The main aim of KiNESIS is to create a Knowledge Alliance among academia, NGOs, communities, local authorities, businesses to develop a program of multidisciplinary activities in shrinking areas with the aim of promoting and fostering ideas, projects, workforce, productivity and attractiveness. The problems affecting peripheral territories in rural or mountain areas of the interior regions, compared to small, medium or large population centres and large European capitals, are related to complex but clear phenomena: the emigration of young generations, abandonment and loneliness of elderly people, the loss of jobs, the deterioration of buildings and land, the closing of schools and related services, the disappearance of traditions and customs, the contraction of local governments, which in absence of adequate solutions can only generate worse conditions, leading to the abandonment of areas rich in history, culture and traditions. It is important that these communities - spread all over Europe - are not abandoned since they are rich in cultural traditions, which need to be preserved with a view to new developments, intended as "intelligent" rebirth and recovery.The focus of KiNESIS is to converge the interest of different stakeholders by recalling various skills around abandoned villages to make them "smart" and "attractive".Keeping in mind the triangular objectives of cooperation and innovation of research, higher education and business of the Knowledge Alliance action, the project aims are: i) revitalising depopulated areas by stimulating entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial skills; ii) creating local living laboratories, shared at European level, in which the exchange of knowledge, best practices, experiences can help promote social inclusion and entrepreneurial development;iii) experimenting new, innovative and multidisciplinary approaches in teaching and learning; iv) facilitating the exchange, flow and co-creation of knowledge at a local and global level.
- revitalising depopulated areas by stimulating entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial skills; - creating local living laboratories, shared at the European level, in which the exchange of knowledge, best practices, and experiences can help promote social inclusion and entrepreneurial development; - experimenting with new, innovative, and multidisciplinary approaches in teaching and learning; - facilitating the exchange, flow, and co-creation of knowledge at both local and global levels.
The main aim of KiNESIS was to create a Knowledge Alliance among academia, NGOs, communities, local authorities, and businesses to develop a program of multidisciplinary activities in shrinking areas with the aim of promoting and fostering ideas, projects, workforce, productivity, and attractiveness.
<< Background >> The main aim of KiNESIS was to create a Knowledge Alliance among academia, NGOs, communities, local authorities, and businesses to develop a program of multidisciplinary activities in shrinking areas with the aim of promoting and fostering ideas, projects, workforce, productivity, and attractiveness. << Objectives >> - revitalising depopulated areas by stimulating entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial skills; - creating local living laboratories, shared at the European level, in which the exchange of knowledge, best practices, and experiences can help promote social inclusion and entrepreneurial development; - experimenting with new, innovative, and multidisciplinary approaches in teaching and learning; - facilitating the exchange, flow, and co-creation of knowledge at both local and global levels. << Implementation >> The focus of KiNESIS was to converge the interests of different stakeholders by bringing together various skills around abandoned villages to make them "smart" and "attractive." The project, therefore, aimed at an innovative social process that includes involvement and dialogue between different realities, experimentation with new practices, and training and production, with the common goal of reactivating positive dynamics in territories. All objectives have been achieved << Results >> Five Students Internship handbooksFive case studies49 internship plans 28 Associated partners111 candidates for KiNESIS internshipSeminar series "Meeting the Challenge of Depopulation and ShrinkageKiNESIS Virtual Training Class Two summer schools Social Enterprises: Using your Creativity and Sensitivity Extensive online presence and media coverage: 49 videos on Youtube11 Newsletters5 Strategic plansInternship HandbookReports on Internship and ProgrammeExternal Impact Evaluation