The first version collects a preliminary mapping of the data, continuously updated during the project.

Documents, reports (14)

Best practice report

Inventory of the success cases and go-to-business scenario (Task 2.1). It includes mapping existing services/products considered benchmarks for modelling new/improved rural areas' go-to-market scenarios based on, e.g. literature reviews, lessons learned, previous projects, EU-funded initiatives, and partner networks

Memorandum of Understandings

3 MoUs signed with related similar initiatives (Task 6.3)

DRIVE Business model

Business models for circular systemic bioeconomy solutions in start-up villages (Task 5.2). It includes a business model and Key Exploitable Results (KER) analysis, a successful exploitation strategy and plan, and an analysis of obstacles, requirements, and actions needed to protect the IP generated.

Syllabus of the DRIVE Advisory Services

List of the DRIVE mentoring activities (Task 3.1). It includes the general structure of an intensive mentoring program offered to each of the selected start-ups and teams, also based on inputs from the hackathon evaluation committee and roundtables of potential customers and end users.

DRIVE Roadshows report

Final report on the implementation of the 3 Roadshows (Task 4.3). It includes reporting the three events, including final check analysis, on-site registration, distribution of materials (badges/materials, etc.), technical and logistical support for participants, speakers, stakeholder meetings and training sessions. networking.

DRIVE Roadshows agendas

Detail agenda of each of the 3 Roadshows (Task 4.1) It includes defining all the necessary information related to the implementation of the 3 roadshows to establish dialogues in the three Startup Villages (local government authorities, businesses, academic associations and civil society) to understand their challenges and identify solutions.

Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation Plan (CDEP) – first version

Communication, Dissemination Plan related to DRIVE communication strategy and related clustering activities. It will contain a strategy for preserving the value of the results beyond the end of the project, including the analysis of KERs with specific attention to the benefits generated for the target audience and the most appropriate engagement strategies (Task 6.1)

Hackathons challenges report

Report on the different challenges to be solved by the participants during the 3 Hackathons (Task 3.3). It includes the methodology and results obtained from the analysis of the challenges faced during the hackathon, including the provision of content regarding the state of the art of the market and its needs, as well as best practices and success stories in the field of StartUp Villages.

Quality and Monitoring Plan

Quality on y and Monitoring strategy – internal and external – concerning the DRIVE project (Task 1.4). It consists of a procedure for evaluating the consistency of the results obtained concerning the KPIs envisaged by the project, the evaluation of the level of achievement of the project activities regarding the project objectives, evaluation questions and tools, basic tools, and indicators, etc.

DRIVE policy brief

Policy brief on start-up villages and rural areas in line with the EU Long Term Vision on Rural Areas and the New European Innovation Agenda (Task 5.1)

DRIVE Info sessions

Info sessions report (Task 4.2). It includes the methodology, description and analysis of the results of the virtual (webinar) or in-person appointments to promote the hackathon and provide preliminary information to those interested in participating on the available data, the application and selection process, the opportunities and other useful resources available.

Challenges report

Report on the needs of the involved start-ups, ecosystems, and rural villages (Task 2.2). The needs analysis will be evaluated through the project partners' experience and integrated through guided interviews/questionnaires with the relevant stakeholders.

Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation Plan (CDEP) – final version

Communication, Dissemination Plan related to DRIVE communication strategy and related clustering activities. It will contain an assessment and roadmap for preserving the value of the results beyond the end of the project, including the analysis of KERs with specific attention to the benefits generated for the target audience and the most appropriate engagement strategies (Task 6.1)

DRIVE sustainability transition action plans

3 SMEs sustainability transition action plans for 3 start-ups villages regions in the biobased sector to tailor-made the exploitation strategy and outcomes of the project towards local needs (Task 5.1).

Other (2)

Advisory services contents

DRIVE Mentoring modules and materials (Task 3.2). It contains the definition of the actual contents of the mentoring modules, the required supporting documentation and a detailed analysis of the specific tools, services and contacts made available to start-ups.

Stakeholders’ questionnaires

Questionnaires to collect feedback from stakeholders on the Roadshow and DRIVE sustainability (Task 4.4). It includes the structure and summary of the results of the questionnaires distributed to the stakeholders and participants involved to receive comments that would enable the project's sustainability and improve social innovation in rural areas and the quality of innovative enterprises, including practices involving public stakeholders and citizens.

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Communication kit and outreach materials

Communication kit, stakeholder database, promotional materials and project website (Task 6.2). It represents a descriptive report of the awareness materials produced (logo, poster, brochure, roll-up, newsletter, social campaigns) and the actions carried out in synergy with complementary projects. An effectiveness evaluation report with respect to the KPIs is also included.

Pubblicazioni

Other (14)

From Rural Ideas to Investment-Ready Stories: How DRIVE Mentorship Helped Bioeconomy Ventures Communicate Their Value

Autori: Linda Sgarzi, Giulia Marconcini, Elisée Monti, Andrea Boffi and Eli Dhapi
Pubblicato in: 2026
Editore: AB Corporation
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.22828773

Driving Green Innovation: a Bruxelles il Final Event del progetto europeo DRIVE

Autori: ANCI Lombardia
Pubblicato in: 2026
Editore: ANCI Lombardia

Online il nuovo sito del progetto DRIVE - Driving Rural Innovation through Startup Villages across Europe

Autori: ANCI Lombardia
Editore: ANCI Lombardia

From Rural Ideas to Investment-Ready Stories: How DRIVE Mentorship Helped Bioeconomy Ventures Communicate Their Value

Autori: Linda Sgarzi, Giulia Marconcini, Elisée Monti, Andrea Boffi and Eli Dhapi
Pubblicato in: Springer Nature
Editore: AB Corporation

Un hackathon pour réfléchir à une économie régénérativerom Startup Villages to value chains: DRIVE accelerates regional ecosystems for a circular and digital bioeconomy

Autori: ECRN
Pubblicato in: 2026
Editore: ECRN
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.22832033

Beyond Grants: Building Investment Readiness for Rural Bioeconomy Ventures

Autori: Cleantech Bulgaria
Pubblicato in: 2026
Editore: Cleantech Bulgaria
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.22831738

Grown Here, Governed Here: Roadshows, Hackathons, and rural innovation in the DRIVE Project

Autori: Giulia Ghiddi
Pubblicato in: 2026
Editore: nEUlakes
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.22831859

From hackathon ideas to rural innovation pathways

Autori: Aleksander Zobec
Pubblicato in: 2026
Editore: F6S
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.22831899

Un hackathon pour réfléchir à une économie régénérative

Autori: CGLE
Pubblicato in: 2025
Editore: CGLE
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.22831989

Με επιτυχία ολοκληρώθηκε το «Serres Bioeconomy Hackathon 2025»

Autori: DIMOS EMMANOUEL PAPPA
Pubblicato in: 2025
Editore: DIMOS EMMANOUEL PAPPA
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.22831957

Needs assessment and Social Innovation in Startup Villages: framework and lessons learned from the DRIVE model

Autori: CSI Cyprus
Pubblicato in: 2026
Editore: CSI Cyprus
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.22831788

Disponibile la seconda newsletter del progetto DRIVE: scopri i dettagli sui prossimi Roadshow

Autori: ANCI Lombardia
Pubblicato in: 2025
Editore: ANCI Lombardia

Italbiotec accompagna la nuova generazione di innovatori della bioeconomia europea

Autori: Consorzio Italbiotec
Pubblicato in: 2026
Editore: Consorzio Italbiotec
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.22831551

Bohinj gostil delavnico projekta DRIVE – povezovanje evropskih partnerjev za razvoj podeželja

Autori: OBCINA BOHINJ
Pubblicato in: 2025
Editore: OBCINA BOHINJ
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.22831924