LIVERUR aims to support businesses, projects, and initiatives, in designing innovative business models in rural areas moving towards a Circular Economy and including all important stakeholders by following the Living Lab approach.
Given that empirically substantiated studies are still lacking, LIVERUR’s short-term objective is to improve knowledge of business models that grow in rural areas, including the understanding of their potential. In the long term, the project will increase the potential for rural economic diversification.
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CIRCULAR ECONOMY TO THE RESCUE OF TRASIMENO LAKE
In 2024 summer Trasimeno Lake saw rainfall reduce by 40%, with a relative decrease in groundwater levels and spring flows, lower than average values. “Legambiente” recalled this, on the occasion of World Wetlands Day, in [...]
The rediscovery of ancient agricultural products in a circular economy logic (TRASIMENO – IT)
Against the massification of taste, a small group of Umbrian producers in the Trasimeno Area has recently rediscovered and preserved ancient flavors linked to local food tradition and culture. The products are typical of the [...]
LET’S SAVE THE SOIL
On December 5, 2024, a conference entitled "A new urban planning to save the soil" was held in Perugia (IT). Some stakeholders of the European LIVERUR Project were also present. On this occasion, the close [...]
AGROFORESTRY STAKEHOLDERS: CIRCULAR BIOECONOMY (IT)
The Italian stakeholders in Umbria circular bioeconomy are many and differentiated with respect to the individual structural and cultural characteristics. We list the main aspects that can be related in this sense: Forest production: wood, [...]
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Projects
LIVERUR aims to expand an extremely innovative business model called Living Labs among rural regions. Living laboratories are ecosystems of open innovation, centered on the user, which often operate in a territorial context, integrating concurrent research and innovation processes within a public-private partnership.
Partners
The LIVERUR project involves more than 20 European partners from peripheral areas in which the development of the rural economy is vital for their survival. Although LIVERUR is focused on Europe, one of the partners is located in Tunisia, which provides a greater internationalization to the project.