Connected countryside: smart tech is recharging rural Europe
Summary. The EU-funded AURORAL project deployed a shared digital platform across seven rural regions to help communities build smart services tailored to local needs. From school transport apps in Finnish Lapland to dairy farm monitoring in Italy and biomass energy coordination in Catalonia, the open-source infrastructure lets rural areas innovate without building systems from scratch, improving efficiency and sustainability.
Details
- Countries
- Finland, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Italy, Spain
- Regions
- Europe
- Categories
- broadband-and-digital, regional-innovation-systems, energy
- Added
- 2026-04-28