living villages - rural development...workshops and meetings to inform the city councils and the...

#RuralDepopulation

Patricia Sanchón Ortas Centro de Desarrollo del Somontano

Barbastro, Huesca

21/05/2019

LIVING VILLAGESA project to stop depopulation and promote the installation of new settlers in rural areas of the Aragon region (Spain)

INVOLVE THE LOCAL POPULATION

• Workshops and meetings to inform the City Councils and the local population about the project.

• Formal accession of the town councils to the project

• Awareness- raising activities, training and exchange of experiences.

• Creating a "Network of volunteer collaborators".

• Discussion and awareness meetings

Workshops and meetings to inform the City Councils and the local population about the project.

training workshops to enhance the associations’ way of working: tools for team working, design of activities, potential sources of funding.

Visiting the Fair for the Repopulation of empty Spain PRESURA. (Soria)

Visiting some agro-food incubators for new entrepreneurs, visiting other villages that actively work against depopulation

Designing a website which would provide the collected information in an organized and updated way.

Actions and events to contact potential new settlers, informing and motivating them to encourage their settlement in a rural municipality: Campaign targeted to the "Sons of the village"

Developing actions orientated to promote social integration and work Placement in the territories, mainly addressed to young people and local women: Digital bulletin of job offers.

www.redemprendeytrabaja.somontano.org

Implementation of reports, protocols and management systems to facilitate the sale and rental of homes

Thank you for your attention!