FUTURAL EU Rural Innovation Forum

FUTURAL (Empowering the future through innovative smart solutions for rural areas) is an EU-funded innovation project led by the Agricultural University of Athens, involving 21 partners across Europe. The project aims to test and pilot a set of community-led, social, technological, and business innovations designed to create lasting change through collaboration with rural communities.Within this context, the project will organise its first EU-wide Rural Innovation Forum (EU-RIF), a two-day networking event bringing together stakeholders from the rural ecosystem (FUTURAL Multi-Actor Pilots – MAPs, rural innovators, rural networks, policymakers and implementers, EU-funded projects, organisations, and entrepreneurs) aiming to set the groundwork for capacity building and expertise sharing on smart community-led innovation in rural areas.ObjectivesThe EU-RIF meeting aims to:Increase the capacity of rural communities to implement and adopt social, technological, and business innovations by organising a series of workshops on capacity building and policy/governance frameworks.Present and share experiences from the co-creation of innovations in the MAPs.Introduce the Alpha version of the FUTURAL Smart Solutions and Metasearch Platform.Maximise the interaction and knowledge sharing between FUTURAL MAPs, partners, and participating experts from within and outside the project.Υοu can see the event’s agenda here:FURURAL EU AgendaTo express your in participating, click here:FUTURAL 1st EU Rural Innovation ForumFor questions, contactfutural.eurif@aeidl.eu.