Creating resilient rural communities in BSR based on the opportunities of digital bio businesses
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eRural resilience

PROGRAMME 2021-2027
priority
1 Innovative societies
objective
1.1 Resilient economies and communities
Project type
Core Project
Implementation
November 2023 - October 2026
Technical details

eRural resilience

The project eRural resilience enables local authorities and business support organisations in rural areas to help SMEs increase their digital literacy in e-marketing of bio products and thus seize new business opportunities.
Project summary

The attractiveness of living in the countryside has grown over the past years (specially pushed by COVID). Even businesses are being attracted with the perspective of combining green with digital transition, especially with the advance of telework. However, BSR rural areas still battle with problems that prevent people from staying there, so the divide between urban and rural keeps growing. Rural authorities, and business promotion bodies in BSR, are promoting local businesses that can convert renewable biological resources into higher valued products, but the limited local market is not big enough in clients, so this new bio-businesses promotion has to be linked to digitalization, with the focus of covering urban or international markets. We call them e-bio-businesses. However, local authorities are facing challenges when supporting SMEs or individuals in the transition to bio-producers but keeping a strong digital profile. The whole knowledge to provide: from benchmarking of bio-products, thematic selling platforms, marketing channels, logistic, packaging, etc. is seen as a complex combination, which is usually not covered by the current competences of local business centres. eRural Resilience offers a holistic solution, with a group of tools which will both, convert target groups into fully competent e-bio-business supporters, and allow fast-launching of e-bio-businesses. SMEs and individuals, not being target groups, will be the final beneficiaries of the solutions.

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Budgets

eRural resilience
in numbers.
  • 2.92
    Million
    Total
  • 2.34
    Million
    Erdf
  • 0.00
    Million
    Norway
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21 Benefitting organisations 2 Solution(s) in preparation 2 Solution(s) plannedfor use / upscale 2 Pilotactivities 16 Organisationsin the project

eRural resilience
in numbers.

  • 58.376819826.716714642813585
  • 54.9351238.868148
  • 58.376819826.716714642813585
  • 55.70494198.7526017
  • 53.660120311.3611688
  • 63.0085675523.816225653005745
  • 63.83366125000000623.162068173802083
  • 57.543451825.3862339
  • 59.437215524.7453688
  • 62.787400322.8207874
  • 54.898213923.9044817
  • 50.87036920.6383401
  • 50.037735522.0056678
  • 50.849237420.9370523
Lead partnerAssociation of Municipalities of Tartu County
  • Town
    Tartu
  • Region
  • Country
    Estonia
  • Region
    Lõuna-Eesti
Total partner budget
323,000.00
Business Development Council of Toender Municipality
  • Town
    Tønder
  • Region
  • Country
    Denmark
  • Region
    Sydjylland
Total partner budget
213,080.00
Tartu County Development Association
  • Town
    Tartu
  • Region
  • Country
    Estonia
  • Region
    Lõuna-Eesti
Total partner budget
180,880.00
SYMBO - the sustainable FoodInnocenter
  • Town
    Ansager
  • Region
  • Country
    Denmark
  • Region
    Sydjylland
Total partner budget
217,910.00
RegioVision GmbH Schwerin
  • Town
    Schwerin
  • Region
  • Country
    Germany
  • Region
    Schwerin, Kreisfreie Stadt
Total partner budget
261,380.00
JPYP Business Service
  • Town
    ALAJÄRVI
  • Region
  • Country
    Finland
  • Region
    Etelä-Pohjanmaa
Total partner budget
223,935.00
Centria RDI
  • Town
    Kokkola
  • Region
  • Country
    Finland
  • Region
    Keski-Pohjanmaa
Total partner budget
255,330.00
Valmiera Development Agency
  • Town
    Valmiera
  • Region
  • Country
    Latvia
  • Region
    Vidzeme
Total partner budget
201,810.00
DIGITALEUS OÜ
  • Town
    Tallinn
  • Region
  • Country
    Estonia
  • Region
    Põhja-Eesti
Total partner budget
178,900.00
Into Seinäjoki Ltd
  • Town
    Seinäjoki
  • Region
  • Country
    Finland
  • Region
    Etelä-Pohjanmaa
Total partner budget
227,850.00
Vytautas Magnus University
  • Town
    Kaunas
  • Region
  • Country
    Lithuania
  • Region
    Kauno apskritis
Total partner budget
90,200.00
Creativity Works Europe
  • Town
    Kielce
  • Region
  • Country
    Poland
  • Region
    Kielecki
Total partner budget
200,200.00
Association for the Development and Promotion of Podkarpacie "Pro Carpathia"
  • Town
    Rzeszów
  • Region
  • Country
    Poland
  • Region
    Rzeszowski
Total partner budget
160,260.00
Bieliny Commune
  • Town
    Bieliny
  • Region
  • Country
    Poland
  • Region
    Kielecki
Total partner budget
184,100.00

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Events

16-17
May
Project partners' meeting. Validation workshop of project solutions.
Project: eRural resilience
Physical Meeting
16. - 17. May 2024
    07-08
    September
    Kick-off meeting in Tartu (Estonia), 7.-8.September 2023.
    Project: eRural resilience
    Physical Meeting
    07. - 08. September 2023
    00:00 - 23:59 (BST)

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