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Enhancing sustainable rural development through digital twins for rural communities, agriculture and forestry

The Horizon-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE-11 call aims to enhance rural development by leveraging digital twin technologies for rural communities, agriculture, and forestry. The project encourages the use of digital twins to improve sustainability and resilience in rural areas. Proposals are expected to design, prototype, and test digital twin technologies in key sectors such as agriculture, forestry, and other rural industries. The projects should focus on creating 3D digital maps of villages and promoting data-driven decision-making to enhance sustainability. The initiative also supports capacity building for local administrations and rural stakeholders and encourages the use of digital technologies to improve governance and village development. The project emphasizes co-creation with rural actors and aims to improve rural innovation ecosystems through collaborative solutions. Additionally, it supports the development of a public web-based platform that utilizes immersive technologies for village development and heritage promotion.

Opening: 06-05-2025
Deadline(s): 24-09-2025

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This funding opportunity represents a pre-agreed draft that has not yet been officially approved by the European Commission. The final, approved version is expected to be published in the first quarter of 2025. This draft is provided for informational purposes and may be used to preliminarily form consortia and develop project ideas, but it is offered without any guarantees or warranties.

Expected Outcome

• Rural communities, farmers, foresters, and rural actors take advantage of data and digital technologies to meet sustainability objectives and enhance the rural economy.
• Stronger rural innovation ecosystem in place, improving the attractiveness of rural areas.
• Collaboration across different rural actors fostered through innovative governance solutions.
• Improved decision-making and resilience in rural areas through data-driven solutions.
• Enhanced capacities in rural communities for sustainable and efficient territorial development.

Scope

• Design, prototype, and test the use of digital twins to improve sustainability and resilience of rural areas and sectors like agriculture and forestry.
• Develop a detailed 3D digital map of villages to be freely accessible for local authorities, researchers, and private companies to monitor key parameters and explore sustainable development.
• Develop a public web-based platform allowing remote access to the 3D model, utilizing immersive technologies like Virtual Reality.
• Assess the potential of digital technologies for collaborative, open, and citizen-centric governance.
• Provide training and capacity building for rural stakeholders and local administrations.
• Measure and assess the costs, benefits, and barriers of implementing digital twins in rural areas.
• Provide recommendations to support the development of digital technologies in rural areas and key sectors.
• Promote the implementation of smart villages and rural innovation ecosystems.

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