What we are doing
RURITAGE establishes a new heritage-led rural regeneration paradigm able to transform rural areas in sustainable development demonstration ‘laboratories’, through the enhancement of their unique Cultural and Natural Heritage potential. Based on past research and experiences, RURITAGE identifies 6 Systemic Innovation Areas (SIAs) (Pilgrimage, Sustainable Local Food Production, Migration, Art and festivals, Resilience, Integrated Landscape management) and 11 Cross-cutting Themes transversal to every SIA (Business models and investment strategies, Governance and regulatory framework, Legal aspects and land tenure, Technological innovation, Social innovation, Environment and climate change, Cultural Ecosystem Services, Mental wellbeing, Tourism and Marketing strategies, Cultural and natural heritage safeguarding, appreciation and interpretation, Mobility and accessibility of the areas) which represent the ways in which cultural heritage acts as driver for regeneration of a rural area and its economic, social and environmental development. Through the analysis of 13 selected Role Models in Europe and beyond, and of how SIAs and cross-cutting themes successfully interacted in the Role Models, RURITAGE will support the co-creation and implementation of heritage-led regeneration strategies in 6 Replicators, involving local stakeholders in the formulation of the strategies, ensuring a collective approach in the management, responsibility and ownership of Cultural and Natural Heritage.
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