Startup Village Conceptualisation
The European Commission’s long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas identifies several areas of action towards stronger, connected, resilient and prosperous rural areas and communities by 2040. A flagship action on research and innovation aims to help tackle the challenges towards fulfilling rural potential. An annual Startup Village Forum is part of this action. The Forum intends to promote knowledge exchange and cooperation activities and to work as an open and inclusive space where institutions and stakeholders can meet, discuss and shape actions for startup-driven innovation in rural areas. Drawing upon the scientific literature, in this report we develop the Startup Village concept and define it as "A place (or a network of small places) that embraces innovation and ambitious entrepreneurship as a way to unlock development potential and support wellbeing in rural areas". Next, we explore the key enabling factors of Startup Villages- discussing in particular the pivotal role played by the ecosystem in enabling innovation and entrepreneurship - and outline the Startup Village Forum’s facilitating role.
GOODWIN-HAWKINS Bryonny;
GUZZO Fabrizio;
MERIDA MARTIN Fernando;
SASSO Simone;
2023-02-27
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC132646
978-92-68-00057-1 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 31431 EN,
OP KJ-NA-31-431-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC132646,
10.2760/998554 (online),
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