Events

DESIRA is coming to an end and to give closure to this 4-year project, we are organising the DESIRA Final Conference. The event will take place on the 26th and 27th of April 2023, in Brussels, Belgium (venue TBC). In this 2-day event, the project will show its […]

READ THE HIGHLIGHTS REPORT   Policies blocking or boosting digital transformation will play a pivotal role in the future of agriculture, forestry and rural areas. Different policy documents and strategies highlight both the significant impacts that digitisation and disruptive technologies might have in rural areas, and the challenges […]

Living Labs / Multi-Actor Platforms are increasingly considered by innovation policies as drivers of transformative change. Indeed, the interaction between stakeholders is supposed to generate innovation adapted to the needs of users and their context and to promote inclusion. A reflection is needed, both on the effectiveness of Living […]

As part of the next DESIRA General Assembly, we are organising a round table on 'The importance of policies for the digitalisation of Rural Areas'. The policy session will take place on Wednesday, 26 January 2022, from 16:00h to 18:00h CET. At the event, we will have the […]

This second RDF meeting consisted of a foresight exercise, organised in two workshops (7 December 2021 and 8 February 2022). The aim of this exercise was to develop linkages between the DESIRA Living Lab scenarios up to 2031 and the Long-Term Vision for rural areas in 2040. The […]

In June 2021, the European Commission expects to publish the Communication on the Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas. Digitalisation will certainly have a prominent role in the future of rural areas, as a mega trend already affecting agriculture, forestry and the life of rural citizens across Europe. DESIRA’s […]

In March 2021, Living Labs submitted their report on the WP 2 past and present impact assessment of digitalisation in relation to their focal  q questions. UniPI organises an online meeting to: Give a general overview of the reports: level of participations, surveys, strengths and weaknesses for the […]

The objectives of the DESIRA Communication workshop are: Share experiences in the implementation of communication and dissemination activities during the first 24 months of the project; Provide an overview of the main results and statistics in relation to the implementation of communication and dissemination activities; Reflect collectively and […]

The Rural Digitalisation Forum (RDF) is a platform, set-up within the DESIRA project, bringing together a wide range of stakeholders working on digitalisation of rural areas. The RDF aims to be a space for sharing experiences, ideas and recommendations, and communicating them across Europe. In this first RDF […]

This meeting will introduce Living Labs to the approach that will be implemented in the Scenario Planning workshops. It will include interactive group sessions to explore how each Living Lab can implement the approach in their own contexts. The meeting is part of the work being carried out […]

Following up on the session of 17 June 2020, this second meeting and training aims to provide the Living Labs with hands-on practice on how to assess activities and methods that capture the impacts of digitalisation. Additionally, Living Labs will also be provided with a specific process to […]

DESIRA Steering Committee is meeting online regularly to assess progress on the project, exchange with partners further updates relating to upcoming deliverables and work planned.

The meeting is organised within Work Package 6 to support partners on their communication activities around Practice Abstracts and engaging in the Rural Digitalisation Forum. This session is facilitated by AEIDL with the colaboration of Consortium partners, aiming to: Explain the process of producing communication outputs from Practice […]

The meeting is organised within the Work Package 1 to support Living Labs in understanding the process of the Participatory Theory Building (PTB). This session is facilitated by EV ILVO partner aiming to: • Explain the PTB process and the link to the Conceptual and Analytical Framework, indicating […]

The meeting is part of Work Package 2 to support Living Labs in carrying out their work and activities on assessing the past and present impacts of digitalisation. This session will be facilitated by KIT-ITAS and UNIPI partners aiming to: Present examples of Living Labs' context analysis and […]

Consortium partners gathered for a virtual General Assembly over three days, 12-14 May 2020, to advance work on the Horizon 2020 project, DESIRA. Much of the work undertaken by partners has been progressing smoothly. Find out more in the Press Release.

DESIRA webinar organised by our project coordinator at University of Pisa. The session will be held in Italian language.

First meeting of the year for DESIRA project brought together the Steering Committee to overview current status of the project and agreed upon the organisation of the first EU Rural Digitisation Forum. During the gathering, project partners discussed the progress and milestones of the project and decided upon […]

During the kick off meeting, organisation delegates held several plenary sessions, parallel meetings and training sessions allowing the Consortium to establish the best working methods for the upcoming four years in which DESIRA will be running. Find out more in the Press Release. Photo: Marina Knickel