Fostering rural innovation ecosystems: inspiring examples from Catalonia
Summary. Catalonia demonstrates how rural innovation ecosystems combat youth emigration, aging populations, and economic decline in peripheral areas. The region uses smart specialization strategies, quadruple helix partnerships, and operational groups to fund collaborative pilot projects. Since 2015, 293 agri-food and forestry projects have received €30 million, creating place-based solutions through university-industry collaboration and bottom-up governance.
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- Countries
- Spain
- Regions
- Europe
- Categories
- regional-innovation-systems, policy, entrepreneurship
- Added
- 2026-04-28