GRANULAR - Giving rural actors novel data and re-useable tools to lead public action in rural areas

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#GRANULARLetter is OUT! Catch up on highlights from the #GRANULAR project: 🔹 Webinar recap: On Dec 5th, 75 experts convened to explore the transformative role of granular data for evidence-based policymaking . 🔹 General Assembly: Progress made, challenges faced, and priorities set for empowering rural communities across Europe. 🔹 New Guidelines released: Practical steps for local practitioners to improve rural data collection and decision-making. ...Find out more in our newsletter👉 https://bit.ly/3NsrTAe

On November 14-15, #GRANULAR researchers Breixo Martins and Maria Isabel Doval Ruiz from the Universidade de Vigo presented our innovative project at the 1st FIREPOCTEP+ Sustainability Workshop and Training Session in San Xoán de Río, Spain. This event, organised by the FINNOVA FOUNDATION as part of the INTERREG POCTEP FIREPOCTEP+ initiative, spotlighted our shared mission to tackle climate risks—like forest fires—through collaboration and community-driven solutions. Highlights from GRANULAR’s presentation: ✅ Climate Risk Solutions: A participatory approach to reduce the impact of climate change. ✅ Living Labs: Engaging local communities in co-creating sustainable strategies. ✅ Synergies in Action: Strengthening European partnerships for a greener future. Read the whole news 👉 https://bit.ly/3ZLzGi5

We are very happy to inform you that yesterday, 75 professionals gathered at the #GRANULAR Knowledge Transfer Accelerator webinar organised by AEIDL (European Association for Innovation in Local Development) to discuss the critical role of granular data in empowering rural areas. The event showcased inspiring presentations on: ✔️ Rural Innovation - Simone Sasso (JRC) revealed unexpected entrepreneurial dynamism in certain rural areas and sectoral trends such as the presence of high-tech industries. ✔️ Data benchmarking - Experts from International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and Natural Resources Institute Finland / Luonnonvarakeskus explored innovative data sources (e.g. big data, Open Street Maps) to discover rural diversity and benchmark EU rural data landscapes. ✔️ Rural Observatory - A JRC initiative providing experimental indicators to understand land use, connectivity and renewable energy potential in rural regions. 📌 Living Labs - Practical applications of local data from #France and #Spain demonstrated how rural communities can harness data for policy making on mobility, forest management and population ageing. The webinar emphasised collaboration, innovation and data-driven policy making to address the specific challenges of rural areas. 💡 Thank you all very much for participating on this webinar! Explore more about GRANULAR and join the Knowledge Transfer Accelerator community to connect and share your ideas: https://lnkd.in/eDGfP-eV Read the whole news 👉 https://bit.ly/4f6gRus The highlight report will be available very soon!! #RuralDevelopment #Innovation #Sustainability #GRANULAR

There's nothing left for our next GRANULAR webinar on "Data for rural areas: towards smarter rural policies!" 📢 In two days the registration will be closed, don't miss it! REGISTER NOW 👉 https://bit.ly/4f63g7d

Seamlessly switching between Portuguese, Galician and Spanish, leaders of cross border cooperation #EGTC Gerês-Xurés open today’s INTERREG seminar in Ourense where I will presented, inter alia, GRANULAR - Giving rural actors novel data and re-useable tools to lead public action in rural areas which hosts a Living Lab in #Ourense to test #ruralProofing & local data. I was fortunate to join Association of European Border Regions (AEBR) Sec Gen Martin Guillermo Ramirez as well as Agência para o Desenvolvimento e Coesão, IP – AD&C and USC Professor Valerià Paül Carril as speakers. AEIDL (European Association for Innovation in Local Development)

🔔The Rural Pact is LIVE today! Don’t miss it ⬇️⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eXtEHjJ6 Starting at 9h30, we will be dealing with two key topics to shape future rural policies, specially considering the ideas of the one fund approach for EU support. 🟢How to better coordinate all policies relevant for rural areas and deliver an integrated approach⁉️ 🟢How to best monitor support to rural from all EU funding streams⁉️ 🙏 Help us share this link to get to more people to join us! 🫶 Rural Youth Europe Comité Europeo de las Regiones European Rural Pact European Rural Community Alliance ERCA The European Platform on Rural Innovation (EPRI) EU CAP Network ECOLISE Interreg Europe Euromontana ARCA. Associació d’Iniciatives Rurals i Marítimes de Catalunya RUSTIK GRANULAR - Giving rural actors novel data and re-useable tools to lead public action in rural areas AEIDL (European Association for Innovation in Local Development) Red PAC

Have you ever thought about how granular and accessible data could transform rural development policies❓ I am pleased to announce that on 5 December we will hear from a fantastic panel of experts who will delve into rural data needs, innovative collection methods and how these insights can shape better policies for communities across Europe. 🌟MEET THE SPEAKERS!! Serafin Pazos Vidal, AEIDL (European Association for Innovation in Local Development), will welcome and open the webinar.  Simone Sasso and Davide Auteri from Joint Research Centre (JRC), will highlight data needs across Europe. Ian McCallum (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)) and Michael Kull (Natural Resources Institute Finland / Luonnonvarakeskus) will share their findings on rural baseline data. Louise CHASSET from Pays Pyrénées Méditerranée, will connect data to policy making. Ronan Ysebaert and Louis Laurian from CNRS, will present innovations in crowd-sourcing data. Breixo Martins and Maria Isabel Doval Ruiz from Universidade de Vigo, will explore new methods of rural data collection. Finally, Merveille Ntabuhashe (#AEIDL), will close the debate with the main conclusions. Whether you are a policy-maker, a researcher or simply passionate about rural development, this session is not to be missed 🙌 📅 Save the date: 05/12/2024, 11:00-12:30 CET, online. 👉 Register here: https://bit.ly/4f63g7d #RuralDevelopment #Innovation #DataDrivenPolicy #EUWebinar #GranularData CIHEAM-IAMM, Nordregio, Wageningen University & Research, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), PAGE - Pisa Agricultural Economics, Agricultural University of Athens, AEIDL (European Association for Innovation in Local Development), The James Hutton Institute, Thünen Institute, Ecorys, Universidade de Vigo, Region Västerbotten, P10 Netwerk

On 19 November 2024, #GRANULAR held its online General Assembly to reflect on achievements and the way forward for rural development. Focused on empowering rural communities, the assembly brought together stakeholders to address challenges and outline solutions tailored to rural needs. Main highlights: 📍 Rural Diversity Compass: An innovative framework for assessing rural diversity and refining policies with inclusion in mind. 📊 New datasets: Covering accessibility, housing, land use and tourism, critical for informed decision-making. 🗺️ Living and replication labs: Testing and scaling up solutions based on real data to transform rural policy and practice. COMING SOON! A Knowledge Transfer Accelerator webinar on 5 December. Join us to explore how better data can drive smarter rural policies across EU. Register here: https://bit.ly/4f63g7d More information on the assembly results: https://bit.ly/49feDI8 #GRANUALProject #HorizonEurope #ruraldata #policy

📢 Join the GRANULAR - Giving rural actors novel data and re-useable tools to lead public action in rural areas Webinar! 🗓️ When? Thursday, December 5, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. (CET) 🌐 Where? Online We, as part of the PREPARE network, are excited to invite you to the webinar "Data for rural areas: Towards smarter rural policies," organized within the GRANULAR Knowledge Transfer Accelerator. GRANULAR is a Horizon Europe research and innovation project that aims to develop datasets, tools, and methods to better understand and support rural areas. Why join? - Explore the importance of granular data in shaping rural policies. - Discuss challenges and opportunities in rural data collection and use. - Discover innovative approaches to enhance rural data analysis and knowledge exchange. This event will bring together EU institutions, local stakeholders, and researchers to collaborate on advancing data-driven rural development policies. 📌 Register here: https://lnkd.in/eBCAnwFR Join us for this important discussion—we look forward to seeing you there!