Oliete

Oliete is a vibrant example of a Smart Village that has proven how community-based initiatives can turn into entrepreneurial stories able to revert the depopulation trend and build a promising future.

Leveraged in the strong social and relational capital that Apadrinaunolivo.org has developed throughout a decade, Oliete is making territorial innovation and regenerative tourism bloom. Since 2014 a pioneering Smart Agro initiative that started giving a digital identity to the olive trees and building an international network of solidarity, the town has been able to revitalize its ancient olive groves and gardens, reactivate the olive oil value chain and create local jobs and opportunities. Oliete has experienced a decade of community-based innovation, led by local and well-rooted entrepreneurs.

The Program ‘Despertadores Rurales Inteligentes’ is now a lighthouse for entrepreneurship, digital inclusion, and social cohesion among local authorities, residents, digital nomads, remote workers and other change agents from the Spanish territorial innovation ecosystem.

Within Aragón, Oliete stands out as a model of sustainability, creativity, and intelligent rural communities​​​​.