ENGINE Engages with Stakeholders at #Futurismo Consultation Event On 4 February 2026, the ENGINE project engaged with key regional stakeholders during a consultation event organised within the #Futurismo initiative at the Department of Economics – University of Foggia. Represented by…
Further achievements at the University of Foggia: a bachelor thesis explores ENGINE’s impact on rural development On 29 October 2025, Carmela Cangi, student of the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Foggia, earned her bachelor’s degree in Communication,…
Unlocking Rural Potential: the ENGINE approach ENGINE publicly unveiled its initial findings at the XXI Conference of the European Rural Development Network (ERDN), held at Romanian Academy – Institute of Agricultural Economics in Bucharest, Romania, from 23 to 25 September…
Advancing Rural Innovation and Entrepreneurship through Collaborative Higher Education Efforts On 1–2 July 2025, partners of the ENGINE Project gathered at the Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão (ESTG/IPVC) in Viana do Castelo, Portugal, for the 2nd Transnational Project Meeting.…
As part of the ENGINE project’s ongoing efforts to align higher education with the needs and realities of rural regions, an online stakeholder consultation meeting was held on April 9, 2025, organized by FH Münster University of Applied Sciences. The…
On April 3rd, the ENGINE team member Marilena Labianca (Prof. in Economic and Political Geography) organised a workshop on ”Resilience and Development in Rural and Marginal areas” at the Department of Economics – University of Foggia. The event focused on…
The University of Foggia participated in a talk organized by the Municipality of Foggia as part of the initiatives “The new Sustainable City” on 24th March 2025, at the “Gate & Gusto Fair” in Foggia, an important annual fair trade…
On March 10 and 12, 2025, the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo organized two online Rural Consultation sessions as part of the Engine project, gathering a total of 23 participants — including entrepreneurs, representatives of associations, public entities, educational…
On February 28, 2025, a rural consultation meeting was held in the Małopolska region as part of the ENGINE project, which promotes a modern, education-driven approach to rural development. This was the first meeting of its kind with rural stakeholders…
On December 2, 2024, the ENGINE project partners held another meeting, this time focusing on developing a methodology for identifying rural areas’ developmental potential for innovation and entrepreneurship. The methodology will provide a framework for collecting and analyzing data on…