An overview www.vitalruralarea.eu

Interreg IV B North Sea Project

Vital Rural Area

To find strategies to fortify rural areas by:

1) Enhancing the competitiveness of SMEsby empowerment of SME’s towards new economical prospects and innovations

2) Improving the overall perception of the regionby branding towards a professional exposure of regions

3) Delivering more and better services by optimizing services, towards more and better accessible services and amenities

Scope of the project and content basis

43 ‘best practice’ project cases

Fitting into one of the 7 Vital themes

Outcome of the project

The Rural Power Pack

Based on the project results and scientific knowledge the Rural Power Pack was developed: • A general working method/standard for tackling rural problems commonly encountered in rural areas

• Tested transnationally on its transferability to other regions

• Offering tools and instruments to be used in other regions

The Rural Power Packviewed more closely

The Rural Power Packviewed more closely

The Rural Power Pack

Dissemination of project results

Dissemination of results (2013-2014) over a web-based structure by:

o appealing presentation of results (uniform project format, “story telling” form) o connecting to networks and projects throughout EU 28

o aiming for interactive growth of knowledge by sharing project results and experiences

o adding results from other projects and programmes

Executive phase July 2013 –July 2014

Other EU regions,

stakeholders

Extension and transformation

Adding new best

practices

Vital Rural Area

Regions Themes Methodology

New regions and stakeholders within Vital countries

New themes and new partners

Improving methodology

Making Vital legacy sustainable

Thematic development towards a new period (2014-2020)

Network development by linking Vital regions to other projects and programs (Observatories)

Observatories

Functioning as an ‘operating base’

Country pages

Made operational by new country pages on the Vital website

Enabling network development by linking to other partners and projects

Country pages

From Vital themes to new project focus points

Healthy Ageing

From Vital themes to new project focus points: ANNO as

example

Innovation in SMEs and education

From Vital themes to new project focus points: ANNO as

example

Profiling and branding the region