Imagine a small town where young people leave and shops close down. This project creates a digital toolkit to help these towns attract remote workers and new businesses back. It's like giving a village a modern operating system to make it attractive and livable again.
Rural areas are losing young people and essential services, leading to economic decline. There is a missed opportunity to attract remote workers who want greener, sustainable living options.
A smartness assessment methodology (SESAM) and a co-design toolkit for creating Smart Innovation Packages (SIPs).
If you are a consultancy dealing with shrinking village populations — this project developed a smartness assessment methodology (SESAM) that identifies exactly which services and infrastructures are missing to attract new residents.
If you are a software provider dealing with low digital adoption in countryside areas — this project developed 6 Smart Innovation Packages (SIPs) that integrate technological components tailored for rural needs.
If you are a local authority dealing with aging populations and failing services — this project developed a co-design toolkit to build community-led transition pathways and improve local governance.
Based on available project data, specific pricing or cost structures for the tools are not provided.
The project is designed for large-scale European application, testing solutions across 6 pilots and transferring them to 4 follower communities.
Based on available project data, the specific licensing terms for the SESAM methodology or SIPs are not mentioned.
The project runs from 2024-01-01 to 2027-12-31, with current work focusing on laying scientific and technical foundations.
It builds a solution for systematic rural data screening and uses co-design to collect old and create new data sources.
The consortium is highly diverse with 27 partners across 10 countries. While it is heavily weighted toward 'Other' organizations (16), there is a solid technical base with 5 SMEs and 5 industry partners (19% industry ratio), ensuring that the 6 SIPs are grounded in practical business application rather than just academic research.
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