eTownz
Preparatory Action on Smart Rural Areas in the 21st Century
Partners: E40, Empirica, IFLS, Agri. University of Athens, Innovatiesteunpunt
eTownz are principal partners on a 3- year EU research project to develop case studies, policy best practices in the emerging area of “Smart Villages”. Click here
This project is a sister project of Smart Rural 21. The project takes a top down approach to analysing and understanding the potential opportunities and challenges of Smart Villages in upcoming EU funded programs including CAP/LEADER
National Coordinator
eTownz are national coordinators, representing Ireland interests and managing feedback from Ireland.
Digital Process Tool
eTownz scoped and custom designed a Zoho Creator application to facilitate partners from all EU countries in the implementation and collection/collation of data
Expertise
eTownz are digital experts on this project providing strategic advice and also presenting and facilitating workshops related to digitisation of communities
Summary
In partnership with a number of organisations across the EU, ‘eTownz’ is currently engaged in a ‘Horizon2020’ funded project for the development and deliverability of an online training and development platform under the umbrella term ‘Smart Villages’.
The project will provide rural communities (and their animators) with an understanding of the pathway to becoming a smart village and the tools and resources they can use to support that process at each stage of the way (eg. tools to: conduct a stakeholder mapping; create a local support group; carry out a participatory problem identification process etc.). It will also provide rural communities with access to specific smart solutions that could serve as inspiration and learning for planning their own smart village actions (searchable by theme/focus and other rural community characteristics where it has been applied).
