The Ruralia Institute is looking for pilot villages in the Southern Ostrobothnia region for the Community-based social entrepreneurship in villages project.
You can apply for a pilot village, if
- you are interested in developing and producing some of the services needed in the village in your area and directing most of the possible profit to the development of the activity or the village and
- you are interested in carrying out the practical planning and development process of a community-oriented social enterprise of the village community together with other pilot villages.
As a pilot village
- you get to build service production suitable for the needs of your own village
- you will receive background material, guidance and support for the activities of other villages and experts.
Register your village as a pilot village by December 14, 2020 by e-mail to katja.rinne-koski@helsinki.fi or by phone at 050 415 1159. Participation in the project is free of charge for pilot villages.
Do you want to hear more about the theme? Take part in the kick-off event organized by the project online on Monday 23 November 2020 at 18:15–19:30. Register with Katja Rinne-Koske, you will receive a participation link in your email. Read more about the program of the event, the project and social entrepreneurship.