Join the SERIGO Community of Practice group on LinkedIn! Connect with people across Europe on social economy, innovation & inclusion. 📝 Register: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/… 👉 After the registration, request to join the LinkedIn group: linkedin.com/groups/40613002…

The SERIGO x #ELIF webinar explored the main challenges and opportunities in financing community-led social innovation in rural areas. Read a summarising article here: serigo-project.eu/uncategori… Watch the recording: youtu.be/EMNv8rOuTgA

Join our SERIGO x #ELIF webinar tomorrow at 10:00 CET! Explore funding models, exchange ideas, and discover inspiring European practices to finance community-led social innovation in rural areas. 📌 Still time to register: events.teams.microsoft.com/e… @AEIDL @EURuralPact

📢 Agenda available! Join the SERIGO project x ELIF webinar on 15 October, 10:00–12:00 CEST, to explore the challenges rural practitioners face when accessing finance and discuss different funding mechanisms for #community-led social innovation: serigo-project.eu/event/seri….

At #EUAgRI2040 in Brussels today & tomorrow! 📍 Find us at Stand 11, Charlemagne building, with @SafeHabitus_eu . Meet @AEIDL and discover how SERIGO and SafeHabitus are supporting more inclusive, sustainable and safer rural areas. 👋

Discover how SERIGO supports the inclusion of migrant & refugee women in Austria! In Villach, a pilot led by Diakonie de La Tour creates safe spaces, learning opportunities & peer support to strengthen inclusion, empowerment & resilience. 🎥 Learn more below! @AEIDL

The latest policy brief presents the findings from an Austrian case study, highlighting how #SocialEconomy organisations support the labour market integration of #MigrantWomen in rural areas. 📖 Read the full policy brief here: serigo-project.eu/wp-content… #RuralDevelopment

📢 SERIGO will be at the EU AgRI 2040 Conference in Brussels on 24–25 September 2026! 🌱 Visit us in the exhibition area to discover how we're supporting resilient rural communities and shaping the future of EU agri-food. See you there! mission-soil-platform.ec.eur…

How can rural social economy organisations build sustainable funding? 🌱 Our Community of Practice workshop in Villach explored how diversified income, community support & innovative finance can help rural organisations sustain social impact: lnkd.in/ezvMsQri

🌱 How can we strengthen rural businesses for a more competitive Europe? Join the @EURuralPact webinar on 17 Sept. to explore business support, finance, entrepreneurship & social economy approaches for resilient rural areas. 📅 17 Sept 2026 👉 lnkd.in/exarDf5q

We are on Bluesky 🦋! Follow us for insights on how social innovation is transforming rural communities and driving inclusive, community-led development. 🔗 serigo-project.eu/ 🔗 bsky.app/profile/serigo-proj… #SocialInnovation #RuralDevelopment #SocialEconomy

Last week in Villach, Austria, for the 4th SERIGO consortium meeting: 📍Day 1: CoP workshop on access to funding for rural social innovation; 📍Day 2: Visit to the ReBoLa community garden supporting refugees & migrant families; 📍Day 3: advanced research & case-study analysis

Yesterday, @AEIDL organised a Community of Practice Workshop in #Austria, exploring access to funding for community-led social innovation. 👉 Takeaways: fragmented funding, the importance of community trust, challenges in measuring impact, & the value of people-centred innovation

📢 Are you in Bratislava this week? Join us for our second Community of Practice workshop! 📅 11 September 2025 📍 Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava (Slovakia) 🔗 Last days to register! 👉serigo-project.eu/event/adva…

🌿 How is SERIGO strengthening rural communities in Slovenia? In Poljčane, challenges like unemployment & social isolation affect all generations. 🎥 Watch more: youtube.com/watch?v=bklzV1DL… @EURuralPact @EUAgri @EUgreenresearch #SocialInclusion #RuralAreas

Interested in how policies can better support rural areas? Join us at #EURegionsWeek for Rural Proofing in Action: 📅 14 Oct | 16:00 CET 📍 Brussels A collaboration between the @RustikHEU , @VALORADA_EU & @ruralgranular projects👏 Register by 30/09, places are limited. Don’t miss out, register now👉bit.ly/4gdxx5K

SERIGO joined #ESRS2025 in Riga to explore how the #SocialEconomy supports inclusive, resilient rural futures. Great insights, collaboration, and case studies from across Europe! 🌍🤝 📖 Read more: serigo-project.eu/news/serig… #RuralDevelopment

How can rural areas become Europe’s next hubs of #innovation and #resilience?🤔 We explored this in our latest #GRANULARproject webinar! Read the highlights report on: ✔️ Functional approaches to rural policy ✔️ Inclusive economic alternatives ✔️ EU-level tools for boosting rural #competitiveness ✔️ Data innovation for local resilience Check out the report: ruralgranular.eu/event/vibra…

What if the key to Europe's economic resilience lies in its rural regions? In last week's #GRANULAR webinar, we explored how rural communities are driving innovation, inclusion and sustainability from the ground up. 🔍 OpenStreetMap + AI are helping to map economic diversification in functional rural areas, revealing information that goes beyond administrative boundaries. 📊 The EU Competitiveness Compass, the Startup Village Forum and the Rural Toolkit are boosting local innovation ecosystems. 🌱 Social and solidarity economy (SSE) models, such as cooperatives and agroecological enterprises, are revitalising rural economies. Find out more: bit.ly/3SRo5K5

Inspiring week in 📍Maribor, Slovenia, for our 2nd consortium meeting! Engaging discussions & co-creation helped shape next steps for fieldwork and action research across our case studies and pilot initiatives #SocialEconomy