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id: ch11-atlas-of-practices
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title: "The Atlas of best practices: 126 things that worked somewhere"
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teaser: "A public, searchable atlas of practices from the pilots and open calls, each with a place, activity tags and the results it produced."
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recallQ: "What is the PoliRural+ Atlas of best practices, and how can a region outside the project use it?"
recallA: "A public online atlas (atlasbestpractices.com, edited by CCSS) of 126 practices from the pilots, open-call projects and project-wide services. Each entry gives a location, activity tags, a description and results. A region filters by tag or region, picks a practice whose context matches its own, and can document its own practices in the same format."
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  - "126 practices, edited by CCSS, public at atlasbestpractices.com"
  - "Every entry has a prp-id, a location, activity tags, a description and results"
  - "Open-call teams feed it too: LocalLinks.AI documented six farm cases"
  - "Use it to find a practice tested in a context like yours, then follow its results"
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The **Atlas of best practices** (https://atlasbestpractices.com) is the public catalogue of what PoliRural+ found worth copying. **CCSS** edits it, and it holds **126 practices**. Objective O6 of the [seven objectives](#c/seven-objectives) set a KPI of more than 100 recognised best practices.

## What an entry looks like

Every practice has a stable identifier (`prp-…`), a location, one or more **activity tags**, a description and a **results** field. The entries come from three directions:

- the [nine pilots](#c/pilot-network), e.g. the Klatovy innovation hub story (prp-052) or the Slovak foresight-to-implementation method (prp-079);
- the **open-call projects**: most have an entry (prp-114 GREEN to prp-128 eMooJI, among others), and some have several. LocalLinks.AI documented six farm cases, e.g. Farma Krasíkov (prp-072);
- **project-wide services and methods**, e.g. the Knowledge Space and Advisor service (prp-008) or the business model canvases for key exploitable results (prp-109).

The tags used in the Atlas are: innovation, regional economic development, digital public service, stakeholder engagement, capacity building, short food supply chains, governance, rural tourism, inclusive and sustainable territorial development, food production, knowledge management, foresight and RAP, agrotourism, rural-urban stakeholders, data and indicators, rural events and food systems, people-place bond, circular economy and cross-border cooperation.

## Three practices worth opening

| prp-id | Practice | Where | What it shows |
|---|---|---|---|
| prp-002 | FarmTourist by Úhlava, o.p.s. | Klatovy, Czech-Bavarian border | The "From Farm to Tourist" workshop (January 2025) brought together farmers, tourism operators, policymakers and researchers, with 46 active partners. Its ideas included vending machines and caravan "stellplatz" stops on farms. |
| prp-046 | Regional Circular Economy Hub | County Monaghan, Ireland | A multi-actor hub under the 2026–2030 Regional Action Plan, recognised by the RU Innovation Radar, supporting circular pilots and SMEs. |
| prp-100 | Unified indicator for economic activity | Vidzeme Planning Region, Latvia | Municipal specialists used Theory of Change to agree standard "indicator passports" (data, frequency, responsibility) that make figures comparable across municipalities. |

## How a region uses it, and adds to it

1. **Filter by tag and region.** A practice tested in a context like yours, such as a border region or a short-chain food economy, transfers more easily than an abstract recommendation.
2. **Read the results field first.** It says what the practice changed.
3. **Follow the trail.** Open-call entries have public final reports, listed in D6.3, that hold the details.
4. **Document your own.** Write a title, location, tags, description and results, the same fields the pilots and open-call teams used. The Atlas editors (CCSS) publish the entries.

The Atlas shows where a practice worked. The [key exploitable results](#c/key-exploitable-results) are the tools and models that are meant to continue after 2026.

**How-to:** [Using the Atlas step by step](#ch11-guide-atlas).

**Sources:**
- Atlas of best practices (edited by CCSS) — entries prp-002, prp-008, prp-046, prp-052, prp-072, prp-079, prp-100, prp-109, prp-114–prp-128 — [atlasbestpractices.com](https://atlasbestpractices.com)
- D6.3 Comprehensive Report on Funded Activities and Impact Assessment — §3.2 Project results and achievements (LocalLinks.AI) — [PDF](https://www.poliruralplus.eu/docs/437/D6.3_Comprehensive_report.pdf)
- PoliRural+ Grant Agreement objectives (O6), as published on CORDIS — poliruralplus.eu → Deliverables