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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How does the circular economy benefit the rural areas?
Society is increasingly familiarized with recycling and the importance of responsible consumption of certain materials. Nevertheless, lots of people are still unaware of the great benefits that these actions cause directly in the environment. In [...]
The LIVERUR project is the key to a sustainable rural development in the region of Murcia
‘An opportunity for rural development. The circular economy as the engine of progress’ was the title of this rural economy workshop. ADRI and UCAM celebrated the I Open Day about Rural Economy of the project [...]
LIVERUR project is presented at the ‘III Meeting of Rural Professional Women’
In order to show the importance of women's work in the rural areas Jesús Martínez Sánchez, Professor at the Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM) attended the 'Third Meeting of Professional Women in Rural Areas' (held [...]
The H2020 project LIVERUR continues to develop sustainable alternatives for the SMEs in rural areas across Europe, Asia and Africa
The European Union considers the small and medium-sized agricultural enterprises (SMEs) vital for a well-functioning economy in rural areas. In order to develop those rural regions throughout the EU, the project LIVERUR, under the call [...]
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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.