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Sep 514 min

Can the EU's Long Term Vision and the Rural Pact become a reality in the post-2027 Rural Development Policy?

Food for thought in response to the questions set by the LTVRA Report No more business as usual [1] Rural areas are confronted with...

Aug 23, 20204 min

Eskola: The village that doesn’t take ‘no’ for an answer

The end of summer is here, a new school year is starting and Covid-19 is not yet over. Schools might need to switch to online teaching...

Apr 22, 20207 min

It's high time to be smart

Thinking about the “bright adaptation” of what we have Our world has turned upside down during these past weeks due to the Coronavirus....

Apr 3, 20196 min

How to make 'smart villages' happen?

In this blog article we argue that smart villages offer a new "policy window of opportunity" to support rural areas and communities in an...

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Mar 6, 20182 min

Villages need to have a say in what smart villages are

‘Living next door to Alice’ first hit the charts in 1977 and then in 1995 in a parody version. The latter version of the song includes a...

Mar 6, 20182 min

We need a definition that allows all villages to be(come) smart

Any village can become ‘smart’. By defining the exact nature of ‘smartness’ (e.g. linked to a certain level of digital, economic or...