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Down to Earth - Tackling depopulation challenges to improve environmental resilience in rural areas

Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-C Interreg Europe
Date of latest update: 2026-04-04

Description

Description (EN): Down-to-Earth aims to build stronger rural communities through interregional cooperation for sustainable, resilient, and attractive rural areas.
Project outputs: Policy instruments addressed Website: https://www.interregeurope.eu/

Thematic information

Demographic change and immigration Rural and peripheral development Community integration and common identity

Priority: (VI-C_IE_1) Priority 1: Strengthening institutional capacities for more effective regional development policies

Priority specific objective: ISO6.1. Enhance the institutional capacity of public authorities, in particular those mandated to manage a specific territory, and of stakeholders (all strands)

Priority policy objective (Interreg specific objective): PO6 (ISO1) A better cooperation governance

Type of intervention: 173 Enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders to implement territorial cooperation projects and initiatives in a cross-border, transnational, maritime and inter-regional context

Partners (8)

Lead Partner: Axencia Galega de Desenvolvemento Rural

Partner’s ID if not PIC: N.a.

Address: Lugar da Barcia, 56. Laraño, 15897 Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, 15897 Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Regional public authority

Total budget: EUR 255 689.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 204 551.20

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 51 137.80

Institute of Urban Excellence

Name: Institute of Urban Excellence

Partner’s ID if not PIC: N.a.

Address: Waldorpstraat 17, 2521 CA The Hague, Netherlands

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Total budget: EUR 186 125.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 130 287.50

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 70.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 55 837.50

BSC, podporno podjetniški center, d.o.o., Kranj

Name: BSC, podporno podjetniški center, d.o.o., Kranj

Partner’s ID if not PIC: N.a.

Address: Cesta Staneta Žagarja 37, 4000 Kranj, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Sectoral agency

Total budget: EUR 158 300.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 126 640.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 31 660.00

ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ ΠΑΤΡΩΝ

Name: ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ ΠΑΤΡΩΝ

Partner’s ID if not PIC: N.a.

Address: University Campus, GR26504 Rion, Achaia, 26504 Patras, Greece

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Total budget: EUR 225 680.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 180 544.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 45 136.00

Administrația Națională de Meteorologie

Name: Administrația Națională de Meteorologie

Partner’s ID if not PIC: N.a.

Address: Sos. București-Ploiești 97, 013686 Bucharest, Romania

Legal status: public

Organisation type: National public authority

Total budget: EUR 212 950.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 170 360.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 42 590.00

Fundación Juana de Vega

Name: Fundación Juana de Vega

Partner’s ID if not PIC: N.a.

Address: AV SALVADOR ALLENDE, 15176 Oleiros, Spain

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Other

Total budget: EUR 196 300.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 137 410.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 70.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 58 890.00

COMUNE DI CAMPOBASSO

Name: COMUNE DI CAMPOBASSO

Partner’s ID if not PIC: N.a.

Address: Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, n. 29, 86100 Campobasso, Italy

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Total budget: EUR 194 725.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 155 780.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 38 945.00

Regionalverband Neckar-Alb

Name: Regionalverband Neckar-Alb

Partner’s ID if not PIC: N.a.

Address: Löwensteinplatz 1, 72116 Mössingen, Germany

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Total budget: EUR 224 787.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 179 829.60

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 44 957.40

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Institute of Urban Excellence

Down to Earth - Tackling depopulation challenges to improve environmental resilience in rural areas

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BSC, Business Support Centre, Ltd. Kranj

Down to Earth - Tackling depopulation challenges to improve environmental resilience in rural areas

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UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS

Down to Earth - Tackling depopulation challenges to improve environmental resilience in rural areas

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National Meteorological Administration

Down to Earth - Tackling depopulation challenges to improve environmental resilience in rural areas

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Axencia Galega de Desenvolvemento Rural

Down to Earth - Tackling depopulation challenges to improve environmental resilience in rural areas

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Fundación Juana de Vega

Down to Earth - Tackling depopulation challenges to improve environmental resilience in rural areas

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MUNICIPALITY OF CAMPOBASSO

Down to Earth - Tackling depopulation challenges to improve environmental resilience in rural areas

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Regionalverband Neckar-Alb

Down to Earth - Tackling depopulation challenges to improve environmental resilience in rural areas

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Summary

Project name (EN): Down to Earth - Tackling depopulation challenges to improve environmental resilience in rural areas

Project acronym: Down to Earth

Project ID: 01C0283

Project start date: 2023-03-01

Project end date: 2027-05-31

Project status: ongoing


Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 654 556.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 285 402.30

Co-financing sources:


    Investments, deliverables, policy contributions

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    Programme Common Output Indicator:

    • RCO 001 - Enterprises supported (of which: micro, small, medium, large), Measurement unit:
    • RCO 087 - Organisations cooperating across borders, Measurement unit:

    Programme Result Indicator:

    • RI 3 - Policy instruments improved thanks to Interreg Europe, Measurement unit: policy instruments
    • RI 2 - Organisations with increased capacity due to their participation in interregional cooperation, Measurement unit: organisations
    • RI01: Persons with increased capacity due to their participation to ESPON activities, Measurement unit: %
    • ISI - Organisations with increased institutional capacity due to their participation in cooperation activities across the borders, Measurement unit: No. of organisations
    • ISO006 - Organizations whose institutional capacities have been strengthened because of their participation in activities of cooperation across borders, Measurement unit: organisations

    Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project

    Financing programme

    2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-C Interreg Europe

    Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

    2026-02-20

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

    262 / 262 (100%)

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

    2 261 / 2 261 (100%)

    Notes on the data