The European Week of Regions and Cities is the biggest annual Brussels-based event dedicated to cohesion policy. It has grown to become a unique communication and networking platform, bringing together regions and cities from all over Europe, including politicians, administrators, experts and academics. Over the last 19 years, it [...]
As the only EU event on organic and agroecological research and innovation, the Organic Innovation Days provide a unique opportunity to meet members of TP Organics, network with EU stakeholders and decision-makers.
The conference will present the final outcomes of the Smart Rural 21 project that is the result of intensive collaboration with rural communities and other relevant stakeholders across Europe to realise Smart Villages on the ground over more than two years.
Individuals of various experience and different fields of interest, as well as teams and startups created for the hackathon, are invited to participate in the HACK Startup Village’22. When registration ends, individual participants will be grouped into teams. During the hackathon, the participants, with the help of mentors, [...]
This year, the annual international technology conference events will take place in two different locations and venues in the city of Tampere, Finland. First, the Mindtrek Conference, which offers a horizontal view into the field of future technology, will take place on the 15th of November in Finnkino Cine [...]
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 [...]
Started in 2014 as a joint initiative of European regions and forest sector organisations, the 5th edition of the European Forest Innovation Workshop devoted to Inform-Prioritise-Collaborate: Cooperation of Regions on Innovation in Forest Management, Use of Wood and Forest-related Services, will take place on 18 January 2023 (full-day [...]
The 3rd SHERPA Annual Conference “Co-creating rural futures” will build on SHERPA’s contribution to the European Union Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas (LTVRA) and the work undertaken by the SHERPA partners during 2022. The conference will focus on the role of Multi-Actor Platforms (MAPs) and multi-stakeholder governance in delivering the [...]
This 2023 edition of the Forum will discuss the main elements and enabling conditions of the Startup Village concept through a genuine science-for-policy interaction, supporting the identification and analysis of triggering factors for innovation and startup creation in rural areas. Participants are also expected to debate and propose concrete [...]
RURALIZATION is organising the final conference of the project, which will be held on 20 April 2023 in Brussels. Hosted by the European Committee of the Regions, this onsite meeting with experts and stakeholders will provide a space for presenting the main outputs of the project, considering all [...]