BENCH LEARNING ITEMS
KICK OFF MEETING
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, 10-11 JUNE 2013
INDEX OF CONTRIBUTIONS
RELATED TO ACADEMIC ANALYSIS OF THE CRITICAL ISSUES
1 Local and Regional Studies, Department of Adult Education Presented by University College Cork.
2 Academic analysis of social capital in areas faced with demographic change Presented by University of Zuyd: NEIMED (Dutch Centre of Expertise on Demographic Transition)
3 Academic analysis of impact of digital media in areas faced with demographic change Presented by University of Zuyd: NEIMED (Dutch Centre of Expertise on Demographic Transition)
4 Wijk van morgen (The District of Tomorrow/ Future neighbourhood) Presented by University of Zuyd: NEIMED (Dutch Centre of Expertise on Demographic Transition)
5 The labor inclusion of women part of collective at risk of social exclusion. A transnational perspective . Presented by Universidade de Tràs-Os-Montes e Alto Douro- CETRAD
6 SAVE- Valorization of Agri-Ecossistem’s Environmental Services in Protected Mountain Areas Presented by Universidade de Tràs-Os-Montes e Alto Douro- CETRAD
RELATED TO CONCRETE PUBLIC POLICIES & PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
7 Descentralisation Programme Presented by University College Cork
8 Rural Link Presented by University College Cork
9 Airo Presented by University College Cork
10 Eusumo Net Presented by Xunta de Galicia
11 Infobrión. Application for the Digital Alphabetization in Rural Areas Presented by University of Santiago de Compostela: IDEGA- GIST
12 Project “Querença em Sabrosa” (Querença in Sabrosa) Presented by Universidade de Tràs-Os-Montes e Alto Douro- CETRAD
13 North Karelia Welfare Programme 2015 Presented by Regional Council of North Karelia, Finland
RELATED TO THIRD SECTOR & PRIVATE
14 Rural Resettlement Ireland Presented by University College Cork
15 Alzheimer Project by a Ribeiro wine production cooperative Presented by Xunta de Galicia
16 Zachte G Presented by University of Zuyd: NEIMED (Dutch Centre of Expertise on Demographic Transition)
17 Integrated Intervention Project in the “Limia” Presented by COCEDER- CDR O Viso
18 Integrated Intervention programme aimed at the rural population in excluded area Presented by COCEDER- CDR Almanzor
19 Integrated programme aimed at the rural population Presented by COCEDER- Asociación GUAYENTE
20 Project ASAS- Sustainable and Active Villages Presented by Universidade de Tràs-Os-Montes e Alto Douro- CETRAD
21 The Centre of “Ellinkulma” Presented by Regional Council of North Karelia, Finland
MORE THAN ONE TYPE
22 Prohef Project Presented by University of Zuyd: NEIMED (Dutch Centre of Expertise on Demographic Transition)
23 Design for Emptiness Presented by University of Zuyd: NEIMED (Dutch Centre of Expertise on Demographic Transition)
24 Granxa familiar. An information Management Web System for the Commercialization of Agricultural Products from Family Farms without Intermediaries Presented by University of Santiago de Compostela: IDEGA- GIST
25 Active older citizens in the area faced with demographic change Presented by University of Zuyd: NEIMED (Dutch Centre of Expertise on Demographic Transition)
26 Prove: Promover e vender (Promote and sell) Presented by Universidade de Tràs-Os-Montes e Alto Douro- CETRAD
27 Project Q3- Qualify the Third Sector Presented by Universidade de Tràs-Os-Montes e Alto Douro- CETRAD
CONTRIBUTIONS RELATED TO ACADEMIC ANALYSIS OF THE CRITICAL ISSUES
1 Local and Regional Studies, Department of Adult Education Presented by University College Cork.
2 Academic analysis of social capital in areas faced with demographic change Presented by University of Zuyd: NEIMED (Dutch Centre of Expertise on Demographic Transition)
3 Academic analysis of impact of digital media in areas faced with demographic change Presented by University of Zuyd: NEIMED (Dutch Centre of Expertise on Demographic Transition)
4 Wijk van morgen (The District of Tomorrow/ Future neighbourhood) Presented by University of Zuyd: NEIMED (Dutch Centre of Expertise on Demographic Transition)
5 The labor inclusion of women part of collective at risk of social exclusion. A transnational perspective . Presented by Universidade de Tràs-Os-Montes e Alto Douro- CETRAD
6 SAVE- Valorization of Agri-Ecossistem’s Environmental Services in Protected Mountain Areas Presented by Universidade de Tràs-Os-Montes e Alto Douro- CETRAD
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Preliminary basic information Template (use one single template for each example or practice) Name of the presenting organization:
Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions
Title ( and web site if any) Local and Regional Studies, Department of Adult Web address: What is the name that best describes the good practice/ Education, University College Cork www.ace.ucc.ie/brochure case study/experience/ project to be shared? Type: a) ☒ b) ☐ c) ☐ a) Related to academic analysis of the critical Type (3 choices) issues; as well as policy analysis and overall Brief description: criteria for planning action
and brief description Course devoted to the appreciation of heritage development in local rural areas. b) Related to concrete public policies & projects implementation
c) Related to third sector & private (entrepreneurship experiences, age management, non-profit or community based initiatives in declining/rural areas)
Potential for study visit High potential ☐ Medium potential ☒ Low potential ☐ Interesting and adequate to be the subject of a study visit? Promoter, stakeholders and University College Cork, Cork, Ireland Who is the promoter? Who are the beneficiaries or users? partners Who are the institutions, partners, implementing agencies involved in the good practice? Location/geographic coverage Province of Munster, Ireland What is the geographical scope of the good practice? This includes , when possible, country, region, province, district, and village. Date 1986 to present When was it developed? Still up and running? Remarks Any relevant remark to this basic introduction?
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Preliminary basic information Template (use one single template for each example or practice) Name of the presenting organization: Zuyd University: NEIMED (Dutch Centre of Expertise on Demographic Transition)
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Title ( and web site if any) Academic analysis of social capital in areas faced with Web address: What is the name that best describes the good practice/ demographic change case study/experience/ project to be shared? Type: a) ☐ a) Related to academic analysis of the critical Type (3 choices) issues; as well as policy analysis and overall Brief description: criteria for planning action
and brief description This project presents an academic study investigating the impact of shrinkage on b) Related to concrete public policies & projects social capital. The purpose of this research is to identify social capital in a shrinking implementation area as relevant and often neglected in the discussion on shrinkage. A trend of shrinkage is getting more prominent in Europe. It is seen as relevant c) Related to third sector & private future development which will have potential impact on the social capital in a (entrepreneurship experiences, age shrinking area. Prevailing research on this point have paid insufficient attention to management, non-profit or community based this particular phenomenon: impact of shrinkage on social capital. initiatives in declining/rural areas) This study seeks to examine how does shrinkage impacts social capital by engaging with current theory of shrinkage and social capital.
This study aims to add a new dimension to the discussion of shrinkage by analyzing the impact it has on social capital. Its contribution to the academic discussion lies in its aim to connect these two concepts (shrinkage and social capital). It aims to provide an analytic discussion on this topic and to provide practitioners with an alternative approach to shrinkage and insight into the potential of social capital in this situation. Potential for study visit Medium potential ☐ Interesting and adequate to be the subject of a study visit?
Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions Promoter, stakeholders and Maja Rocak (researcher Zuyd University) is in charge of this project. Beneficiaries are Who is the promoter? Who are the beneficiaries or users? partners academics in the field of sociology, urban studies and ICT. Moreover beneficiaries Who are the institutions, partners, implementing agencies are public servants and politicians involved in the topic of demographic change. involved in the good practice? Finally, citizens and local councils can benefit from the knowledge generated through this project. Location/geographic coverage Relevant for areas dealing with demographic transition What is the geographical scope of the good practice? This includes , when possible, country, region, province, district, and village. Date Start Jan 2013. Ongoing When was it developed? Still up and running?
Remarks Any relevant remark to this basic introduction?
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Preliminary basic information Template (use one single template for each example or practice) Name of the presenting organization: Zuyd University: NEIMED (Dutch Centre of Expertise on Demographic Transition)
Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions Title ( and web site if any) Academic analysis of impact of digital media in areas Web address: What is the name that best describes the good practice/ faced with demographic change case study/experience/ project to be shared? Type: a) ☐ a) Related to academic analysis of the critical Type (3 choices) Brief description: issues; as well as policy analysis and overall This study explores the possibilities and use of digital media in the areas faced with criteria for planning action
and brief description demographic change. b) Related to concrete public policies & projects Areas experiencing demographic transition are faced with similar problems: services implementation disappearing from the area, distances becoming bigger, etc. Traditional ways of communication and civic engagement no longer meet the requirements in the times of information society as well as shrinkage. Namely, less c) Related to third sector & private people in the area imply less people are available to join the associations. Also, due (entrepreneurship experiences, age to decreasing population and often growing spatial distances between people face management, non-profit or community based to face communication can be hindered. At the same time it can be observed that in initiatives in declining/rural areas) shrinking areas people often choose for physical solutions instead of virtual solutions (such as: improving the physical infrastructure, keeping the local school open despite low pupil numbers, etc.). However, in the situation of shrinking, society is pushed to find innovative ways to keep and create sustainable social relationships and civic engagement in the situation of decline and digital media can be used in an approach to achieve this. To be exact, it can be observed that digital media is being used (not only in shrinking areas) to make private resources public (e.g. car sharing schemes, neighbourhood help platforms, etc.). Moreover, virtual communities are often formed in order to act jointly on individual and common needs. Also, computer mediated communication might be a powerful medium to reinforce the social cohesion. These are some reasons which make the role of digital media in the society an interesting one to explore, especially in the situation of shrinkage where social capital is additionally challenged.
Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions Potential for study visit Medium potential ☐ Interesting and adequate to be the subject of a study visit? Promoter, stakeholders and Maja Rocak (researcher Zuyd University) is in charge of this project. Beneficiaries are Who is the promoter? Who are the beneficiaries or users? partners academics in the field of sociology, urban studies and ICT. Moreover beneficiaries Who are the institutions, partners, implementing agencies are public servants and politicians involved in the topic of demographic change. involved in the good practice? Finally, citizens and local councils can benefit from the knowledge generated through this project. Location/geographic coverage - What is the geographical scope of the good practice? This includes , when possible, country, region, province, district, and village. Date Start Jan 2013. Ongoing When was it developed? Still up and running?
Remarks Any relevant remark to this basic introduction?
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Preliminary basic information Template (use one single template for each example or practice) Name of the presenting organization: Zuyd University: NEIMED (Dutch Centre of Expertise on Demographic Transition)
Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions Title ( and web site if any) Wijk van morgen Web address: What is the name that best describes the good practice/ (The District of Tomorrow/ Future neighbourhood) www.dewijkvanmorgen.nl/ case study/experience/ project to be shared? Type: a) ☐ a) Related to academic analysis of the critical Type (3 choices) issues; as well as policy analysis and overall Brief description: criteria for planning action
and brief description The District of Tomorrow is an innovative programme in which educational b) Related to concrete public policies & projects institutions, researchers, businesses, and public authorities join together to create implementation an exciting environment for the transition to a sustainable built environment at the European Science and Business Park Avantis in Heerlen/Aachen. Related to third sector & private Avantis is the site where The District of Tomorrow is actually being created. This c) (entrepreneurship experiences, age innovative programme involves designing, studying, and testing sustainable management, non-profit or community based technologies so that they can be utilised "tomorrow" in towns, neighborhoods, and initiatives in declining/rural areas) buildings within the Meuse-Rhine Euregion. The District of Tomorrow is thus a driving force for sustainable development within this region and a collaboration between vocational schools and universities of applied sciences. The Centre has already become the leading demonstration environment for new developments in sustainable building and sustainable energy provision for the built environment. Businesses and students work together on exciting projects, always making use of state-of-art technology. New product ideas are being created within this environment and developed further by means of colloboration with businesses, Zuyd University, and other knowledge providers.
Potential for study visit Medium potential ☐ Interesting and adequate to be the subject of a study visit? Promoter, stakeholders and Zuyd University, Avantis business, students, researchers, regional authorities 9with Who is the promoter? Who are the beneficiaries or users? partners the possible spill- off effect to many other stakeholders) Who are the institutions, partners, implementing agencies involved in the good practice?
Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions Location/geographic coverage Meuse-Rhine Euregion What is the geographical scope of the good practice? This includes, when possible, country, region, province, district, and village. Date ongoing When was it developed? Still up and running?
Remarks Any relevant remark to this basic introduction?
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Preliminary basic information Template (use one single template for each example or practice) Name of the presenting organization: CETRAD/UTAD
Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions Title ( and web site if any) The labor inclusion of women part of collective at risk of Web address: What is the name that best describes the good practice/ social exclusion. A transnational perspective case study/experience/ project to be shared? Type: a) ☐ a) Related to academic analysis of the critical Type (3 choices) issues; as well as policy analysis and overall Brief description: It is a multidisciplinary research project thought to identity the criteria for planning action
and brief description mechanisms and assess the circumstances that prompt women exclusion. Research b) Related to concrete public policies & projects outputs will aim at providing knowledge for employment promotion programs and implementation social policies. The project means: 1) Identify and analyse the factors that constrain social inclusion and employment of vulnerable collectives, especially women; 2) identity competence levels for employment and inclusion of vulnerable collectives; c) Related to third sector & private 3) propose analytical tools to assess employment programs and exclusion risk (entrepreneurship experiences, age factors management, non-profit or community based initiatives in declining/rural areas) Potential for study visit Low potential ☐ Interesting and adequate to be the subject of a study visit? Promoter, stakeholders and University of Leon, University of Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Université de Who is the promoter? Who are the beneficiaries or users? partners Besançon. The project financing was recently approved and the preliminary Who are the institutions, partners, implementing agencies meetings to identify specific contexts object of observation are scheduled to happen involved in the good practice? in September 2013. Location/geographic coverage Region of Leon (Spain), Besançon (France) and Vila Real district (Portugal) What is the geographical scope of the good practice? This includes , when possible, country, region, province, district, and village. Date 2013-2015 When was it developed? Still up and running? The UTAD team will develop a case study among social groups particularly Remarks vulnerable to unemployment, especially in the context of the present crises. The Any relevant remark to this basic introduction? main group targeted is rural populations in the Douro region.
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Preliminary basic information Template (use one single template for each example or practice) Name of the presenting organization: CETRAD/UTAD
Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions Title ( and web site if any) SAVE - Valorization of Agri-Ecossistem’s Web address: What is the name that best describes the good Environmental Services in Protected Mountain http://saveserradaestrela.wordpress.com/ practice/ case study/experience/ project to be Areas shared? Type: a) ☐ d) Related to academic analysis of the Type (3 choices) critical issues; as well as policy analysis Brief description: SAVE – Valorization of Agri-Ecossistem’s Environmental Services in Protected and overall criteria for planning action and brief description Mountain Areas. The main objective of the research is the production of knowledge and the e) Related to concrete public policies & diffusion of information about the Ecosystem Services (ES) provided by the agri-forest-pastoral projects implementation systems in the Serra da Estrela protected area. On the basis of such information, the project also aimed at delivering insights about the design, application and governance of policies concerning ES valorisation. Part of the project was focused on a payment system called ITI f) Related to third sector & private (Integrated Territorial Interventions) – a set of financial aids to landowners and agri-forest (entrepreneurship experiences, age producers in protected areas meant to promote sustainable farming practices, biodiversity management, non-profit or community and nature conservation. The project assessed ITI program design, its effectiveness, reach and based initiatives in declining/rural areas) results.
Potential for study visit Medium potential Interesting and adequate to be the subject of a study visit? Promoter, stakeholders and A study financed by the Rural Network National Program and conducted by the University of Who is the promoter? Who are the beneficiaries partners Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro and Quercus. Also participated technicians from the National or users? Who are the institutions, partners, Conservation Agency, municipal and associative agents. The beneficiaries can be counted implementing agencies involved in the good among the staff responsible for policy design, but also local stakeholders that intermediate the practice? implementation of the program. Location/geographic coverage Serra da Estrela Natural Park – municipalities of Seia, Celorico da Beira, Guarda, Manteigas, What is the geographical scope of the good Covilhã and Gouveia. On a later phase, a comparison with Peneda-Geres National Park was practice? This includes , when possible, country, started – districts of Braga, Viana do Castelo and Vila Real region, province, district, and village.
Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions Date 2011-2013 When was it developed? Still up and running? Though focusing on the Serra da Estrela Natural Park, the study of the ITI implementation Remarks scheme can serve as a model to assess the program’s effectiveness in other protected areas Any relevant remark to this basic introduction? where such measures configure a portfolio of policies meant to preserve ecological values and, at the same time, turn local stakeholders as an active part of environmental policy. Being a PES (Payment for Ecosystem Services), the ITI scheme also functions as an instrument of local development, providing income for peripheral communities and economic retribution for conservation practices.
CONTRIBUTIONS RELATED TO PUBLIC POLICIES & PROJECTS IMPLEMENTATION
7 Descentralisation Programme Presented by University College Cork
8 Rural Link Presented by University College Cork
9 Airo Presented by University College Cork
10 Eusumo Net Presented by Xunta de Galicia
11 Infobrión. Application for the Digital Alphabetization in Rural Areas Presented by University of Santiago de Compostela: IDEGA- GIST
12 Project “Querença em Sabrosa” (Querença in Sabrosa) Presented by Universidade de Tràs-Os-Montes e Alto Douro- CETRAD
13 North Karelia Welfare Programme 2015 Presented by Regional Council of North Karelia, Finland
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Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions Title ( and web site if any) Decentralisation Programme Web address: What is the name that best describes the good practice/ www.decentralisation.gov.ie case study/experience/ project to be shared? a) Related to academic analysis of the critical Type: a) ☐ b) ☒ c) ☐ Type (3 choices) issues; as well as policy analysis and overall criteria for planning action and brief description Brief description: b) Related to concrete public policies & projects Decentralisation of the Irish civil service to rural locations in Ireland. implementation
c) Related to third sector & private
(entrepreneurship experiences, age management, non-profit or community based initiatives in declining/rural areas)
Potential for study visit Interesting and adequate to be the subject of a study visit? High potential ☐ Medium potential ☒ Low potential ☐ Promoter, stakeholders and Government of Ireland Who is the promoter? Who are the beneficiaries or users? partners Who are the institutions, partners, implementing agencies involved in the good practice? Location/geographic coverage Ireland What is the geographical scope of the good practice? This includes , when possible, country, region, province, district, and village. Date 2003-2011 When was it developed? Still up and running?
Remarks Any relevant remark to this basic introduction?
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Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions Title ( and web site if any) Rural Link Web address: What is the name that best describes the good practice/ www.irishrurallink.ie case study/experience/ project to be shared? a) Related to academic analysis of the critical issues; Type: a) ☐ b) ☒ c) ☐ Type (3 choices) as well as policy analysis and overall criteria for planning action and brief description Platform linking all rural development actors and agencies. b) Related to concrete public policies & projects implementation
c) Related to third sector & private
(entrepreneurship experiences, age management, non-profit or community based initiatives in declining/rural areas)
Potential for study visit Interesting and adequate to be the subject of a study visit? High potential ☒ Medium potential ☐ Low potential ☐ Promoter, stakeholders and Bottom up Who is the promoter? Who are the beneficiaries or users? partners Who are the institutions, partners, implementing agencies involved in the good practice? Location/geographic coverage All island of Ireland What is the geographical scope of the good practice? This includes , when possible, country, region, province, district, and village. Date 1991 to present When was it developed? Still up and running?
Remarks Any relevant remark to this basic introduction?
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Title ( and web site if any) Airo Web What is the name that best describes the good practice/ case address: study/experience/ project to be shared? www.airo.ie a) Related to academic analysis of the critical issues; as well as Type: a) ☐ b) ☒ c) ☐ Type (3 choices) policy analysis and overall criteria for planning action
and brief description Brief description: b) Related to concrete public policies & projects implementation All-island research observatory.
c) Related to third sector & private (entrepreneurship experiences, age management, non-profit or community based initiatives in declining/rural areas)
Potential for study visit Interesting and adequate to be the subject of a study visit? High potential ☐ Medium potential ☒ Low potential ☐ Promoter, stakeholders and Universities and Government Ministries and Agencies. Who is the promoter? Who are the beneficiaries or users? Who are the partners institutions, partners, implementing agencies involved in the good practice? Location/geographic coverage All island of Ireland What is the geographical scope of the good practice? This includes , when possible, country, region, province, district, and village. Date 2012 When was it developed? Still up and running?
Remarks Any relevant remark to this basic introduction?
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Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions Title ( and web site if any) EUSUMO NET. Cooperative Development Centres Web address: What is the name that best describes the good practice/ Network www.eusumo.coop case study/experience/ project to be shared? Type: b) ☐ a) Related to academic analysis of the critical Type (3 choices) issues; as well as policy analysis and overall Brief description: criteria for planning action and brief description b) Related to concrete public policies & projects EUSUMO NET is aimed at boosting social economy and cooperatives all over Galicia. implementation It promotes cooperatives as means of transformation and improvement of local economy in a competitive way. This type of enterprise fits very well with the needs of shrinking areas. These cooperatives generate opportunities for new job creation c) Related to third sector & private at the same time as they contribute to settle down population in declining areas, (entrepreneurship experiences, age mainly youngsters. management, non-profit or community based initiatives in declining/rural areas) Activities developed by EUSUMO Net are as follows: advising on cooperative creation; specialized training; training in ICT, marketing, etc.; Revitalizing and dissemination activities; public useful services, like fairs. Potential for study visit High potential X Medium potential ☐ Low potential ☐ Interesting and adequate to be the subject of a study visit? Promoter, stakeholders and Consellería de Traballo- Xunta de Galicia is the promoter. The Ensumo Net is Who is the promoter? Who are the beneficiaries or users? partners composed by Chambers of Commerce, Universities, Social economy entrepreneurs Who are the institutions, partners, implementing agencies Associations , NGO’s, Administration involved in the good practice? Location/geographic coverage Its geographical scope is Galicia as a whole. There are running 16 Cooperative What is the geographical scope of the good practice? This Development Centres in 91 municipalities. includes, when possible, country, region, province, district, and village. Date 2012- 2015 When was it developed? Still up and running? Remarks Eusumo Net is an Axis 4 project framed within the Regional Operational Programme Any relevant remark to this basic introduction? ESF- Galicia 2007-2013.
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Preliminary basic information Template (use one single template for each example or practice) Name of the presenting organization: Gist. IDEGA. University of Santiago de Compostela (www.gist.es)
Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions Title ( and web site if any) Infobrion. Application for the Digital Alphabetization in Web address: What is the name that best describes the good practice/ Rural Areas www.infobrion.com case study/experience/ project to be shared?
Type: b) ☐ a) Related to academic analysis of the critical Type (3 choices) issues; as well as policy analysis and overall Brief description: criteria for planning action
and brief description The GIS-T research group of the University of Santiago de Compostela has designed b) Related to concrete public policies & projects a technical tool for the digital alphabetization of resident communities in rural implementation areas. It is a Geographical Information System that allows planning the activities and improves the management of public and private efforts in the diffusion of ICT utilities among people, regulating the spatial and strategic distribution of the work c) Related to third sector & private that technicians must develop to alphabetize digitally a marginalized community. (entrepreneurship experiences, age With this GIS tool thematic maps are obtained that chart the presence and use of management, non-profit or community based ICT in the pilot municipality of Brion-A Coruña (NW-Spain) and digital contents initiatives in declining/rural areas) generated by www.InfoBrion.com webpage management system, of Brion Pobo section as well as Cibereducation platform. The cartographic representation of the digitized contents of InfoBrion clearly show which are the parishes and establishments that generate more information of interest for the virtual community, giving place to spaces more or less emphasized in the mentioned community. Then, it allows locating the spaces and establishments which are more and less connected to the Information Society. The contents in these virtual networks are of big interest in order to favour the diffusion of the ICT and to conquer the Digital Breach allowing to organize and to face strategically the community alphabetization task. Thus, with this cartographic tool we can know
where the computers are, the objective of their use, the cell phones distribution, the territorial diffusion of newspapers among families or the type of Internet connection they have. We can know the villages which are connected or not to the network and consequently impel a programs of social intervention and digital alphabetization where they are more necessary. For example, we can direct the efforts on digitization of the elders’ oral testimonies, traditions or any local cultural declaration to post in the website of InfoBrion, achieving the attention towards the new technologies, Internet and computer of families and resident communities in the marginalized establishments of the Information Society.
Keywords: Information Society Atlas, Digital Divide, Rural Cultural, Geographical Information System, Territorial Diffusion
Potential for study visit Medium potential ☐ Interesting and adequate to be the subject of a study visit? Promoter, stakeholders and Who is the promoter? Who are the beneficiaries or users? partners Promoter: University of Santiago de Compostela. Gist. Idega: [email protected] Who are the institutions, partners, implementing agencies Beneficiaries: Citizens of Brion Borough, education communities, citizens of 34 involved in the good practice? municipalities of Salamanca Province-Spain. Institutions, partners: Municipality of Brion, Xunta de Galicia, University of Santiago de Compostela. Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez-Madrid
Location/geographic coverage Municipality of Brion What is the geographical scope of the good practice? This 34 municipalities of Salamanca Province (Spain) includes, when possible, country, region, province, district, and village. Date Start in 2006. Today ongoing When was it developed? Still up and running?
From 2010 Infobrion is managed for the Municipality of Brion. The University of Remarks Santiago gave a Using Licence to this municipality and another for the Fundacion Any relevant remark to this basic introduction? German Sánchez Ruipérez for its development in 34 municipalities of Salamanca Province-Spain
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Preliminary basic information Template (use one single template for each example or practice) Name of the presenting organization: CETRAD/UTAD
Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions Title ( and web site if any) Project “Querença em Sabrosa” (Querença in Sabrosa ) Web address: What is the name that best describes the good practice/ - case study/experience/ project to be shared? Type: b) g) Related to academic analysis of the critical Type (3 choices) issues; as well as policy analysis and overall Brief description: Querença in Sabrosa is an initiative aimed at the exploitation of criteria for planning action and brief description resources in areas of low density, through the use of various instruments of h) Related to concrete public policies & projects implementation territorial and community intervention, which aims to restore the diversity of local i) Related to third sector & private resources, hence prompting sustainable development processes in rural areas. (entrepreneurship experiences, age management, non-profit or community based initiatives in declining/rural areas) Potential for study visit High potential x Interesting and adequate to be the subject of a study visit? Promoter, stakeholders and Coordination: UTAD, NERVIR (Vila Real Entrepreneurial Association), Sabrosa Who is the promoter? Who are the beneficiaries or users? partners Municipality. Who are the institutions, partners, implementing agencies involved in the good practice? Location/geographic coverage Municipality of Sabrosa (parishes of de S. Martinho, Paços, S. Lourenço, Parada, What is the geographical scope of the good practice? This Torre de Pinhão and Sabrosa). includes , when possible, country, region, province, district, and village. Date Still running When was it developed? Still up and running? The project’s basic concept is that of human capital development in territories Remarks affected by depopulation, ageing and retreat of economic opportunities. An Any relevant remark to this basic introduction? important part of the project implies organizing a task force responsible for the implementation of individual and collective assignments centered in the economic and social revitalization of these territories. The task force consists of a team of 5 university students.
CONTRIBUTIONS RELATED TO THIRD SECTOR & PRIVATE
14 Rural Resettlement Ireland Presented by University College Cork
15 Alzheimer Project by a Ribeiro wine production cooperative Presented by Xunta de Galicia
16 Zachte G Presented by University of Zuyd: NEIMED (Dutch Centre of Expertise on Demographic Transition)
17 Integrated Intervention Project in the “Limia” Presented by COCEDER- CDR O Viso
18 Integrated Intervention programme aimed at the rural population in excluded area Presented by COCEDER- CDR Almanzor
19 Integrated programme aimed at the rural population Presented by COCEDER- Asociación GUAYENTE
20 Project ASAS- Sustainable and Active Villages Presented by Universidade de Tràs-Os-Montes e Alto Douro- CETRAD
21 The Centre of “Ellinkulma” Presented by Regional Council of North Karelia, Finland
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Preliminary basic information Template (use one single template for each example or practice) Name of the presenting organization:
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Title ( and web site if any) Rural Resettlement Ireland Web address: What is the name that best describes the good practice/ www.ruralresettlement.com case study/experience/ project to be shared? a) Related to academic analysis of the critical Type: a) ☐ b) ☐ c) ☒ Type (3 choices) issues; as well as policy analysis and overall criteria for planning action and brief description Brief description: b) Related to concrete public policies & projects The relocation of urban residents to rural settlements in Ireland. implementation
c) Related to third sector & private
(entrepreneurship experiences, age management, non-profit or community based initiatives in declining/rural areas)
Potential for study visit Interesting and adequate to be the subject of a study visit? High potential ☒ Medium potential ☐ Low potential ☐ Promoter, stakeholders and Mr James Connolly Who is the promoter? Who are the beneficiaries or users? partners Who are the institutions, partners, implementing agencies involved in the good practice? Location/geographic coverage Selected parts of Ireland What is the geographical scope of the good practice? This includes , when possible, country, region, province, district, and village. Date 1992 to present When was it developed? Still up and running? Remarks Any relevant remark to this basic introduction?
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Name of the presenting organization: AFAOR – Cooperativa do Ribeiro
Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions Title ( and web site if any) Alzheimer Project by a Ribeiro wine production Web address: What is the name that best describes the good cooperative http://www.afaor.com practice/ case study/experience/ project to be shared? Type: c) xxx a) Related to academic analysis of the critical Type (3 choices) issues; as well as policy analysis and overall criteria for planning action Brief description: Traditionally Alzheimer disease have been hidden in some rural and brief description communities and, at most, considered as a domestic issue, another difficult challenge for b) Related to concrete public policies & the ladies to deal with. Those ladies usually took the whole responsibility, together with projects implementation the rest of tasks they were already entrusted with, with no proper training, but an extra amount of workload and solitude. That overwhelming, tiring situation is faced by some organizations. The association c) Related to third sector & private AFACOR took the challenge of decentralizing services and made them accessible to some (entrepreneurship experiences, age rural community. They give support to the caregivers and promote therapies, training management, non-profit or community and other activities. based initiatives in declining/rural areas) In this particular case, a Galician wine producer’s organization initiated a programme to face the problems affecting families with some Alzheimer patients at home. This cooperative makes possible, at the same time, a living opportunity for small family owned vineyards. As a result the Cooperative is not only providing actual means of live to rural families, but also integrating social support to their needs. Potential for study visit Interesting and adequate to be the subject of a study visit? Promoter, stakeholders and Cooperativa do Ribeiro Who is the promoter? Who are the beneficiaries or partners AFAOR users? Who are the institutions, partners, Member to the cooperative and families. implementing agencies involved in the good Elderly people with Alzheimer in the Ribeiro region practice?
Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions Location/geographic coverage Ventosela, Ribadavia What is the geographical scope of the good practice? This includes, when possible, country, region, province, district, and village. Date From july 2011 When was it developed? Still up and running? Remarks Interesting partnership between an ONG and a Cooperative (Social Economy) Any relevant remark to this basic introduction?
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Preliminary basic information Template (use one single template for each example or practice) Name of the presenting organization: Zuyd University: NEIMED (Dutch Centre of Expertise on Demographic Transition)
Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions Title ( and web site if any) Zachte G Web address: What is the name that best describes the good practice/ www.zachteg.nl case study/experience/ project to be shared?
Type: c) ☐ a) Related to academic analysis of the critical Type (3 choices) issues; as well as policy analysis and overall Brief description: criteria for planning action
and brief description Zachte G is a virtual web platform on which (young) people of Limburg can display b) Related to concrete public policies & projects their talent and work. Its mission is to contribute to a vital climate for creative implementation people in Limburg. The context of Limburg is such, with its ageing and shrinking population, that there is a strong need for initiatives that enhances opportunities for people of Limburg. c) Related to third sector & private (entrepreneurship experiences, age Initially Zachte G started as a creative web community. An open and social platform management, non-profit or community based that is shaped by the input of its users and members. It provides individual talents initiatives in declining/rural areas) the possibility to promote themselves, their talents and their work. Collectively the platform provides an image of the talent-richness of Limburg. An important principle of Zachte G is the grassroots approach. Zachte G is open for anyone who recognises him/her self in the concept. As stated, the content of Zachte G is heavily shaped by the input that users and members provide. This guarantees the bottom-up character and provides a virtual space for the new-thinking, the vulnerable initiatives and the upcoming talents in Limburg. With all this Zachte G contributes in forming new networks for young talented people making this talent more visible for the outside and it provides a platform for entrepreneurship for creative, diverse and young talents.
Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions Potential for study visit Medium potential ☐ Interesting and adequate to be the subject of a study visit? Promoter, stakeholders and Maurice Hermans (founder; [email protected] ), Zachte G community Who is the promoter? Who are the beneficiaries or users? partners Who are the institutions, partners, implementing agencies involved in the good practice? Location/geographic coverage Province of Limburg (Netherlands). Specifically Parkstad Limburg with activities What is the geographical scope of the good practice? This across Europe. includes , when possible, country, region, province, district, and village. Date ongoing When was it developed? Still up and running? Remarks Any relevant remark to this basic introduction?
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Preliminary basic information Template (use one single template for each example or practice) Name of the presenting organization: COCEDER – CDR O Viso
Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions Title ( and web site if any) INTEGRATED INTERVENTION PROJECT IN THE “LIMIA” Página web What is the name that best describes the good practice/ DISTRICT. Community development. www.cdroviso.org case study/experience/ project to be shared? Type: a) ☐ b) ☐ c) XXX a) Related to academic analysis of the critical issues; Type (3 choices) as well as policy analysis and overall criteria for It’s a holistic approach by means of a global action, including planned actions in planning action and brief description general information, education, social care, economic development, training and b) Related to concrete public policies & projects employment. The Project aims at promoting good living conditions and quality of implementation life for the residents, to make it possible for them to remain living in this rural area. Particularly: c) Related to third sector & private • Preservation and revival of the rural environment, avoiding the lost of (entrepreneurship experiences, age management, tangible and intangible heritage within the Limia valley. non-profit or community based initiatives in • Fostering the transmission of that heritage to the new generations by declining/rural areas) means of the so-called “Schooling-village” programme. • Sustainable support to elder people within their own community by means of proximity services, community sheltering, infusion centre, day care centre. • Positive contribution to the environment, both by means of good environmental practices and by training actions: seminars, curses, youth information centre and other services. • Activities focussed on fostering and maintaining an alive rural society. Potential for study visit High potential xxx Interesting and adequate to be the subject of a study visit?
Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions Promoter, stakeholders and Non-profit private organization (With the officially acknowledged status of Public Who is the promoter? Who are the beneficiaries or users? partners Utility). Promoters are part of the Organization’s Board; Beneficiaries are, in general, Who are the institutions, partners, implementing agencies people living in the area and, in particular, those groups participating in the involved in the good practice? activities. In addition to COCEDER, stakeholders and financing authorities are: the central government, the Xunta de Galicia, Local authorities, Universities of Santiago and Vigo, Social Services and Education centres in the area. Location/geographic coverage The Limia valley. South of Ourense province. Galicia. What is the geographical scope of the good practice? This includes , when possible, country, region, province, district, and village. Date Since 1990 – ongoing When was it developed? Still up and running? Remarks Any relevant remark to this basic introduction?
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Preliminary basic information Template (use one single template for each example or practice) Name of the presenting organization: COCEDER – CDR ALMANZOR
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Title ( and web site if any) Integrated Intervention programme aimed at the rural Página web What is the name that best describes the good practice/ population in excluded area case study/experience/ project to be shared? Tipe: a) ☐ b) ☐ c) X ☐ a) Related to academic analysis of the critical issues; as well as policy analysis and overall Type (3 choices) The experience was born from the civil society, by means of a local organization, criteria for planning action aiming at the rural sustainable development and people’s quality of life in the Barco de Ávila-Alto Gredos area. Within the framework of an integral plan, different b) Related to concrete public policies & activities are developed, comprising several population sectors, namely the projects implementation and brief description childhood, elderly people and training actions focussing on specific groups. Programmes and activities are structured in two main areas • Services to specific population groups: They try to compensate identified c) Related to third sector & private needs; the didactic playroom, school support, personal care to dependant (entrepreneurship experiences, age people … management, non-profit or community based initiatives in declining/rural areas) • Training and development: particularly in ICT to facilitate labour inclusion.
Potential for study visit High potencial X Interesting and adequate to be the subject of a study visit?
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Promoter, stakeholders and Promoter is a Non-profit organization (Rural Development Centre Almanzor, which Who is the promoter? Who are the beneficiaries or users? partners is included in the COCEDER network). Who are the institutions, partners, implementing agencies involved in the good practice? Beneficiaries are the different rural groups of that área (Barco-Alto Gredos) namely the school aged children and elderly people.
Stakeholders and financing institutions: local authorities, social services, autonomous government, central government Location/geographic coverage Barco de Ávila-Alto Gredos is placed in a mountain region at the south west of Avila What is the geographical scope of the good practice? This Province (Castilla León), comprising 30 small municipalities with 7.230 inhabitants. includes , when possible, country, region, province, district, and village.
Date The current project started in 1990 and is running normally When was it developed? Still up and running?
Remarks Any relevant remark to this basic introduction?
Bench learning items quick presentation Preliminary basic information Template (use one single template for each example or practice) Name of the presenting organization: COCEDER-ASOCIACION GUAYENTE
Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions Title ( and web site if any) Integrated programme aimed at the rural population Web site www.guayente.info Type: a) ☐ b) ☐ c) XXX a) Related to academic analysis of the critical issues; as well as policy analysis and overall Type (3 choices) Guayente Association develops this integrated programme aimed at the rural criteria for planning action population in Ribagorza (Zaragoza). It contributes to improving quality of life and very specific actions related to several social groups (youth, women, elderly b) Related to concrete public policies & projects dependant people, families, people in risk of eclusion, etc…) and initiatives such as implementation and brief description c) Related to third sector & private volunteering promotion, environmental projects, ..., thus by means of specific (entrepreneurship experiences, age activities with each group as well as with cross-sectorial projects. management, non-profit or community based Methodology is based on the targets group’s situation diagnosis, resource analysis, initiatives in declining/rural areas) participated decision making and task sharing, activities development and participation in fora related with rural development Potential for study visit Interesting and adequate to be the subject of a study visit? Promoter, stakeholders and The Guayante Association is a non-profit organization, officially declared of Public Who is the promoter? Who are the beneficiaries or users? partners utility. 300 people are members to this association. The board of director is advised Who are the institutions, partners, implementing agencies by the 3 director of the main branches of the project: the center fo disabled people involved in the good practice? –called El Remós- the catering school, and Guayante Cultural . Several public and private institutions (local, regional, central state and European), are part of the network supporting the project. Some privates donors are also involved. The total area population may be considered beneficiary to the project. But those who profit the project the most are the people in need.
Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions Location/geographic coverage Ribagorza area in the Huesca Province. (Aragón) What is the geographical scope of the good practice? This includes , when possible, country, region, province, district, and village.
Date The Guayente Association was founded in 1982. Throughout these years it has been When was it developed? Still up and running? diversifying its activity and growing steadily.
Remarks Any relevant remark to this basic introduction?
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Preliminary basic information Template (use one single template for each example or practice) Name of the presenting organization: CETRAD/UTAD
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Title ( and web site if any) Project ASAS – Sustainable and Active Villages Web address: What is the name that best describes the good practice/ case study/experience/ project to be shared? Type: c) j) Related to academic analysis of the critical Type (3 choices) issues; as well as policy analysis and overall Brief description: The project is funded by the National Rural Network (Ministry of criteria for planning action and brief description Agriculture). Its main goal is the enhancement of intervention in peripheral, k) Related to concrete public policies & projects depopulated or isolated villages through the upsurge of social and economic implementation dynamics based in participatory community practices. The project was based in the establishment of partnerships of local stakeholders such as municipal and associative organs. Regional meetings gathering stakeholders and open to l) Related to third sector & private community participation were held in different villages – there, reflections around (entrepreneurship experiences, age experiences, constraints and opportunities were developed. Villages across the management, non-profit or community based national territory took part in the project, enabling an interterritorial and initiatives in declining/rural areas) interinstitutional focus
Potential for study visit Low potential ☐ Interesting and adequate to be the subject of a study visit? Promoter, stakeholders and The project was promoted by the Portuguese Association for Local Development Who is the promoter? Who are the beneficiaries or users? partners (ANIMAR), the Association for the Development of the Municipality of Moura (ADC) Who are the institutions, partners, implementing agencies and the Institute Educational Communities (ICE). It was coordinated by the In Loco involved in the good practice? Association and the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro along with the University of Beira Interior were partners in the implementation of the project in the Potuguese central inland and northern territory.
Date 2012-2013 When was it developed? Still up and running? Location/geographic coverage National What is the geographical scope of the good practice? This includes , when possible, country, region, province, district, and village. In northern Portugal, the UTAD team studied 8 different experiences in selected Remarks villages part of the Bragança, Carrazeda de Ansiães, Fafe, Macedo de Cavaleiros, Any relevant remark to this basic introduction? Miranda do Douro, Sabrosa and Viana do Castelo municipalities.
CONTRIBUTIONS RELATED TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE
22 Prohef Project Presented by University of Zuyd: NEIMED (Dutch Centre of Expertise on Demographic Transition)
23 Design for Emptiness Presented by University of Zuyd: NEIMED (Dutch Centre of Expertise on Demographic Transition)
24 Granxa familiar. An information Management Web System for the Commercialization of Agricultural Products from Family Farms without Intermediaries Presented by University of Santiago de Compostela: IDEGA- GIST
25 Active older citizens in the area faced with demographic change Presented by University of Zuyd: NEIMED (Dutch Centre of Expertise on Demographic Transition)
26 Prove: Promover e vender (Promote and sell) Presented by Universidade de Tràs-Os-Montes e Alto Douro- CETRAD
27 Project Q3- Qualify the Third Sector Presented by Universidade de Tràs-Os-Montes e Alto Douro- CETRAD
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Preliminary basic information Template (use one single template for each example or practice) Name of the presenting organization: Zuyd University: NEIMED (Dutch Centre of Expertise on Demographic Transition)
Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions Title ( and web site if any) Prohef Project Web address: What is the name that best describes the good practice/ case study/experience/ project to be shared? Type: a) ☐ b) ☐ c) ☐ a) Related to academic analysis of the critical Type (3 choices) ALL ABOVE issues; as well as policy analysis and overall Brief description: criteria for planning action
and brief description b) Related to concrete public policies & projects PROEF is project aimed at improving economic situation in the areas faced with implementation demographic change. This project is trying to improve social economic sustainability of a region. This is done through investments in civic economy (or often called alternative economy e.g. people sharing own resources in informal and formal c) Related to third sector & private networks) and entrepreneurship. This project is initiative of Zuyd University (entrepreneurship experiences, age (Maastricht) and Stendan University (Leeuwarden). management, non-profit or community based This project will develop strategies for sustainable economy in areas faced with initiatives in declining/rural areas) demographic change. This will be done by academics in cooperation with regional stakeholders. Special attention will be given to creative solutions and experiments. Potential for study visit Medium potential ☐ Interesting and adequate to be the subject of a study visit? Promoter, stakeholders and Nol Reverda (Contact), stakeholders from the region, local governments, Who is the promoter? Who are the beneficiaries or users? partners educational institutions, entrepreneurs, inhabitants. Who are the institutions, partners, implementing agencies involved in the good practice? Location/geographic coverage Netherlands What is the geographical scope of the good practice? This includes , when possible, country, region, province, district, and village. Date When was it developed? Still up and running? Remarks Any relevant remark to this basic introduction?
Bench learning items quick presentation Preliminary basic information Template (use one single template for each example or practice) Name of the presenting organization: Zuyd University: NEIMED (Dutch Centre of Expertise on Demographic Transition)
Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions Title ( and web site if any) Design for Emptiness Web address: What is the name that best describes the good practice/ www.designforemptiness.nl/ case study/experience/ project to be shared? b) and c) ☐ a) Related to academic analysis of the critical Type (3 choices) Brief description: issues; as well as policy analysis and overall In the context of Parkstad Limburg (shrinking and ageing) city of Heerlen, as the criteria for planning action
and brief description centre of the region, is facing vacancy of buildings, many of which are in city centre. b) Related to concrete public policies & projects This contributes to the bad image and unsafe experience of the city. implementation In order to fight this negative consequences of vacancy, as well as to give (young) people opportunity to start up their own business Design for Emptiness competition is held every year. In this project entrepreneurs can apply for a location in the city c) Related to third sector & private centre and initial grant for their business. (entrepreneurship experiences, age Project is initiated by the municipality of Heerlen , in order to achieve optimal management, non-profit or community based results, with partnership of NGO initiatives, university etc. Every year this project initiatives in declining/rural areas) attracts many (young) entrepreneurs who see Heerlen as a good option for their business due to possibilities demographic transition offers. At the same time, city benefits from economic and creative activity these people bring with them and the regeneration they contribute to in the city centre.
Potential for study visit Medium potential ☐ Interesting and adequate to be the subject of a study visit? Promoter, stakeholders and Maurice Hermans ( [email protected] ) , People of Parkstad Limburg. Who is the promoter? Who are the beneficiaries or users? partners Organisation: municipality of Heerlen, Zuyd University, Betawerk. Who are the institutions, partners, implementing agencies involved in the good practice? Location/geographic coverage City of Heerlen (The Netherlands) What is the geographical scope of the good practice? This includes , when possible, country, region, province, district, and village. Date Each year competition, individual projects 1 year When was it developed? Still up and running? Remarks Any relevant remark to this basic introduction?
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Preliminary basic information Template (use one single template for each example or practice) Name of the presenting organization: Gist.Idega. University of Santiago de Compostela
Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions Title ( and web site if any) Granxafamiliar. An Information Management Web System Web address: What is the name that best describes the good practice/ for the Commercialization of Agricultural Products from www.granxafamiliar.com case study/experience/ project to be shared?
Family Farms without Intermediaries. Type: a) ☐ b) ☐ c) ☐ (Is implying the 3 cases) a) Related to academic analysis of the critical Type (3 choices) issues; as well as policy analysis and overall Brief description: criteria for planning action and brief description b) Related to concrete public policies & projects Granxafamiliar.com is a project for developing the Galician rural milieu both socio- implementation economically and culturally in order to appreciate the quality of life and rural culture, to create communication links between the rural and urban world, to emphasize the importance of the traditional self-supply production market of c) Related to third sector & private Galician family farms, and to promote the spread of new technologies as a social (entrepreneurship experiences, age intervention tool against the phenomenon of social and territorial exclusion known management, non-profit or community based as the “Digital Divide”. Our objective is to boost social, economic and cultural initiatives in declining/rural areas) development in the Galician rural environment. It is our aim to bring about the recovery of historical memory and the appreciation of local rural culture in the context of the information society. To this end, we are planning the architecture of www.granxafamiliar.com, which is developing the creation of a virtual community based on boosting commercial transactions and the possibilities for buying and selling traditional self-supply products that exist in the rural environment. We are hoping to promote it globally across the Internet by promoting the use and spread of ICTs (information and communication technologies) as tools and commercial Channels for agricultural products, equally well-known among rural and urban communities, as well as information and learning channels.
Potential for study visit Hight potential ☐ Interesting and adequate to be the subject of a study visit?
Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions Promoter, stakeholders and Promoter: University of Santiago. Gist. Idega ( www.gist.es ) Who is the promoter? Who are the beneficiaries or users? partners Users: Galicia farm families Who are the institutions, partners, implementing agencies Partners: Association for development of the familiar agriculture. ADAF involved in the good practice? Location/geographic coverage Galicia. Spain What is the geographical scope of the good practice? This includes , when possible, country, region, province, district, and village. Date ongoing When was it developed? Still up and running? Remarks Any relevant remark to this basic introduction?
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Preliminary basic information Template (use one single template for each example or practice) Name of the presenting organization: Zuyd University: NEIMED (Dutch Centre of Expertise on Demographic Transition)
Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions Title ( and web site if any) Active older citizens in the area faced with demographic Web address: What is the name that best describes the good practice/ change case study/experience/ project to be shared? Type: a) ☐ b) ☐ c) ☐ a) Related to academic analysis of the critical Type (3 choices) ALL ABOVE (emphasis on a) issues; as well as policy analysis and overall Brief description: criteria for planning action
and brief description This study takes place in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands which has to b) Related to concrete public policies & projects deal with a retreating government and a rapidly shrinking population. Subject of this implementation research is a pilot study focusing on active elders in the age of 60-75 years as a resource for society. Three important trends lay the foundation for this research: active citizenship, the c) Related to third sector & private changing role of the social professional and demographic change. Firstly, active (entrepreneurship experiences, age citizenship refers to the policymaking trend to empower civil society and to give management, non-profit or community based more responsibilities to the citizens. Secondly, the role of social professionals is initiatives in declining/rural areas) becoming less “leading” because of the focus on active citizenship. In fact the responsibility shifts from the social professional to the citizen. Thirdly, the area in which the study takes place, is subject to demographic change, the population is aging and there is a socio-economic decline in combination with a low social cohesion. Elders are willing and able to contribute a lot to society, but an important question is what makes them want to do so? This research explores how elders do feel about the call for active citizenship and the fact that local governments, social professionals look their way to become active. In what fields and what way does active citizenship gets shape. Which elders participate actively and what is their motivation? And at last, what stimulates and obstructs elders to become and stay active?
Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions Potential for study visit Medium potential ☐ Interesting and adequate to be the subject of a study visit? Promoter, stakeholders and Mrs Chantal van Lieshout (researcher Zuyd University). Elderly citizens, politicians, Who is the promoter? Who are the beneficiaries or users? partners public servants and academic audience Who are the institutions, partners, implementing agencies involved in the good practice? Location/geographic coverage Parkstad Limburg, The Netherlands What is the geographical scope of the good practice? This includes , when possible, country, region, province, district, and village. Date Start 2013. Ongoing When was it developed? Still up and running?
Remarks Any relevant remark to this basic introduction?
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Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions Title ( and web site if any) Prove: Promover e vender (Promote and Sell) Web address: What is the name that best describes the good practice/ www.prove.com.pt case study/experience/ project to be shared? Type: b) c) a) Related to academic analysis of the critical Type (3 choices) issues; as well as policy analysis and overall Brief description: Project with national coverage funded by LEADER and promoted criteria for planning action and brief description by Minha Terra (My Land) and Grupos de Acção Local (GAL – Local Actoin Groups). b) Related to concrete public policies & projects The project aims at organizing farmers’ centres to sell directly to the public baskets implementation of vegetables and fruits.
c) Related to third sector & private (entrepreneurship experiences, age management, non-profit or community based initiatives in declining/rural areas) Potential for study visit High potential X Interesting and adequate to be the subject of a study visit? Promoter, stakeholders and The main promoter is the Federation My Land (Federação Minha Terra) and the Who is the promoter? Who are the beneficiaries or users? partners Local Action Groups scattered throughout the country. The beneficiaries are Who are the institutions, partners, implementing agencies smallholder peasants and farmers that gain another structure to market their involved in the good practice? production. Other partners are municipalities and local associations. Location/geographic coverage National coverage (16 Local Action Groups and about 50 nucleus of producers). What is the geographical scope of the good practice? This includes , when possible, country, region, province, district, and village. Date 2010-present When was it developed? Still up and running?
Remarks The project is in full deployment and growing progressively with the adhesion of Any relevant remark to this basic introduction? new farmers and the establishment of new distribution centres.
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Requested information Provided Information Guiding questions Title ( and web site if any) Project Q3 – Qualify the 3rd Sector Web address: What is the name that best describes the good practice/ www.q3.org.pt case study/experience/ project to be shared? Type: b) c) a) Related to academic analysis of the critical Type (3 choices) issues; as well as policy analysis and overall Brief description: National project focused on formation and consulting joining criteria for planning action and brief description several entities such as the Associação Empresarial de Portugal, the Centro de b) Related to concrete public policies & projects Iniciativas Empresariais e Sociais (Centre for Social and Entrepreneurial Iniciatives) implementation and UTAD among others. The project is focused on the development of rd organizational and personal competences in the frame of 3 sector institutions. As a c) Related to third sector & private result, the project’s actions mean strengthening professional performances and (entrepreneurship experiences, age management effectiveness, contributing to competitive growth and the adoption of management, non-profit or community based sustainable procedures. initiatives in declining/rural areas) Potential for study visit High potential X Interesting and adequate to be the subject of a study visit? Promoter, stakeholders and Promoters: Federação Minha Terra (My Land Federation); FENACERCI (National Who is the promoter? Who are the beneficiaries or users? partners Federation of Social Solidarity Cooperatives), CPCCRD (Portuguese Confederation of Who are the institutions, partners, implementing agencies Collectivities). Beneficiaries: 3 rd sector organizations and their workers and involved in the good practice? collaborators. Partners: AEP (Portuguese Enterprise Association), IEBA (Social and Entrepreneurial Initiatives), UTAD. Location/geographic coverage National What is the geographical scope of the good practice? This includes , when possible, country, region, province, district, and village. Date 2008-present When was it developed? Still up and running? Remarks The idea is to present this inter-institutional project of formation, training and consulting as a successful case and an example of good-practices concerning 3 rd Any relevant remark to this basic introduction? sector organizations.