The main objective of the OREN project is to involve agricultural entrepreneurs in an interactive learning programme, specifically designed and addressed to the rural development issues in the COVID era. The partnership will develop an interactive, multi-stakeholder platform that will contain sustainable rural business models, simulation models and mathematical tools, accompanied by managerial courses targeted to agricultural entrepreneurs. By acquiring such skills, the entrepreneurs will be able to analyse the root causes of successful business scenarios in order to improve their expertise and skills in understanding and modelling potential good practices.

More particularly, the OREN objectives are:

• Discover insights and emerging patterns regarding rural business development.- Discover and analyze factors (environmental, socio-economic, geographical.) that contribute to successful rural businesses.
• Analyze the structural elements of rural development, map the relationships that might lead to successful business models, and explore them through simulation with the purpose of identifying potential policies and points of unintended consequences
• Develop and promote work-based learning for agricultural entrepreneurs with the purpose of increasing their business skills In order to achieve such objectives, the training will provide the involved actors with the skills to design effective business models in diverse settings and the tools (theoretical and technical) to implement them appropriately.
Hence, the OREN project aims to:
• Provide of a better understanding of the modern rural economies, generate knowledge of successful rural business models and identify the factors that can lead to sustainable growth.
• Provide tools (theoretical and technical) for entrepreneurship in rural areas, a database of business cases and an interactive learning framework.
• Through the acquiring of advanced business skills, the OREN project aims at stimulating local economic development especially in poor and remote areas.
• Increase the added value of those businesses and lead to job creation in rural areas
• Make rural businesses more sustainable and resilient to changes that hinder their development.

Association of Cities and Regions for sustainable Resource management (ACR+)

The Association of Cities and Regions for sustainable Resource management (ACR+) is an international network of cities and regions sharing the aim of promoting a sustainable resource management, through prevention at source, reuse and recycling, and accelerating the transition towards a circular economy on their territories and beyond. Circular economy calling for cooperation between all actors, ACR+ is open to other key players in the field of material resource management such as NGOS, academic institutions, consultancy or private organisations. The network currently counts about 90 members, mainly local and regional authorities as well as national networks of local authorities representing around 1100 municipalities.
acrplus.org

 

The Italian Chamber of Commerce for Germany (ITKAM)

The Italian Chamber of Commerce for Germany (ITKAM), established in 1911 under German law as a non-profit association of entrepreneurs and professionals, is recognized by the Italian government under the law of 1.7.1970, n. 518.
ITKAM is a bilateral association that operates on the Italian and German markets to foster and increase economic relations and cooperation between companies in both countries.
ITKAM has three operational offices in Germany (in Frankfurt, Berlin and Leipzig), several representative offices in Italy, and a desk in Vienna (ITKAM Austrian Desk).
itkam.org

Camara Badajoz

camarabadajoz.es

Symplexis 

Symplexis is a Greek non-for-profit organization that strives to ensure equal opportunities for all through actions and measures that build skills, empower and promote active engagement and participation focusing on the most vulnerable categories of the population and particularly those with fewer opportunities.
Symplexis’ mission is to elevate social cohesion through integrated actions and project-based activities that aim at promoting the inclusion of disadvantaged groups at risk of marginalization and exclusion, while promoting and protecting the rights of various types of population groups that face discrimination focusing on the empowerment and support of victims, awareness raising and information sharing at all levels. symplexis.eu

Euro Education Bulgaria

Euro Education Bulgaria is a young company, founded to promote vocational training in the Plovdiv region (Bulgaria) and the internationalization of local training processes. It deals in fact with:
Vocational training for all ages.
Student mobility of both young Bulgarians to other European countries, and the reception of European students, to internationalize the economic fabric of local companies.
Tourist activity, especially for training purposes.
Internationalization and innovation in the context of production.
EEB fields of interest are Sustainable Development, Central Role of the Person, Social Community Economy, Subsidiarity, Integration and exchange of knowledge, technologies and cultures. EEB main activities can be grouped in Project Management (according to PRINCE2 Methodology), Needs Analysis Lab, Non-formal education, ICT.
euroeducationbg.eu

Federconsumatori Lazio

Federconsumatori Lazio is a NGO, with more than 30 years of activity in the representation, protection, training, and information of citizens in their capacity as consumers and users, participates to the Woman Entrepreneurship Development Committee of the Commerce Chamber of Rome.
Federconsumatori Lazio is mainly run by young highly educated an volunteers who are interested on sharing values such as solidarity and legal protection. It’s characterized by a richness of heterogeneity which allows to face all the social and economic challenges of our time societies. It aims to support citizens and local associations to address the modern important questions of economic, social and cultural development, searching new models of participation and active citizenship in terms of improving the local and regional sustainability.
federconsumatori.lazio.it

IDS

IDS is a technological startup that offers computational solutions to decision makers of any type of organization. Our goal is to assist both in the Organizational Strategy and Operations by developing Decision Support Tools customized to the needs of each individual decision maker.
To achieve our vision we have gathered a team of experts coming from leading organizations and universities across Europe. Our members form an interdisciplinary group that specializes in Operational Research, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science. Combined with industrial experience, we provide to clients Decision Support Tools of the greatest quality that offer valuable insights to the Strategy and measurable advantages to the Operational aspects of an organization.
idsgreece.com

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