Description Raudanmaa is one of the localities selected under the Smart Rural 21 initiative in Finland. The project has focused on improving connectivity and activating community spaces to strengthen rural
SMART Village LIVING LABs
This space showcases examples of how rural communities can transform through creativity, collaboration, and technology. Here, you will find municipalities across Europe that have implemented rural innovation processes, engaging young people, fostering community learning, and revitalising both their digital and physical environments.
From small villages rehabilitating social centres for coworking and youth gatherings, to artistic residencies that bring spaces to life with local narratives, each story demonstrates how an integrated approach—digital, social, and cultural—can reshape the heartbeat of rural areas.
Explore these success stories and discover methodologies, ideas, and lessons that can inspire your own community.
Description Raudanmaa is one of the localities selected under the Smart Rural 21 initiative in Finland. The project has focused on improving connectivity and activating community spaces to strengthen rural
Description The “Pop-up Rural Socially-Innovative Hubs” project emerged as an academic and community initiative to revitalise small rural municipalities in Croatia through temporary social and urban innovation interventions. An interdisciplinary
Description RuralizART is an Erasmus+ funded project that promotes artistic residencies and participatory processes in rural villages to co-create new narratives about rural life. In Spain, the cooperative La Surera
Description The Rural Youth Project was launched in 2018 with the goal of connecting, training, and inspiring rural youth aged 18 to 28 to become change-makers in their communities. Through
