SMART

RURAL HUB

MIG VI

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Habitat Integrador d’Economia Ecològica

« Smart Rural Hub » project

Description of the project « Smart Rural Hub » :

• Creating in Lles of Cerdanya of a think tank and an International Centre for Services and Innovation aimed at promoting sustainable rural development

• WHAT IS SMART RURAL HUB:

-NEW MODEL to facilitate the successful generation of rural

development projects, innovative, sustainable and with social character

-INTERNATIONAL SERVICES CENTER supporting projects of people and entrepreneurs, businesses and farms, local collectivities, cooperatives, etc.

-DEMONSTRATION AND DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

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Basic principles of the model » Health

» Energy, Water

» Food, Housing, …

Vision: To foster the recovery of rural areas Environmentally friendly,

Economically sustainable

Social solidary and inclusive

Humanly enriching

Mission: Helping the creation of sustainable rural development

in the Pyrenees To design tools and supporting structures as required

To facilitate the incorporation of new technologies, the innovation and knowledge’s creation

To demonstrate the viability of model proposals through self sustainable projects

To facilitate the dissemination, exchanges, etc 3

THE « Smart Rural Hub » MODEL

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Think & Do Tank: L’Art de la Salut

Smart

Rural

model

X-Menhir

Food Park

Projectes

Social (Persones)

Salut

Territori Energia

Aliments

Innovació i Tecnologies

Inversió i Finançament

Aigua

Smart Rural Hub

El model « Smart Rural Hub » ESQUEMA

Where: Lles de Cerdanya Irradiation from Catalonia towards the rest of Spain and Europe (North Cerdanya, Languedoc-Roussillon, Midi Pyrenees, Mediterranean, European countries, ...)

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« Smart Rural Hub » Ubicació

About Us

We are developers and project coordinators from the private sector: Dena Developments of Group Ingesco

First Experience: X Menhir (Project ongoing). Demonstration of soil fertility enhancing

through the application of atmospheric energy on crops to produce energetically nutritious foods that enhance human health. Technology Partners: UPC (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya), IRTA (Institut Recerca I Tecnologia Agroalimentaries)

We are seeking

Gather a large group of experts and partners interested in the sustainable development of rural regions in the Pyrenees and elsewhere.

Private (individual, enterprises, cooperatives) and Public (local authorities, other bodies)

• Think & Do Tank (Ideas Laboratory, service center, dissemination activities)

Knowledge in clean energies, water, agricultural production, management, training, business support, procurement of financing (debt-equity), innovative solutions in architecture (building and renovation), Internationalization and European Projects

To identify and analyze projects, technologies and methodologies by creating of a new model and a tool and experiences box

To demonstrate economic, social and environmental feasibility of solutions designed

« Smart Rural Hub » project elements

Positive environmental impact

• Recovering of the use of the rural space in such a way that respects the environment

• Implementation of energy saving and clean energy, recycling

• Housing, Transport and Communications sustainables

Generation of productive resources with economic value

• Recovery of abandoned cultivations and farms, new economic activities

• Production of healthy foods

Results of social interest

• Creation of jobs for people in social exclusion

• Solutions for families (including new housing materials)

• Formulas cooperative (producers, work and consumption social coops) 7

« Smart Rural Hub » Expected results

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Structures fostering the rural

development

Partners

Cooperatives and entreprises

housing, energy consumption

(buyers)

Productors

Artisans

Experts team

Project processes

Think

& Do

Tank:

Model Forums,

Seminars,

Conferences,

Studies,

Publications

Service Center

1 Technological Innovation

2 Housing. Production and

services buildings

3 Investment & Finance

4 Support to cooperatives, to

the project economic

sustainability

and quality of life of

people in rural areas

Accelerator of projects Start-ups, cooperatives, microfinance, business angels,

Participation in European projects

« Smart Rural Hub » Structuring scheme