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Rural Inspiration Awards: nominees
GrowBiz – Enterprising Rural Perthshire
The GrowBiz approach to enterprise support is based on building long-term relationships with businesses and encouraging them to connect, collaborate, share and network with other enterprises in their local community and further afield.
Kuitua pohjoiseen - High-Speed Broadband Network in the North
This project is an example of how villagers can get access to high-speed broadband networks even in remote and sparsely populated rural areas. It is the winning initiative of the 2019 Rural Inspiration Awards in the 'Rural Revitalisation' category.
Cowocat_Rural – Network of coworking spaces in rural Catalonia
Rural coworking spaces create opportunities for cooperation and innovation in rural areas while helping to attract new professionals to settle in the countryside.
Broadband Network Development in Rural ‘White Areas’ of Greece
The Rural Broadband project is a national intervention to close the digital divide in remote and sparsely populated rural ‘white areas’.
Zeitgeist Enns – Pop-up-Shops Concept
Many small towns have the problem of vacant sales spaces and an innovative concept to revitalise city centres is to offer flexible rental options to pop-up shops. This was the winning initiative of the 2019 Rural Inspiration Awards in the 'Popular Vote' category.
Castlebank Park Horticultural and Environmental Training Centre
Turning an abandoned park area and its gardens into a community hub to create opportunities for social interaction, training and employment.
Reportrar – Local reporters serving rural areas
A newspaper offered training and mentoring, so that local people could become correspondents and give visibility to the daily life of small rural communities.
Silta – a bridge for youth entrepreneurship
SILTA supports entrepreneurship among young people by providing a cooperative structure through which they can grow their business ideas and receive training, mentoring and peer support.
Pueblos Vivos – Living Villages
A project to address depopulation and attract new settlers in rural areas of the Aragon region.
Tiges et chavées - Sustainable management of private forests
Promoting the sustainable management of small, privately owned forests. This is the winning initiative of the 2019 Rural Inspiration Awards in the 'LEADER' category.
