The Commission adopted two proposals for a Council Recommendation in the context of the European Year of Skills, with the aim to support Member States in providing high-quality, inclusive and accessible digital education and training.
DESIRA brought together more than 60 experts in the third and last Rural Digitalisation Forum to build together a policy roadmap for sustainable and inclusive rural digitalisation.
The initiative of the European Commission and the Joint Research Centre is designed to promote innovation and entrepreneurship to improve the local community.
Released in December, the document provides numerous case studies of successful technology implementation and insights into how digital farming can contribute to the new CAP, the EU Green Deal, and the Farm to Fork Initiative.
The loss of rural population derived from the lack of economic opportunities and infrastructures cause the shutdown of many rural services.
The 7th edition of this competition launched by Copa-Cogeca will showcase many innovative approaches women take in finding new solutions to the challenges faced in rural areas.
At the moment, the majority of digital tools were gathered by DESIRA as part of our Taxonomy and Inventory of Digital Game-Changers.
The purpose was to explore how digitalisation can help shape rural areas' responses to future challenges, in order to support policy-makers in considering long-term perspectives.
The Joint Research Centre in coordination with the European Commission’s DG AGRI and DG REGIO has developed this platform that will provide more and better data about rural areas.
With the end of the project approaching later this year, partners focused on how to take stock of everything that has been done, planned the work for the close of the project, and identified ways of ensuring sustainability of results.
