Sustainability, Innovation and Resilience in Rural areas

Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B North Sea

Date of latest update: 2025-02-03

Description

Description (EN):

Urbanisation forces rural areas to re-think in order to remain attractive for settlement and job-creation. There is a need to support local companies, organisations and enthusiasts to ensure that they - along with municipalities, regions and knowledge actors - are given the best opportunities to create rural sustainability, resilience and innovation. The objective is Stronger, more resilient & sustainable rural areas with higher capacity of local innovation and smart specialisation. Local cohesion is stronger & acts as alternative to urbanisation. Local hubs connect companies, associations and citizens to the regional innovation eco-systems and green transition SIRR will strengthen rural areas linkage to the regional innovation eco-systems and work with local cohesion to promote sustainability, innovation and resilience - by using the Multi-Helix model. Local partners will use existing strategic platforms/development programmes as hubs for innovation and carriers of identified local smart specialisation. SIRR will challenge rural brain drain and develop strategies and networks to retain talent, entrepreneurial skills and increase rural competitiveness. Target groups are SME:s, interest groups, local public authorities and larger enterprises. They will gain better access to innovation support and increased innovation capacity by including more actors and human capital to local innovations. Transnational cooperation is needed to achieve skilled development of sustainable rural areas. There will be a transnational perspective around shared smart specialisations and models for rural growth. SIRR will bring novel solutions to the hubs on the transfer to Multi-Helix model. Initiatives fostered at the hubs will be aided by knowledge partners with skills regarding e.g. sustainability & circular economy. That, along with better innovation support, will connect rural partner areas to EU:s Green deal with green transition, sustainable development and no place nor person left behind

Actual Achievements (EN):

Here are the main activities and focus areas that took place during the period, adding value to the project:Overall ProjectOne of the highlights in #3 was the partnership meeting in Vechta, Germany, with the University of Vechta and TrENDi Hub as gracious hosts. Efforts have been made to continuing activities in the WPs, and to get the pilot hubs to know each other better and cross-border collaborations. A lot of focus has also been on introducing and start engaging the new partner Municipality of Lysekil and making the budget adjustments as smooth as possible. Finally, we were represented at the EU Week of Regions and Cities to shared experiences from SIRR and there has been ongoing emphasis on planning project events. WP1 & WP2, Pilot hubsRegular meetings with the hubs have identified several common focus areas that there is a desire to explore further and engage the project's knowledge partners in contributing with perspectives and expertise. The first focus area addressed in a working group and an open workshop is Approaching and Organising Young People", addressing "local challenges in rural areas" and "practices and initiatives". And there have been other workshops on the project impact and "why:s concerning the pilot hubs. Additionally, the pilot hubs have had several meetings with different stakeholders. This has been important for the local relationship building, based on the Multi Helix approach - a part of mapping the hub's stakeholders. WP3, Research and support Pilot hubsRegular meetings with scientific and support partners have been held to coordinate activities. Collaborating students have been engaged to support the hubs, and the work on the comparative framework has progressed, including drafting, pretesting, implementing, and evaluating fundamental data collection for the hubs. Survey no.2 was shared with the stakeholders of the hubs identified in WP2. Finally, the WP3 partners have been more closely connected to the hubs and the other WP:s.

Website: https://www.interregnorthsea.eu/sirr

Thematic information

Rural and peripheral development

Priority: (VI-B_NS_1) Priority 1: Robust and smart economies in the North Sea region

Priority specific objective: RSO1.1. Developing and enhancing research and innovation capacities and the uptake of advanced technologies

Priority policy objective (Interreg specific objective): PO1 A more competitive and smarter Europe by promoting innovative and smart economic transformation and regional ICT connectivity

Type of intervention: 010 Research and innovation activities in SMEs, including networking

Partners (13)

Lead Partner: Sotenäs kommun

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 212000-1322

Address: Parkgatan 46, 45680 Kungshamn, Sweden

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Website: https://www.sotenas.se

Total budget: EUR 1 149 491.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 689 695.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 459 796.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Ville de Louvigné Du désert

Name: Ville de Louvigné Du désert

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 21350162000016

Address: 19 rue Lariboisière, 35420 Louvigné du Désert, France

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Website: https://www.louvignedudesert.org/

Total budget: EUR 399 022.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 239 413.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 59.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 159 609.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Universität Vechta

Name: Universität Vechta

Partner’s ID if not PIC: DE 811339936

Address: Driverstraße 22, 49377 Vechta, Germany

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://www.uni-vechta.de

Total budget: EUR 1 030 044.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 618 026.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 59.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 412 018.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Strömstad kommun

Name: Strömstad kommun

Partner’s ID if not PIC: SE212000140501

Address: Stadshuset, Norra Bergsgatan 23, 45280 Strömstad, Sweden

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Website: http://www.stromstad.se

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Miljöbron/HoloHouse

Name: Miljöbron/HoloHouse

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 855101-3330

Address: Sven Hultins plats 5, 41258 Gothenburg, Sweden

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Business support organisation

Website: https://www.miljobron.se

Total budget: EUR 316 103.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 189 662.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 126 441.00

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER

Lysekils kommun

Name: Lysekils kommun

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 212000-1389

Address: Kungsgatan 44, 45380 Lysekil, Sweden

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Website: http://www.lysekil.se

Total budget: EUR 312 562.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 187 537.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 59.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 125 025.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Læsø Turist- og Erhvervsforening

Name: Læsø Turist- og Erhvervsforening

Partner’s ID if not PIC: DK35768483

Address: Havnepladsen 1, 9940 Læsø, Denmark

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Business support organisation

Website: http://www.visitlaesoe.dk

Total budget: EUR 206 272.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 123 763.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 59.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 82 509.00

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER

Högskolan Väst

Name: Högskolan Väst

Partner’s ID if not PIC: SE202100405201

Address: Gustava Melins Gata 2, 46186 Trollhättan, Sweden

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://www.hv.se

Total budget: EUR 299 162.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 179 497.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 59.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 119 665.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Foreningen Stenvad Mosebrug

Name: Foreningen Stenvad Mosebrug

Partner’s ID if not PIC: DK43128213

Address: Stendyssevej 14, 8586 Ørum Djurs, Denmark

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Other

Website: https://www.facebook.com/stenvadmosebrugscenter/

Total budget: EUR 364 158.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 218 495.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 145 663.00

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER

Den erhvervsdrivende fond Skagen Uddannelsescenter

Name: Den erhvervsdrivende fond Skagen Uddannelsescenter

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 17940430

Address: Kuttervej 13, 9990 Skagen, Denmark

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Education/training centre and school

Website: https://sucska.dk/

Total budget: EUR 624 607.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 374 764.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 59.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 249 843.00

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER

Communauté de Communes du Pays de Lumbres

Name: Communauté de Communes du Pays de Lumbres

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 246 2010 16 000 77 (siret)

Address: 1 chemin du Pressart, 62380 LUMBRES, France

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Website: http://www.cc-paysdelumbres.fr

Total budget: EUR 396 199.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 237 719.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 59.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 158 480.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Agence d’Urbanisme et de Développement Pays de Saint-Omer Flandre intérieure

Name: Agence d’Urbanisme et de Développement Pays de Saint-Omer Flandre intérieure

Partner’s ID if not PIC: SIRET number : 30541909500057

Address: Centre administratif Saint-Louis, 16 rue Saint-Sépulcre CS 90128, 62500 Saint-Omer Cedex, France

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Interest groups including NGOs

Website: http://www.aud-stomer.fr

Total budget: EUR 203 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 121 800.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 81 200.00

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER

Aarhus Universitet

Name: Aarhus Universitet

Partner’s ID if not PIC: DK31119103

Address: Birk Centerpark 15, 7400 Herning, Denmark

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website (not verified): https://btech.au.dk/en/research/research-sections-and-centres/cgc-au

Total budget: EUR 358 833.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 215 300.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 143 533.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

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City of Louvigné du Désert

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Hochschule Vechta

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Municipality of Strömstad

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Miljöbron/HoloHouse

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Municipality of Lysekil

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Laesoe Tourist and Business

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University West

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The association Stenvad Mosebrug

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The business foundation Skagen Education Center

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Intermunicipal authority for the Lumbres area

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Agency for Urban Planning and Development of the Saint-Omer Flandre intérieure Region

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University of Aarhus

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Municipality of Sotenäs

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Summary

Project name (EN): Sustainability, Innovation and Resilience in Rural areas

Project acronym: SIRR

Project ID: D4a5lZN00

Project start date: 2022-10-01

Project end date: 2027-09-30

Project status: ongoing

Relevant mentions and prizes:

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Total budget/expenditure: EUR 5 659 453.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 3 395 671.00

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 60.00%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 3 395 671.00. Co-financing rate, 60.00%.

Investments, deliverables, policy contributions

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Deliverables:

Develop hubs and remodel the structures for long-term Multi-Helix inclusion / Strategic focus and helicopter perspective over hubs. What happens when we fully recognize and remodel the local structures for a long-term inclusion of the Multi-Helix model? 1 joint report and 10 hub specific.
Mapping of the partners rural areas / Descriptive desk research on local characteristics, collection of available local data, and mapping of local individuals, businesses, authorities, organisations and groups as potential participants in innovation processes.
Development of comparative framework / Multi-Helix helixes are complex systems with vertical and horizontal spheres and interactions. These must be made operational. An online-monitoring system of the helix transformation will be developed
Identify and visualise the regional innovation ecosystems and communicate strategically with it / Each hub has identified their regional innovation eco-systems and started to strategically communicate with them regarding needs and conditions, as well as local strengths. 10 hubs communicate TO the innovation system and ABOUT the innovation system.
Identification of local Multi-Helix innovation stakeholders, networks and workgroups / Hosting & facilitation of recurring local events that create engagement across sectors and within different organisations/groups with the aim of identifying & fostering innovative ideas and create strong local Multi-Helix partnerships and workgroups.
Collection of data from the individual hubs / Structural & activity related data from hubs will be collected & made operational. Activities at local hubs will be compared transnationally using a framework of indicators e.g. Self-reflectiveness Co-creation Resilience-mindness Openness Path-Independency
Develop hubs by linking them to the regional innovation eco-systems in a structured way (strategy) / Strategically link hubs to identified innovation systems. Aggregate hubs knowledge & experiences for a joint report on how to create a structural linkage and increase rural innovation support. Related to how rural areas can implement the Green deal
Development of a typology of Multi-Helix hubs / The individual hubs will be assigned to specific types relating to their structure and development. This typology will reflect upon the above mentioned indicators.
Conceptualising local hub Multi-Helix smart specialisation innovation processes into local context Multi-Helix pilot actions / With knowledge supply and process assistance for smart specialisation from WP3 the local hubs will compile local context concepts for development and implementation of Multi-Helix innovation pilot actions
Connect hubs to each other / Hubs form a transnational network. All hubs will meet at annual partnership conferences with the purpose to integrate hubs with each other (in total 7 physical meetings). The physical meeting will then be complemented with monthly digital ones.
Testing, assessment and evaluation. Local context Multi-Helix innovation pilot Best Practice / Data for testing, assessment, evaluation is collected from activity 1-3 and processed for further qualification of hub innovation processes by support partners. The data will also be used for analysing local Multi-Helix innovation pilot Best Practice
Supporting and hindering factors in the local transformation to Multi-Helix helix structures / Supporting and hindering factors will be identified for the relevant types; interventions to transform or improve the network will be identified. Special attention will be paid to sustainability and training.
Coordinate activities and WP:s / Project leader coordinates activities with WP-leaders to ensure joint development and WP-coordination WP:s are closely related and need coordination between WP1 (strategic hub development)WP2 (Multi-Helix pilots)WP3 (supportive evaluation and inputs)
Dissemination of learning from local context pilot actions / Wide-spread communication of knowledge, learnings, experiences, and results from implementation of local pilot innovation processes. Focus on added value from transnational cooperation and/or from Multi-Helix approach.
Pathways to Multi-Helix / Following the analysis of Multi-Helix hubs and their typology actors and stakeholders will be provided with suggestions relating to their further improvement. An online-monitoring system will demonstrate the development towards Multi-Helix hubs
Network and joint coordination between support partners / The support partners will gather in a network where they coordinate the support they offer to local hubs (The collection of the joint tool box).

Contribution to wider strategies and policies:

The Green Deal sets ambitious goals for fighting climate change and transforming the economy. SIRR contributes to green transition, circularity AND to some of the preconditions of the Green Deal implementation: No person or place left behind; engaging citizens in social innovation and all able to benefit from the transition fairly. By ensuring Multi-Helix approach and better balance between rural and urban areas SIRR will deliver to the Green Deal at both precondition and green transition level.
SIRR is in line with the renewed Circular Economy Action Plan. The action plan sets ambitious goals - also in the normative area, as it has as an explicit goal that circularity and sustainable products should be the norm in Europe. SIRR contributes to: implementation of a circular & sustainable mindset in innovation processes supports that circularity/circular economy works for people and communities by developing sustainability and circular competences of decision makers, companies and citizens.
SIRR connects to "A SMART NORTH SEA REGION" by working for local smart specialisation strategies that strengthens rural areas capacity for new and innovative industries and economic diversification (resilience) that ensures viable jobs in all parts of the region. The increased innovation capacity due to SIRR also leads to higher employment rates. SIRR has a focus on sustainability where circular economy models and marine resources, tourism and digitalisation are important for the partners.
SIRR contributes by working for the better of rural areas so that its citizens, associations and enterprises can reach the same level of support regarding innovation and sustainability as urban areas. Local cohesion is a focus in SIRR, as a way of counter-balance the urbanisation trend. Multi-Helix will bring together various society groups who must cooperate to balance sustainability, competitiveness and resilience through participative and innovative integrated territorial development.
SIRR contributes to the strategy by having a focus on connecting rural hubs to the regional innovation eco-system and in that way link SME to innovation support. SIRR will also increase skills regarding sustainability and green business models for SME at rural locations - as a way of making sure they are ready for the demands of tomorrow where sustainability will be of major importance.

Programme Common Output Indicator:

RCO 084 - Pilot actions developed jointly and implemented in projects, Measurement unit:
RCO 083 - Strategies and action plans jointly developed, Measurement unit:

Delivered output indicator(s):

(RCO83) Strategies and action plans jointly developed: 256
(RCO84) Pilot actions developed jointly and implemented in projects: 756

Programme Common Result Indicator:

RCR 104 - Solutions taken up or up-scaled by organisations, Measurement unit:
RCR 079 - Joint strategies and action plans taken up by organisations, Measurement unit:

Delivered result indicator(s):

(RCR79) Joint strategies and action plans taken up by organisations: 33
(RCR104) Solutions taken up or up-scaled by organisations: 10

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2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B North Sea

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2025-02-03

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

65 / 65 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

791 / 791 (100%)

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