Social innovations to fight Covid-19 in rural areas

1. #6 Atlas of Best Practice
Social innovations to fight Covid-19 in rural areas

2. Background
Ch. 6

3. Enabling project

4. Enabling project
Map
background
(Open Street
Map)
Detail of BPBP location

5. PoliRural project

6. Rural challenges
Poverty & social exclusion
Generational renewal
Isolation
Limited services

7. Covid pressures on rural livelihoods
Demand shocks Falling tourism Logistics bottlenecks

8. TEAM
Mentor (Petr)
Mentor (Pavel)
Consultants (1)
Collectors (4)
Testers (4)

9. Journey
1. Welcome
2. Webinar
3. Alpha
version +
feedback
4. Collection
5. Integration
+ testing

10. First results

11. Kanta-Hame (FI)
● Raising awareness of the
local food production
● Increasing the visibility of
local companies and farms
● Making it easier to find and
use local services for
residents and tourists

12. Luhtikyla (FI)
● Supporting the design and
production of Tribal Products by
raising funds for the village house
where they are made
● The village house is an important
community centre for locals
● People like to wear similar clothes to
demonstrate their sense of
belonging to and solidarity with a
region

13. Castylla y Leon (ES)
● Repurposing rural
accommodation to suit the
needs of newcomers during the
pandemic
● Traditional office space was
turned into the digital co-
working space to accommodate
and train new arrivals from
cities

14. Spain
● Government plan to revitalise rural
areas and make them more attractive in
the wake of the pandemic
○ Improving water and energy
efficiency
○ Boosting the competitiveness and
sustainability of agriculture through
precision farming
○ Improving digital infrastructures and
connectivity

15. Potential impact & future plans
As the collection expands... (PoliRural)
Rural stakeholders can draw inspiration from the Atlas to
● Support local farmers, businesses and communities
● Integrate new arrivals
● Promote local tourism (staycation)
● Improve business practices