Policy recommendations for advancing smart villages

Depopulation, weak digital infrastructure, and low levels of entrepreneurship present significant challenges to the vitality of rural areas. The More Than a Village project has developed a set of comprehensive Policy Recommendations, now published in its newly released document: “A Tool for Policy and Decision Makers for Advancing Smart Village Models in Central Europe.” Based on pilot initiatives in…

Offical launch of the URSOILL project

Last week Poliedra attended the kick-off meeting of the research and innovation project URSOILL in Uppsala, Sweden. As part of the European Commission’s Mission Soil programme, URSOILL focuses on developing innovative solutions for urban soil restoration through a network of five Living Labs located across Europe (Italy, Sweden, Spain, Greece, Luxembourg).  Urban soils are increasingly…