UNIVERSITY VECHTA
VISTRA – Vechta Institute of Sustainability Transformation in Rural Areas;
TrENDi – Start up Service
DATA & FACTS
Project
SIRR (2022-2027)
Scientific contact
Prof. Dr. Karl-Martin Born
EU-Funding line
INTERREG North Sea Region
Projektleitung: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Arno Kwade
Projektname: „Li-Ion Pilot Lines Network“ (LiPLANET)
Keywords: Energie, Mobilität, Partner
SIRR – Sustainability, Innovation and Resilience in Rural areas
Entrepreneurial actors from science, business, administration and civil society design new economic perspectives closely, agilely and future-oriented together
Background
The general urbanization and the younger generations’ move to the larger university cities have made it necessary for the coastal and rural areas to come up with new ideas to maintain preexisting town communities and to continue being attractive for settlement and business. In that connection, local businesses, organizations, and innovators need support and it is essential that these actors – alongside authorities and knowledge partners – are provided the best possibilities for creating sustainable and robust development and growth in the rural and coastal areas.
The Project
The SIRR-project is set to develop locally anchored strategies and networks to both uphold and attract talent and entrepreneurial skills and increase action ability. The target groups are local innovators, small and medium-sized enterprises, unions and local authorities who wish to attain better access to innovation support and increased innovation capacity by involving further actors and human capital in local innovations. The project’s organization is structured around the Multi Helix-model which is used to form partnerships between municipalities, knowledge partners, local businesses, local population, and other actors.
Via the project, the essential elements, values, competences, tools, and data, necessary to establish and implement real and effective social innovation processes in rural and coastal municipalities, are searched. Furthermore, focus will be to create social value throughout the process – not just for the final result.
Author:
Alistair Adam Hernández
Date:
19.05.2023
