- 21. Smart Rural Network Society: a community-based portal
- (Community Building)
- ... in rural areas in are facing a serious decrease and decline of the level of services and facilities/amenities. This has a negative impact on the liveability and the attractiveness of these villages. The ...
- 22. Broadband and digital services
- (Broadband and Digital Services)
- ... for citizens and public servants. At the end of 2002 the vision ‘Fibre to everybody’ was agreed by three small municipalities in a rural part of South Jutland, Denmark. Lack of fast broadband ...
- 23. Ambassadors promoting entrepreneurship: ‘For Enterprise, it’s us’ (B)
- (projects profiling and branding)
- ... Planning 2009-2012. Evaluation end of 2012 with the objective to make it sustainable. Costs estimated on 100.000 euro Financing Province West Flanders, with the support of Vital Rural Areas ...
- 24. Video based service provision (NL)
- (projects good governance)
- ... Main problems to be solved (analysis) Introduction to the theme • Dealing with decreasing amenities / services in rural areas • Provision of front desk services in a digital way ...
- 25. Video based service provision
- (Community Building)
- ... Description process Training program Problems and challenges In contemporary rural areas there is an urgent need for ...
- 26. Stakeholder analysis as a precursor for successful regional branding (DK)
- (projects community building)
- ... Marketing strategy, analysis Main problems to be solved (analysis) Being a rural area Vejen Municipality is facing different challenges. The population is aging and there are difficulties attracting ...
- 27. Strong governance in a strong region: reorganising the co-operation model (B)
- (projects good governance)
- ... and the way they work. The relation and dynamics between urban and rural has changed. Many organisations professionalised. New organisations became active in new domains (like nature and mobility). Businesses ...
- 28. Towards a Regional Open Broadband Network by cooperative approach
- (Broadband and Digital Services)
- ... were or could be taken in the rural areas. Extending this approach to the rural areas was not an option because of a lack of understanding of cost and benefits. However, the challenge is that there are ...
- 29. Improving elder care by video conferencing (DK)
- (projects broadband and digital services)
- ... this pilot activity will be exchanged with partners in the Vital Rural Area project. Knowledge about video communication and our fibre network in Vejen Kommune might be an important item to spread e.g. ...
- 30. Online personal care journal (DK)
- (projects broadband and digital services)
- ... because they must be precisely updated and understandable to all readers. We will exchange experience with the partners in the Vital Rural Area project because web-portals like this one either already ...
- 31. Smart Rural Network Society: a community based portal (NL)
- (projects broadband and digital services)
- ... rural villages) Ministry of Internal Affairs SEV (National organisation for experiments in housing) Contact data Mr. Martijn Ledegang Department of Economic Affairs Province of Fryslân ...
- 32. Interpreting at a distance: translation by video communication (DK)
- (projects broadband and digital services)
- ... and co-financed via Vital Rural Area. Equipment is fully financed by funding from MedCom. Implementation of the project (cf. CAA) which stakeholders were involved? The main project has been ...
- 33. The Innovation House (DK, NL, N)
- (projects sme empowerment)
- ... Main problems to be solved (analysis) Rural areas are often dominated by traditional industries such as manufacturing, construction and agriculture. With the InnovationHouse established in VejenMunicipality, ...
- 34. Think, don't drink! ("Tinke net drinke") (NL)
- (projects good governance)
- ... with alcohol and drugs abuse by young people in rural areas • Involvement of the target group in the process / project • Information focussed on a social problem Key words participation, ...
- 35. Digital Ambassadors - introduction to digital self-service
- (Broadband and Digital Services)
- ... but in rural areas lack of services nearby is also important. The transformation from face-to-face services in the Citizens' Service Centre to citizens’ use of digital self-service solutions ...
- 36. Innovation and knowledge in SMEs (DK)
- (projects sme empowerment)
- ... with educational institutions and national agencies Planning 2012 Costs 30.000 euro Financing Vital Rural Area and Vejen Municiapality Implementation of the project (cf. CAA) ...
- 37. Sale and marketing (DK)
- (projects sme empowerment)
- ... products and processes (Expected) outcome for the region as a whole (impact of the project) Planning 2010 - 2011 Costs 10.000 euro Financing Vital Rural Area and Vejen Municipality ...
- 38. Rock flour: innovation in agricultural fertilizing (NL)
- (projects sme empowerment)
- ... of Dantumadiel - ministry of Economics, Argriculture and Innovation; program Regional Transition - Vital Rural Area Implementation of the project (cf. CAA) which stakeholders were involved? Municipality ...
- 39. Stimulating innovation and business growth in rural SMEs (UK)
- (projects sme empowerment)
- ... business champions, workshops, rural business, innovation Main problems to be solved (analysis) Innovation in products and processes is critical to the survival and growth of Norfolk’s economy ...
- 40. Video production by youngsters .... for youngsters (NL)
- (projects sme empowerment)
- ... NetNix foundation tries to develop solutions for the problems that young people in rural regions encounter. 1. There are discrepancies in the availability of jobs and the skills that young people are trained ...