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The seven objectives

What the Grant Agreement commits PoliRural+ to deliver, which work packages carry each objective, and which targets are measurable.

What are the seven specific objectives of PoliRural+ and which two carry numeric targets?

O1 foresight framework for interregional cooperation; O2 strategies and action plans for rural business and innovation; O3 mutual access to services and social connectivity; O4 contribution to Green Deal, CAP, LTVRA and Territorial Agenda 2030; O5 use of research infrastructures and data sources; O6 mission-oriented experimentation (target: over 100 recognised best practices); O7 synergies with the New European Bauhaus (targets: 20 projects, 10 cooperations, 3 NEB events, 3 joint workshops).

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Seven objectives of PoliRural+ and the work packages each one draws onA matrix of the seven specific objectives O1 to O7 against work packages WP1 to WP7, as listed in the Grant Agreement. WP5, the implementation of Regional Action Plans in the nine pilots, feeds six of the seven objectives, and WP4 and WP6 feed five, so the pilots and their experiments carry most of the project's goals; O7 (New European Bauhaus synergies) rests on WP6 and WP7 only.Seven objectives, seven work packages: who delivers what WP1 WP2 WP3 WP4 WP5 WP6 WP7 O1 Foresight-based cooperation and governance O2 Rural business and innovation strategies O3 Rural-urban access to services, connectivity O4 Contribute to Green Deal, CAP, LTVRA, TA2030 O5 Use EU data and research infrastructures O6 Mission-oriented, data-driven experiments O7 Synergies with the New European Bauhaus OBJECTIVE (GA, Part B) 1 3 4 5 6 5 1 objectives served by each WP WP1 Management WP2 Rural-urban linkages WP3 RAP methodologies WP4 Experiments and AI tools WP5 RAPs in the 9 pilots WP6 Open calls (FSTP) WP7 Dissemination, uptake Measurable targets: O6 aims at more than 100 recognised best practices; the public Atlas lists 126. O7: 20 projects identified, 10 cooperations, 3 NEB events, 3 joint workshops.
A matrix of the seven specific objectives O1 to O7 against work packages WP1 to WP7, as listed in the Grant Agreement. WP5, the implementation of Regional Action Plans in the nine pilots, feeds six of the seven objectives, and WP4 and WP6 feed five, so the pilots and their experiments carry most of the project's goals; O7 (New European Bauhaus synergies) rests on WP6 and WP7 only.

Seven objectives, from foresight framework to New European Bauhaus

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The Grant Agreement sets out one overall aim: to take the PoliRural approach from rural regions to regions that include both urban and rural areas. It then breaks that aim into seven specific objectives. Each objective is assigned to work packages, and two of them carry numeric targets.

Objective (Grant Agreement, shortened)Work packages
O1A foresight-based framework for interregional cooperation and coordination that overcomes policy barriers and improves governance for integrated, smart rural-urban strategiesWP1–WP5
O2Integrated strategies and action plans that improve business and innovation opportunities in rural areas: a more proximate, circular and green economy, better connectivity, better use of cultural and natural heritage, stronger innovation ecosystemsWP4, WP5
O3Mutual access to services and social connectivity between rural and urban areas; resilience and capacity for innovation through regional action plans and pilotsWP2, WP3, WP5, WP6
O4Contribution to the European Green Deal (farm-to-fork, biodiversity, organic action plan), the CAP, the long-term vision for rural areas, the “Research and innovation for rural communities” flagship and the Territorial Agenda 2030WP3–WP6
O5Cross-disciplinary use of research infrastructures and data: EOSC, EU Data Spaces, INSPIRE, Copernicus, DIAS, Eurostat, FAOWP2, WP4, WP5, WP6
O6Mission-oriented experimentation: data-driven decision-making, collaborative analysis, system dynamics, for a well-being economy. Target: more than 100 recognised best practicesWP3–WP6
O7Synergies with the New European Bauhaus and other EU projects, carrying ideas from urban to rural settings and back. Targets: 20 projects identified, 10 cooperations, 3 NEB events, 3 joint workshopsWP6, WP7

How to read the list

O1 is the method. The foresight framework is what every pilot applies, which is why five work packages share it.

O2 and O3 are the outcomes in the pilot regions. O2 covers jobs and enterprise, O3 covers services and social ties. Both are delivered through Regional Action Plans.

O4 and O7 tie the pilots to EU frameworks. D3.1 turns these two objectives into a rule for every action plan: it must contribute to the long-term vision for rural areas and to the New European Bauhaus (see the EU policy context).

O5 and O6 are about evidence. O5 lists the open data the tools draw on, including Copernicus. O6 asks for experiments whose results can be recognised as best practice. The project’s practice collection is described in the Atlas of practices.

The website wording of O6 spells out what “well-being economy” covers: proximity, circularity, green economy and society, services, culture, landscape and heritage, and mobility.

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