Ruralities
Climate smart, ecosystem-enhancing and knowledge-based rural expertise and training centres
RURALITIES creates and enables resources to empower rural people as agents of change in six “Simplified Rural Socio-Ecological Systems” and assist in the exploitation of knowledge and technology for the benefit of rural communities.
The Problem
Climate change adaptation in the rural scene in Europe and in the world is of vital importance.
To ensure that rural areas can continue to provide us with our food, homes, jobs, and essential ecosystems services, an EU Rural Action Plan sets out a long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas up to 2040. It identifies areas of action towards stronger, connected, resilient and prosperous rural areas and communities
Aims
RURALITIES aims to create a robust infrastructure for knowledge sharing, capacity building, and sustainable development in rural areas.
Approach
By combining interdisciplinary expertise, innovative concepts, and community engagement, RURALITIES seeks to empower rural communities to address climate change challenges effectively.
RURALITIES implements a whole ecosystem-based, knowledge-based, social sciences and humanities overarching methodology to deliver a learning framework which enables the effective capacity building of rural communities towards ensuring the sustainable, balanced and inclusive development of simplified socio-ecological systems (SIMSES), and simultaneously contribute to raise rural communities’ awareness on the variety of source-points driving climate change challenges and the related pathways to overcome or mitigate them.
Our role and how the project relates to our work
Earthwatch contributes to the creation of “Living Labs” (research conducted in real-life environments) through our experience in citizen engagement. The work of RURALITIES – that of climate adaptation – is closely linked to our Nature based solutions in cities work.
Partners
- I.I.S. Antonio Cecchi (coordinator)
- Asociatia Rural Development Research Platform
- CENTER TECH. RES. AND INNOV. LTD
- AS. DE INV. DE IND. CARN. PRINC. ASTURIAS
- KEMIJSKI INSTITUT
- UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID
- INSTIT. DEV. AND INNOVATION – IDI
- PARTICULA GROUP d.o.o.
- SVEUCILISTE U ZAGREBU AGRONOMSKI FAKULTET
- AFRICAN CENTRE FOR TECHNOLOGY STUDIES
- Centro de Inv. e Transf. de Tec. Desenvolvimento Comunitário
- EUROP. SOC. QUAL. PATIENT SAFETY (…)
- THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS TRANSPORT PARTNERSHIP
- ASPIRE-IGEN
- Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University
- Marin Biyotek. Ürünleri ve Gıda San. Tic.
- UNIVERSITE DE YAOUNDÉ I
- Université Libre de Bruxelles
- INAGRO, PROV. EXT. V. A. IN PRIVAATRECHTELIJKE VORM VZW
- ARAB ACAD. SC. TECH. MARITIME TRANSPORT
- Regionalna razvojna agencija Posavje
- SC YXS AVALANA SRL XSAV Romania
- UNIV. P. S. VIETII “ION IONESCU DE LA BRAD” DIN IASI
- GAL Siret Moldova
- Sokoine University of Agriculture
- Université de Nouakchott Al Aasriya
- INST. FAC. DES SCIENCES AGRONOMIQUES (IFA) DE YANGAMBI
- Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku
- ALTERNATIVE COMMUNAUTAIRE POUR LE DEV. DURABLE
- PROTOTIPI LIMITED
- ALMANAR VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION
- COMMUNICATION DÉVELOPPEMENT DURABLE ASSOCIATION
- Youths in Technology and Development Uganda Limited
- FUND. CTIC CENTRO TEC. DES. ASTURIAS .TEC. INFORMATION
- Fondazione Homo Viator – San Teobaldo
- Institute and Observatory of Geophysics in Antananarivo
- Montefeltro Sviluppo Società Consortile a Responsabilità Limitata
- Museum Grafia
- La Corte della Miniera
- DESARROLLO DE ESTRATEGIAS EXTERIORES SA
- RED ASTURIANA DE DESARROLLO RURAL
- Gruppo di Azione Locale Montagna Vicentina
- Maroc Horizon adventures
- University of Malawi
- 0KMNOMADS.ORG
- MAGYAR AGRAR- ES ELETTUDOMANYI EGYETEM
- Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Carthage
- University Assane Seck of Ziguinchor
- CONFEDERATION PAYSANNE DU FASO
- University of Rwanda
- Zambia Land Alliance
- Evrosad d.o.o.
- TD Senovo