Soziale Inklusion

The Rural Connections magazine 1/2021 is now available in six languages. This edition focuses on how to communicate successfully about rural development projects, based on the NRN's work and the Rural Inspiration Awards.

This edition of the EU Rural Review explores the main features of the social economy, highlighting its relevance for European rural areas and European policy objectives (including the EU Green Deal, the European Pillar of Social Rights and the Digital Agenda for Europe). 

StartupVillage is a project that combines high connectivity with entrepreneurship and innovation for rural and territorial repopulation, by working with more than 450 entrepreneurs in Spain. Coordinated by Territorio Emprendimiento, it is a spinoff of the European Commission StartupVillage Europe Network (SVEN).

Staramaki is a Social Cooperative Entreprise based in Kilkis, a rural region in Greece, that uses the byproduct of local wheat cultivation to create a viable eco-friendly alternative to single use plastic straws. It brings benefits for the environment and the local agricultural economy and offers labour opportunities for vulnerable groups of people such as former unemployed-Greeks and refugees.