The Horizon 2020 project SIMRA – Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas – has just published its final policy brief “How can policy help bring about social innovation in rural areas”.Continue reading
Social Innovation Actions explained: read our new brochure!
This fifth collection of examples of social innovation published by the SIMRA project describes the 7 Social Innovation Actions implemented within the project.Continue reading
Rural development is analised in Zaragoza
This news was originally published in the newspaper Heraldo de Aragón on 1st December 2019
Over 35 experts from a dozen countries have met in Zaragoza to analise the fundamentals of social innovation in rural areas. They met Artieda’s example.
The development and revitalisation of rural areas in order to prevent their depopulation is, nowadays, one of the highlighted issues on the social agenda. Although this matter has to be addressed by taking into consideration political and economic factors, people who live and are committed to build their life project in these areas cannot be left aside. Continue reading
When social innovation grows strong: The case of ADFs in Catalonia
CTFC presented the main results of the SIMRA case study on Forest Defence Groups in Catalonia on the 4th of December 2019, in Solsona.Continue reading
SIMRA’s final conference: registrations open!
“Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas” (SIMRA) is a project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. SIMRA seeks to advance understanding of social innovation and innovative governance in agriculture, forestry and rural development, and how to boost them, particularly in marginalised rural areas across Europe, with a focus on the Mediterranean region (including non-EU) where there is limited evidence of outcomes and supporting conditions.
Since starting in 2016, SIMRA has been at the forefront in promoting the contribution of social innovation to social, economic and environmental development in disadvantaged rural areas. The project team has explored vibrant examples of community led projects some of which will be presented during this event to determine triggers and drivers, development patterns, factors of success and evaluation criteria for social innovation in rural areas.
SIMRA is organising its final conference in Brussels on February 19th, 2020. The event will showcase the project’s main findings and discuss their policy implications at all levels (EU, national, regional and local), and with regards to the legislative reforms still in discussion for the next EU programming period 2021-2027.
A technical workshop will be organised the next day, on February 20th, 2020 for a specialised audience. Participants will have the opportunity to learn how to use the tools developed by SIMRA to support the implementation of social innovations, to evaluate social innovations in rural areas and to discuss policy-making bottlenecks and enabler sin the field of social innovation.Continue reading
Engaging with the hard to reach in rural areas
Engaging with the hard to reach in rural areas was the topic of the workshop organised by SIMRA during the European Rural Parliament organised in Candas, Spain, in November 2019.Continue reading
Mountains for youth: the experience of SIparte in Valbelluna, northeastern Italy
By going to University to study or leaving for a year abroad to work, many young people decide to settle in areas with opportunities for professional development rather than returning to their place of birth. Out-migration of professional youth, coupled with ageing and depopulation, especially plague many mountain areas. Youth that wish to remain confront the lack of meaningful jobs, suited to their professional experience.Continue reading
Participatory videos to collect experiences on Social Innovation Actions
In October 2019 the Social Innovation Think Thank, SIMRA partners, local actors and stakeholders met in Aberdeen, UK to capture the lessons learnt from Social Innovation Actions.Continue reading
Alpine refugees immigration at the core of Europe
This new collection of essays highlights how given Alpine territories in Austria, Italy, and Switzerland
are currently facing challenges imposed by migration, the barriers and limitations they are encountering, and the extent to which migration triggers policy and territorial innovations that can generate beneficial impacts for both migrants and local inhabitants.Continue reading
2020 Bratislava Conference on Earth System Governance
It is our great pleasure to announce that our partner CETIP in collaboration with SLOVAKGLOBe (joint workplace of Slovak Academy of Sciences and Slovak University of Technology) will host next Earth System Governance conference in Bratislava, September 15 – 17, 2020.Continue reading