Horizon2020
Ongoing

Sector of the project:

Smart communities

Funding organization:

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AURORAL

AURORAL contributes to increase economic growth and create jobs in rural areas and to tackle significant societal challenges, overcoming digital divide between rural and urban areas and to develop the potential offered by increased connectivity and digitisation of rural areas.

Start date:

January 1, 2021

Finish date:

December 31, 2024

Project leader:

Regional Development Agency of Alentejo

Febea contact:

marion.leboulch@febea.org

Countries covered:

Italy, Spain, Austria, Finland, Norway, Portugal, Sweden

AURORAL contributes to increase economic growth and create jobs in rural areas and to tackle significant societal challenges, overcoming digital divide between rural and urban areas and to develop the potential offered by increased connectivity and digitisation of rural areas. AURORAL digital environment is demonstrated by cost-efficient and flexible cross-domain applications through large-scale pilots in five European regions. AURORAL pilots follow an approach capable of meeting social and economic objectives critical to boost new rural services and business. It will also attract business attention through the development of innovative business models, adjusted to the new rural services, and of an online platform, to promote AURORAL project’s services and facilitate access to financing opportunities to smart villages and rural towns projects supporting an increased connectivity and digitalisation of rural areas in a sustainable development environment. AURORAL digital environment supports a vibrant ecosystem of developers, service providers and user communities and addresses barriers currently opposing the socio-economic development of rural areas.

FEBEA is involved in particular in WP8 (SmarTomorrow platform) aimed at creating a committed partnership for the development of a sustainable finance eco-system in each pilot site to address the financing needs of rural innovation projects. FEBEA coordinates development of an online platform to support sustainable projects in rural areas.
 Also, FEBEA contributes to the definition of sustainable business models and to dissemination activities. FEBEA is involving three of its members GFG (AU), Cresaçor and Fescoop (PT) capitalising on their geographical and professional experience.

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