Key steps and issues to consider when designing rural digital services and valuing their socio-economic &

environmental impact

Emilija Stojmenova Duh – University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Clive Peckham, Nievre Numerique, France

Outcomes and Indicators

Jobs & Productivity

Rural demographics

Environmental impact

Commuting

Public

healthPublic

savings

Iden

tify

Business

Citizens

Smart Villages: Co-creating the service eco-system

Together with:

Together with:

Together with:

Identify & prioritise

Public bodies

Design and develop

• Stakeholders:

– Identify

– Engage

• Digital products and services:

– Design Processes

– Open innovation

– Trust

ENABLING, AND SUPPORTING A MULTI-STAKEHOLDER SELECTION AND DESIGN PROCESS

Parc du Morvan, Nievre Burgundy, France

Connectivity

Speed

Digital (i)Literacy

Resistance to change

Digital Divide

ICT issues, resource networking and connectivity

Digital literacy

Use - technical fluency that’s needed to engage with computers and the Internet.

Understand – information management skills for

finding, evaluating and effectively using

information to communicate, collaborate and solve problems.

Create is the ability to produce content and

effectively communicate through a variety of

digital media tools.

The ability to create ensures that citizens are

active contributors to digital society.

Digital skills

Digital skills

CREATING THE COMPLETE PACKAGE

Slovenian Fab Lab Network

Mentors

Co-working space

Equipment:

CNC, 3D printers,Laser cutters, Basic hand tools and electronics…

Retired experts

Researchers, Teachers

School 1

School 3

Company 1

Company 2Company 4

Company 5

entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship,circular economy

School 1

Company 5

Creating Digital and Hybrid Services and Products

Co-creatingSmart Village/Territoryservices in the Nièvre Burgundy

AgriFab-Lab

Rural/Digital Hub

Cultural Platform

Smart Ptuj

• Stakeholders: Citizens, Tourists, Public administrators;

• Digital services: Community management, E-Government

• But before that: connectivity (access); awareness raising (understand), skills development (use)

Of whom

60

% are

Women

20 Self-

Employed

Creators of New

Services

Import-

Export

Training &

coaching

Translation/

Interpretati

on

Administrati

ve and

financial

svcs

Communica

tion

Invested in

housing

projects

Of income

generated

Injected

into local

economy

22 Families

52 Family

Members

16 School Age

Children

25 e-entrepreneurs permanently settled in the

Murat District between 2008 - 2013

18 Jobs

created

through

additional

income

31 Jobs Directly

Created (25+6)

In the District

12 Spin-Off

Jobs

Created

Tot

al

Jobs

Create

d

70% of the

families left their

region to move to

the Auvergne

88% of the

Entrepreneurs are

staisfied with their

new living and

working

environments

Infographic summarising a study

undertaken in 2014 by

‘Creating the Complete Package’: Integration into wider community regeneration: comprehensive support for new ‘entrants’ business/infra/social-cultural

✓ Start’Up Chef

Today – a multi-functional service and innovation hub for the Territory with

an international reach

Training for

business start-ups

Women’s

Entrepreneur

Network

Translators Café Fab Lab

Information

Session

Fab-Lab for rural business,

education and training