Project: RURITAGE

Rural regeneration through systemic heritage-led strategies

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  • Duration: 6/2018 – 5/2022
  • Funding: H2020

About the project

European rural areas embody outstanding examples of Cultural and Natural Heritage that need not only to be safeguarded but also promoted as a driver for competitiveness, sustainable and inclusive growth and development.

The main ambition of RURITAGE is the creation of an innovative rural regeneration paradigm based on Cultural and Natural Heritage, consolidating the role of culture as the fourth pillar of sustainable development and contributing to economic growth, social inclusion and environmental sustainability in rural areas.

By establishing a new heritage-led rural regeneration approach, RURITAGE aims to turn rural areas into sustainable development demonstration laboratories, through the enhancement of their unique heritage potential.

RURITAGE has identified 6 Systemic Innovation Areas (pilgrimages; sustainable local food production; migration; art and festivals; resilience; and integrated landscape management) which, integrated with cross-cutting themes, showcase heritage potential as a powerful engine for economic, social and environmental development of rural areas.

The RURITAGE Resources Ecosystem, conceived as an open and online data platform, will ensure effective knowledge sharing and mutual learning by integrating the innovative tools developed within RURITAGE. All information and relevant tools will remain online available beyond the end of the project.

Partners

  • Borghi Italia

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