Creating resilient rural communities in BSR based on the opportunities of digital bio businesses.

Project name

Project number

C033

Project programme

Interreg Baltic Sea Region 2021-2027

Project implementation period

01.11.2023. – 31.10.2026.

Project partners

Association of Municipalities of Tartu County (Estonia)
Business Development Council of Toender Municipality (Denmark)
Tartu County Development Association (Estonia)
SYMBO – the sustainable FoodInnocenter (Denmark)
RegioVision GmbH Schwerin (Germany)
JPYP Business Service (Finland)
Centria RDI (Finland)
Valmiera Development Agency (Latvia)
DIGITALEUS OÜ (Estonia)
Into Seinäjoki Ltd (Finland)
Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania)
Creativity Works Europe (Poland)
Association for the Development and Promotion of Podkarpacie “Pro Carpathia” (Poland)
Bieliny Commune (Poland)

Associated partners:

Regional Council of South Ostrobothnia (Finland)
Business Development Agency Rostock County (Germany)

Leading partner of the project

Association of Municipalities of Tartu County (Estonia)

Project aim

Provide solutions to rural municipalities and business support centres to make them competent supporters of e-biobusinesses and to promote the creation of e-biobusinesses in rural areas. The target audience for the solutions developed will be small and medium-sized entrepreneurs as well as individuals.

Project acronym

eRural resilience

Project budget

The total funding of the project is EUR 2,918,835.00, of which the ERDF is EUR 2,335,068.00 and the co-financing of the partners is EUR 583,767.00.

Main activities of the project

Planned activities for the project are divided into three work packages:

(1) Preparation of solutions, this work package will include the following activities: creation of support groups, collection of existing solutions and knowledge, work on developing solutions/methodologies.

(2) piloting and evaluating solutions, this work package will include the following activities: testing, evaluation and improvement of developed solutions/methodologies.

(3) distribution and transfer of solutions in the Baltic Sea Region, this work package will include the following activities: measures for the dissemination of solutions/methodologies (based on the established communication and dissemination plan), the application of developed solutions in day-to-day work.