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Advanced International Course on Social Innovation in Rural Areas

18/11/2019 22/11/2019

Education & Training

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Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza
Zaragoza

A one-week training course will be organised in the framework of the H2020 EU-funded project Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas at the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza, 18-22 November 2019, to address the importance of social innovation in less favoured rural areas.


Social innovation has been heralded as a vital part of the European recovery project since the economic crisis in 2008. It is of particular importance to rural areas, especially more disadvantaged rural areas, where multiple problems of depopulation, environmental quality decline, and low levels of economic activity have been recurrent. With the trend of rapid urbanisation, the remoter rural areas will continue to be adversely affected.

In these areas, the state and municipalities often struggle to maintain basic public services because of public sector austerity. Markets are weak and there is still a high dependency on primary industries. This creates space and opportunities in which civil society can take on an increasingly important role in sustaining and improving conditions. 

The course, which will focus on rural areas from Europe and non-European Mediterranean countries and will take place 18-22 November 2019, is part of the H2020 EU-funded project Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas (SIMRA), which aims to advance understanding of social innovation and innovative governance in agriculture, forestry, and rural development. The project is built on more effectively linking the practice community with the research community to allow the integration and cross-fertilisation of knowledge and understanding in order to boost social innovation in (marginalised) rural areas. Examples of social innovation in rural areas can be found in SIMRA’s database or in the brochures of initiatives.

More detailed information available on the SIMRA project website: http://www.simra-h2020.org/

Contact:
Lucía López Marco
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+34 976 716 000

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