Smart Village Labs
INSPIRE sets up Smart Village labs in seven pilot areas across rural Europe to:
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support social inclusion and participatory governance through E-Democracy tools, boosting participatory democracy, connecting all key stakeholders and empowering rural dwellers and vulnerable groups towards decision-making.
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offer EU-wide and localised capacity building for upskilling and empowerment of rural populations, supporting entrepreneurial initiatives developed in the framework of the project and assisting the labs’ transition into full-fledged “Smart Villages” and the participatory and digital upgrade of the pilot areas governance frameworks.
Smart Village Labs
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Pilot 6
Eastern & Midlands Region, Ireland
Pilot partner: WHEEL
Traditional rural territory
Potentially targeted vulnerable groups: elderly, young unemployed persons, and migrants
Pilot 1
Kosice region, Slovakia
Pilot partner: PEDAL
Traditional rural territory
Potentially targeted vulnerable groups: disabled persons, young disabled people, elderly people, and Roma people.
Pilot 2
Lubelskie Province, Poland
Pilot partner: ERDN
Traditional rural territory
Potentially targeted vulnerable groups: people working in agriculture, women and Ukrainian refugees.
Pilot 3
Kythera Island, Greece
Pilot partner: MEDINA
Island/coastal territory
Potentially targeted vulnerable groups: unemployed youth
Pilot 4
Konitsa municipality, Greece
Pilot partner: MEDINA
Mountainous territory
Potentially targeted vulnerable groups: ethnic minorities-refugees, unemployed youths elderly people.
Pilot 5
Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
Pilot partner: LADAPT
Peri-urban territory
Potentially targeted vulnerable groups: people with disabilities
Pilot 7
Suceava and Maramures, Romania
Pilot partner: ROM
Mountainous territory
Potentially targeted vulnerable groups: elders, youths and ethnic minorities of Ukrainians, Ruthenians, and Hutsuls.
