What is Rural
Entrepreneurship
(RE)?
ERASMUS+ RURAL RULES!
Content
1. Unemployment: rural vs urban
2. Funding for rural business
3. Some examples
4. Task
The employment rate between
rural and urban areas differ a lot:
1.
Bulgaria (12.8% difference)
2.
Croatia (10.9% difference)
3.
Finland (8.4% difference)
4.
Lithuania (6.6% difference)
Rural areas account only to 15.3% of GDP on average
There is a need to solve that!
Another problem:
The proportion of people over 65 years living
in rural regions is increasing all the time!
Subsidies for Rural
Entrepreneurship
- Mostly through EU programmes (e.g. EU Rural development 20142020)
- the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
dedicated €100 billion
- There are 118 different rural development programmes (RDP) in the
28 Member States for this period
Funding for rural businesses
focus on:
- Innovative farming and sustainable forest management;
- Shift toward a low-carbon economy
- Promoting social inclusion, poverty reduction in rural areas & more..
More info: http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/rural-development-20142020/index_en.htm (simply Google: “EU help for rural areas”)
Is it possible for a rural
business to be profitable
without EU funding?
Funding is usually a perfect kick-off for a rural
business
Examples of rural businesses
Traditional food
Producing?
Labour force and land is much cheaper in rural areas
Organic farming and food
Hipsters love it. The rich love it. Everyone loves it
Rural tourism
And cool events, like the one above
What rural business
examples do you know?
Task for you (25 mins)
In groups:
1. Try to find an innovative entrepreneurial solution to one of
the following problems in rural areas:
1.
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6.
7.
Youth is massively leaving for urban areas or migrating abroad;
Alcohol consumption is skyrocketing;
There are lots of unused dangerous buildings;
Elderly people are too far from necessary social services;
The local infrastructure is in a terrible condition;
There is a lack of cultural, sport and social activities;
or think of another social problem, that you would like to tackle.
2. Draw how this rural business would work/eliminate the
social problem. Be creative - there are no limits this time!