Innovation and entrepreneurship can play a central role in revitalizing rural areas and turning them into places of opportunity. This report, part of the Startup Village Forum initiative’s research activities, explores four cases of rural villages or groups of villages on their journey toward fostering innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems. Using the Startup Village Conceptualization framework, it assesses resource endowments, institutional arrangements, stakeholder engagement, and outcomes. The findings underscore the importance of institutional support, collaborative leadership, and skill development for successful startup villages, advocating for bottom-up governance and network establishment to drive rural development.
Authors
TORRECILLAS CARO Cristina, MERIDA MARTIN Fernando, SASSO Simone
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- EUR 32025,OP KJ-NA-32-025-EN-N (online)
- Pages
- 71
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- Belgium
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Table of Contents
- Abstract 5
- Acknowledgments 6
- Executive Summary 8
- 1. Introduction 9
- 1.1 Background 9
- 1.2. Key concepts 10
- 1.3. Objectives and Methodology 12
- 1.4. Structure of the report 14
- 2. Subequana Valley, Italy 16
- 2.1. General Description of the case study 16
- 2.1.1. Abstract & Summary fiche 16
- 2.1.2. Socio-economic context and disrupting factors 17
- 2.2. Enabling factors 19
- 2.3. Stakeholder engagement in local ecosystem 23
- 2.4. Key public policies, programmes or strategies 25
- 2.5. Outcomes 26
- 2.6. Conclusions and lessons learnt 27
- 3. Petreștii de Jos and Ciurila, Romania 29
- 3.1. General Description of the case study 29
- 3.1.1. Abstract & Summary fiche 29
- 3.1.2. Socio-economic context and disrupting factors 29
- 3.2. Enabling factors 32
- 3.3. Stakeholder engagement in local ecosystem 34
- 3.4. Key public policies, programmes or strategies 36
- 3.5. Outcomes 37
- 3.6. Conclusions and lessons learnt 37
- 4. Angra of Heroísmo, Portugal 39
- 4.1. General Description of the case study 39
- 4.1.1. Abstract & Summary fiche 39
- 4.1.2. Socio-economic context and disrupting factors 40
- 4.2. Enabling factors 41
- 4.3. Stakeholder engagement in local ecosystem 43
- 4.4. Key public policies, programmes or strategies 46
- 4.5. Outcomes 46
- 4.6. Conclusions and lessons learnt 47
- 5. Kočevje, Slovenia 49
- 5.1. General Description of the case study 49
- 5.1.1. Abstract & Summary table 49
- 5.1.2. Socio-economic context and disrupting factors 49
- 5.2. Enabling factors 52
- 5.3. Stakeholder engagement in local ecosystem 54
- 5.4. Key public policies, programmes or strategies 57
- 5.5. Outcomes 57
- 5.6. Conclusions and lessons learnt 58
- 6. Conclusions 59
- References 66
- Figures 68
- Tables 69
