Social innovation project in mountain areas08.12.2016A new four-year project founded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovative programme and coordinated by the James Hutton Institute was launched in April 2016. “Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas” (SIMRA) seeks to advance understanding of social innovation and innovative governance in agriculture, forestry and rural development, and how to boost them. Its focus is on marginalized rural areas, including in mountain regions, across Europe and beyond, with a focus on the Mediterranean region where there is limited evidence of outcomes and supporting conditions. SIMRA’s objective is to fill the knowledge gap in understanding and enhancing social innovation in marginalized rural areas by advancing the state-of-the-art in social innovation and connected governance mechanisms in agriculture and forestry sectors and in rural development in general. The specific objectives of SIMRA include: The first SIMRA stakeholder workshop was held in October 2016 in Bratislava, Slovakia. Because marginalized rural areas include also mountain areas in many cases, in particular in the Carpathian Mountains, the actions of the workshop focused on developing territorial capital and enhancing social innovation in these areas. Learn more about SIMRA on the website, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook Photo: SIMRA |
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