Rural Inspiration Awards: nominees

81 result(s)
Good Practice - Project | 14 Feb 2019

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.

  • CAP Implementation
Good Practice - Project | 13 Feb 2019

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.

  • CAP Implementation
Good Practice - Project | 13 Feb 2019

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.

  • CAP Implementation
Good Practice - Project | 13 Feb 2019

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’.

  • CAP Implementation
Good Practice - Project | 13 Feb 2019

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.

  • CAP Implementation
Good Practice - Project | 13 Feb 2019

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.

  • CAP Implementation
Good Practice - Project | 13 Feb 2019

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.

  • CAP Implementation
Good Practice - Project | 13 Feb 2019

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.

  • CAP Implementation
Good Practice - Project | 13 Feb 2019

Pueblos Vivos – Living Villages

A project to address depopulation and attract new settlers in rural areas of the Aragon region.

  • CAP Implementation
  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Good Practice - Project | 12 Feb 2019

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.

  • CAP Implementation