Online Smart Village Network Café - Zoom - 11 December 2024
We are hosting the first Smart Village Network Café event to promote collaboration and knowledge-sharing. This session will feature the Boekel Ecovillage, a model of sustainability where community-driven initiatives have earned multiple awards. Ad Vlems, Climate Mayor of Boekel Municipality, will discuss their innovative solutions, including climate-positive homes and a groundbreaking heating system. The event will conclude with an open discussion, and we invite you to register in advance to join us. You can register here.
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Online Smart Village Network Meeting - Zoom - 4 September 2024
The online meeting on 4 September aimed to introduce the Smart Village Network (SVN) and its activities, while focusing on how the network engages its members. Key discussions revolved around the draft SVN Declaration on the Future of Rural Policy, which will contribute to the Rural Pact Coordination Group consultation.
2nd Smart Village Network Meeting - Hungary - 18-19 June 2019
The 2nd SVN meeting took place in South-West Hungary, and was hosted by Koppany-Valley Naturpark (one of our Hungarian SVN members). The meeting aimed at discussing future cooperation opportunities that members would jointly engage in as well as present in a realistic way the challenges and opportunities of lagging behind rural areas.
1st Smart Village Network Meeting - Finland - 5-7 February 2019
The 1st meeting of the Smart Village Network was organised in Finland (Ellivuori Resort), with support from the Finnish Village Movement and the Finnish National Rural Network. The first part of the meeting was open to all interested stakeholders and focused on supporting transnational cooperation between smart villages. The second part of the meeting was dedicated to registered Smart Village Network members and focused on developing practical joint activities of the Smart Village Network. See the event's outcomes, videos, presentations, etc. here.