GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

Proposals should provide capacity building on rural innovation towards rural communities and actors in the EU and beyond. Projects should be considered as relevant with a variety of Programmes (refered in the work programme, p. 400)  if they produced practical tools to develop and/or implement strategies and roadmaps in domains such as energy, digital, climate adaptation and mitigation, mobility, environment, social, education and care, food etc, as well as, innovation approaches such as living labs, activities related to smart villages; training packages, videos etc. innovation activities in general and innovative solutions. Proposals should pay special attention to social innovation.

They should engage with international partners, including relevant international organisations (e.g. FAO, OECD) and partners in priority regions of the world for EU international cooperation on rural development (e.g. Africa) or with outstanding expertise in rural development, on resources to support the sustainable development of rural communities. Proposals may include partners from these countries in capacity building activities.

Training contents and packages should be provided in multiple languages and multimedia formats allowing their wide dissemination in the EU and beyond. They should be developed, tested and validated taking into account the specific needs of various types of rural actors (including women, young people, entrepreneurs, community-leaders, elderly etc.) in various types of rural areas.