CASE STUDIES
REGIONAL REPORT: BURGOS, SPAIN
The main aim of this report has been to collect information regarding the situation of rural areas and the communities residing in each of the participating regions in the ESIRA project. These reports will serve as the basis for the “Benchmark study on social...
REGIONAL REPORT: ABRUZZO & TRENTINO, ITALY
The main aim of this report has been to collect information regarding the situation of rural areas and the communities residing in each of the participating regions in the ESIRA project. These reports will serve as the basis for the “Benchmark study on social...
REGIONAL REPORT: NORTHERN HUNGARY AND NORTHERN GREAT PLAIN, HUNGARY
The main aim of this report has been to collect information regarding the situation of rural areas and the communities residing in each of the participating regions in the ESIRA project. These reports will serve as the basis for the “Benchmark study on social...
REGIONAL REPORT: ZAPADNOPOMORSKIE & LESKI-BIESZCZADZKI, POLAND
The main aim of this report has been to collect information regarding the situation of rural areas and the communities residing in each of the participating regions in the ESIRA project. These reports will serve as the basis for the “Benchmark study on social...
REGIONAL REPORT: JABLANICA & PČINJA, SERBIA
The main aim of this report has been to collect information regarding the situation of rural areas and the communities residing in each of the participating regions in the ESIRA project. These reports will serve as the basis for the “Benchmark study on social...
REGIONAL REPORT: DRUSKININKAI, LITHUANIA
The main aim of this report has been to collect information regarding the situation of rural areas and the communities residing in each of the participating regions in the ESIRA project. These reports will serve as the basis for the “Benchmark study on social...
DELIVERABLES
D3.1 MAP Implementation Guidlines
D4.1 Benchmark study on social exclusion in rural areas
D4.2 Multi-level analysis of social economy initiatives in rural areas
D5.1 MAPs roadmaps: context, governance, operation and MAP's objectives
D5.2 Training modules
D6.1 Dissemination and Communication Plan I
D6.2 Dissemination and Communication Plan II
D6.5 Cooperation Plan
D6.6 Exploitation and IP Strategy I
D6.7 Exploitation and IP Strategy II
TRAINING MATERIALS
ESIRA Guide for Supporting Innovative Social Economy Initiatives in Rural Areas
TRAINING MODULE 1: Social Innovation in Rural Areas
TRAINING MODULE 1: Practical Tools
TRAINING MODULE 2: Green Transition in Rural Areas
TRAINING MODULE 2: Practical Tools
TRAINING MODULE 3: Entrepreneurship and Innovative Social Economy
TRAINING MODULE 3: Practical Tools
TRAINING MODULE 4: Community Strengthening in Rural Areas
TRAINING MODULE 4: Practical Tools
TRAINING MODULE 5: Rural Depopulation and Demographic challenge
TRAINING MODULE 5: Practical Tools
PUBLICATIONS
SERVITISING RURAL HERITAGE: SOCIAL INNOVATION AND THE SOCIAL ECONOMY IN PERIPHERAL EUROPE
This study examines the Lithuanian spa town of Druskininkai as an analytically informative case for exploring how community initiatives reinterpret heritage as a basis for social innovation and economic diversification. It conceptualises rural heritage servitisation...
BUILDING SOCIAL ENTERPRISES FROM THE GROUND UP
The EU-funded Enhancing Social Innovation in Rural Areas (ESIRA) project aims to develop initiatives within the social economy to better include vulnerable groups in rural communities. In Norway, social enterprises are uncommon, and there is no established legal...
SOCIAL INNOVATION IN RURAL AREAS (INNOVACION SOCIAL EN AREAS RURALES)
ESIRA “Impulsando la Innovación Social en Áreas Rurales”, es un proyecto europeo coordinado por la Universidad de Burgos (UBU) que busca Impulsar la Innovación Social en Áreas Rurales como herramienta para el desarrollo en áreas rurales. Está financiado por la...
PRACTICE ABSTRACTS
Practice Abstract: Empowering Rural Economies through Entrepreneurship
Practice Abstracts are short, practice-oriented summaries designed to communicate clear and easily accessible information to practitioners. They present key findings, recommendations, and practical approaches developed within the ESIRA project, with the aim of...
Practice Abstract: Person-Centred Rural Care for Older Adults
Practice Abstracts are short, practice-oriented summaries designed to communicate clear and easily accessible information to practitioners. They present key findings, recommendations, and practical approaches developed within the ESIRA project, with the aim of...
Practice Abstract: Participatory Governance through Multi-Actor Platforms (MAPs)
Practice Abstracts are short, practice-oriented summaries designed to communicate clear and easily accessible information to practitioners. They present key findings, recommendations, and practical approaches developed within the ESIRA project, with the aim of...
Practice Abstract: Rural Labs as Engines of Social Innovation
Practice Abstracts are short, practice-oriented summaries designed to communicate clear and easily accessible information to practitioners. They present key findings, recommendations, and practical approaches developed within the ESIRA project, with the aim of...
Practice Abstract: Inclusive Stakeholder Engagement for Rural Innovation
Practice Abstracts are short, practice-oriented summaries designed to communicate clear and easily accessible information to practitioners. They present key findings, recommendations, and practical approaches developed within the ESIRA project, with the aim of...
Practice Abstract: Identifying the drivers of rural vulnerability – insights from ESIRA pilot areas
Practice Abstracts are short, practice-oriented summaries designed to communicate clear and easily accessible information to practitioners. They present key findings, recommendations, and practical approaches developed within the ESIRA project, with the aim of...














