RURACTIVE Unveils New Video Highlighting Project Objectives and Anticipated Impact
RURACTIVE is a forward-thinking HORIZON Europe project working to revitalise rural areas through inclusive innovation and community-driven development. The newly released project video outlines RURACTIVE’s strategic goals and the transformative impacts it seeks to achieve.
Rural areas possess immense potential to become vibrant centres of innovation, leveraging local resources, grassroots initiatives, creativity, and social inclusion. RURACTIVE is dedicated to harnessing this potential by developing and implementing innovative strategies that promote a sustainable and just transition, aligning with the European Commission's objectives and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
The video further highlights RURACTIVE's mission to build strong, connected, resilient, and prosperous rural societies through the creation of Multi-Actor Rural Innovation Ecosystems (RIEs). These ecosystems bring together diverse local stakeholders, enhancing the capacity of communities to co-develop, implement, and monitor smart, place-based rural development solutions. Over the last 12 months, RIEs have been established in the 12 project pilot areas across Europe, and each has been working to collaboratively design solutions that address the most pressing local challenges within core areas of rural development.
RURACTIVE’s strength lies in its local grounding, which fosters robust social networks where innovation is shaped by those who experience it firsthand. RISE is leading RURACTIVE’s communication, dissemination, and networking efforts to ensure that key findings and insights are shared widely with rural communities, policymakers, relevant stakeholders, and the general public. In collaboration with our sister company EURICE, we are also supporting our pilot areas in developing comprehensive communication strategies aimed at engaging more local stakeholders and raising awareness of their ongoing initiatives.
The video also highlights RURACTIVE's focus on key cross-cutting priorities that are relevant and impactful across all areas of the project. By integrating climate change mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity, and social justice into its framework, RURACTIVE ensures the just and environmentally sustainable transition of rural areas into vibrant and inclusive centres of innovation.
For more information about RURACTIVE and to view the newly released video, please visit https://ruractive.eu/.
