Good practices for Economy

Smart economy

Fibre optic network in Luthern – a backbone for digitalisation

The project foresees that all buildings in Luthern will be connected to the glass fiber network by the end of 2022, but on a voluntary basis. Residents and businesses would have to contribute to the initial costs with a one-time connection fee. Subsequently, a monthly connection fee will be due, as is the case today with most cable connections (TV, telephone, etc.).
Applicable in rural, non city areas
Municipality
Youth, Elderly, Students, Active working people

Smart economy

Bike-Flowtrail

The Bike-Flowtrail in Marbach is a bike path for everyone, maintained by the Sportbahnen Marbachegg, as a new, attractive summer offer with bike transport by gondola. A “flow trail” can be ridden by trained bikers as well as by the whole family: the route, which follows the natural terrain, allows biking without braking in wide bends and thus triggers the feeling of a “flow” for bikers. In addition, this new offer counters the snow uncertainty for a ski area at just 1500 m because it attracts a new target group. In this way, the tourist added value, jobs in the community and the future of the Sportbahnen Marbachegg AG as a tourist driving force for the entire region are secured.
Applicable in rural, non city areas
Village
Youth, Students

Smart economy

KMU Digital – Smart tourism

raising awareness among hoteliers concerning the topic digitalisation
Applicable in rural, non city areas
Local area
Active working people

Smart economy

Innovation Lab

For an Innovation lab a central location is perfect in order to guarantee accessibility for all citizens (e.g. commuters). The old railway station building in Löffingen was purchased by the municipality of Löffingen lends itself to establish as an Innovation Lab.
Applicable in rural, non city areas
Local area
Youth, Elderly, Students, Active working people

Smart economy

Blockchain-based digital transformation of a short food supply chain

A short food supply chain connects local farmers with local customers. However, beside the agriculture domain, this process also includes logistics, trading and dissemination. Even though the process is more individual and natural, it still needs more improvement in order to facilitate its acceptance from the broader local communities. Furthermore, even though interesting, the potential customers sometimes also lack the trust into such food, which in many cases is more expensive, while giving no real proof of its origin. To improve the process in terms of efficiency, traceability and trust, a digital transformation of the process, backed by blockchain technology is the best possible solution.
Applicable in rural, non city areas
Local area
Youth, Elderly, Students, Active working people

Smart economy

Mountain Lab Adelboden

On behalf of TALK AG, gutundgut integrated a co-working space in Adelboden and the Tourist Center under the roof of the Mountain Lab Adelboden. The Tourist Center in Adelboden has become an innovative open space where the staff of the Tourist Center and the ski school share space with independent entrepreneurs, digital nomads, and local talent.From the beginning of the project, it was important to involve the local population. Besides the co-working space, the Mountain Lab Adelboden offers external meeting rooms in various locations. In co-operation with hotels and vacation homeowners, a Coliving offer was developed. Together these three offers form an attractive opportunity to combine work with leisure time and support Adelboden in its positioning as an innovative place of tourism and work.
Applicable in rural, non city areas
Village
Students, Active working people

Smart economy

Virtual Wine tasting

Promotion of local wine products using ICT tools.
Applicable in rural, non city areas
Local area
Youth, Elderly, Students, Active working people

Smart economy

Meet The Local Producer Platform

New innovative way for conection of local farm holders and food producers with their consumers.
Applicable in rural, non city areas
Local area
Youth, Elderly, Students, Active working people

Smart economy

Regional and local fairs’ digitalization

Due to the covid-19 emergency it was necessary to face the need to carry out some events of territorial promotion through the digital mode, thus a new RSG was born consisting of two LAGs, Gal Genovese Development Agency and LAG Verde Mare, a company of digital services and two Expo Committees: Expo Alta Val Trebbia and Expo Fontanabuona Tigullio.This is an innovative solution that has ensured the creation of a digital platform for the promotion of artisan and tourist activities as part of these two local events, including EXPO FONTANABUONA TIGULLIO also recognized as a regional fair.GAL Genovese Development Agency is the organizer of this regional fair which takes place in Val Fontanabuona, a mountain area in eastern Liguria, and which attracts thousands of visitors every year. The fair receives each year a public funding by Liguria Region and Genoa Chamber of Commerce. Due to the pandemic the event seemed cancelled, but fortunately an innovative solution was found: a digital platform where users could found local products and services they need according to the e-commerce mode.
Applicable in rural, non city areas
Local area
Youth, Elderly, Students, Active working people

Smart economy

jemlokalno

Jemlokalno (eng.: eating-local) is an application which connects local producers of food and beverages with local producers. It was developed as a solution to COVID issues in the first lock-down (april 2020), when local products were available, but logistics and information about availability was not present.
Applicable in rural, non city areas
Local area
Active working people

Smart economy

Test phase for digital receipts in local retail stores

In Germany the so-called cash register receipt requirement (Kassensicherungsverordnung) was introduced on 1 January 2020. Since then it is mandatory that customers receive a receipt for every purchase. A test phase for a digital receipt, available in local retail stores in Löffingen is planned to be carried out in January 2021
Applicable in rural, non city areas
City
Youth, Elderly, Students, Active working people

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Innovation Lab

An Innovation Lab is a meeting place in a central location with a focus on business start-ups. Innovation Labs with integrated coworking spaces could create future-oriented places of work in Löffingen and promote a creative environment through cooperation between different working groups.
Applicable in rural, non city areas
Local area
Youth, Elderly, Students, Active working people

Smart economy

La Jolie Colo, Digital Hub and Creative Lab

La Jolie Colo is a both a place and a rural development tool: it consists in a business hotel, a digital hub and a creative Lab dedicated to welcome Cultural companies on residency. The site offers 1000 m2 of shared offices and collaborative spaces + 2 hectares of land dedicated to organic agriculture. For 3 years now, it gives an operational tool to develop and implement new forms of local activities and organizations within a collaborative project. Governance of the facility involves local inhabitants and stakeholders that can share and create added-value for both economic and rural development, towards a more resilient and transition way of inhabit and work in the moutaneous Vercors natural regional park.
Applicable in rural, non city areas
City
Youth, Elderly, Active working people

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B2B platform

The BSM brings together what belongs together - at the B2B level! The cooperation platform for the economy in the four-country region of Lake Constance is the link that is supposed to offer support to companies during and after the Corona pandemic. There, companies can search for the resources they need or offer free capacities and other services.
Applicable in rural, non city areas
Local area
Youth, Elderly, Students, Active working people

Smart economy

Candle – the heart among the vineyards and gastronomic excellence

Svečina, (German: Witschein) is a settlement in the western Slavic Hills (Slovene: Slovenske gorice) north of Plach in the Municipality of Kungota in northeastern Slovenia. The majority was attested in historical sources as Wetschin and Wetsine in 1197 Baetscheine in 1269, among other spellings). Locally, the settlement is known as Quantity. The name may be derived from the common noun * more 'council', with the initial s- possibly by association with the related word world 'advice'. In the past it was known as Witschein in German. There is a manor house in the settlement. Its foundations date to the 12th century, but the current building is late Renaissance dating to 1629 with a square floor plan and four corner turrets. It was built by the monks of St. Lambrecht's Abbey in Austria. Since 1936 it has been a secondary school, now belonging to the Agricultural College of Maribor. Notable people who were born or lived in Volume: • Andreas Perlach (1490–1551), court astrologer and chancellor of the University of Vienna Slovenske gorice, near the Slovenian-Austrian border, where the main activity of farms is focused on viticulture and fruit growing. We are known for the famous road, the heart among the vineyards; but this is only in space the actual picture of the hearty and kind people who have lived here for centuries and create a mosaic of recognition and excellence of Slovenian gastronomic richness, cultural heritage, rich natural landscape and famous people who were born here (* Andrej Perlach) or lived and lived here. They are all heroes!
Applicable in rural, non city areas
Village
Youth, Elderly

Smart economy

Caseificio Val d’Aveto – Investing to sustain the local supply chain

A dairy company, in Val d'Aveto (Liguria), used RDP (Rural Development Programme) support to to add a new wing to the factory building, for the processing, packaging and storage of yoghurt. In this way, the investment reinforce the local supply chains and helps prevent the abandonment of the farming activity in the area thanks to the creation of new jobs.
Applicable in rural, non city areas
Local area
Youth, Students, Active working people

Smart economy

Drava Bike Trail

The cycling route along Drava runs through 4 countries (Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia) and has a total length of about 710 km. The route begins right next to the source of Drava on Toblach Field (Toblach) in Italy. It then continues through Austria, Slovenia, and finally Croatia (where the route is not yet fully arranged and marked). The total length of marked Drava Bike trail is now 510 km. The first 70 km of the cycling route from the source of Drava are very interesting, since we mostly ride downslope. A large section of the cycling route runs through Carinthia and crosses the border to Slovenia at Vič, continuing through Slovenia from Dravograd past Radlje ob Dravi, Maribor and Ptuj, all the way to Ormož and Središče ob Dravi, where it crosses into Croatia after 145 km. The river and the cycling route continue their path towards Varaždin, where the river Mura (also famous for its cycling route – Mura Cycling Route), after 63 km, at Legrad, converges with the river Drava, which then flows into the Danube near Osijek.
Applicable in rural, non city areas
Local area
Youth, Students, Active working people

Smart economy

Maribor Wine Road

Wine-growing Štajerska region boasts being home to the oldest vine in the world and is one of the largest wine-growing regions of Slovenia, famous for its elegant, varietal white wines. It is also a strong wine tradition present here.
Applicable in rural, non city areas
Local area
Youth, Elderly, Students, Active working people