Smart Rural Network Society (Dorpshuis Nieuwe Stijl)

Pilot-project within the European project Vital Rural Area (2009-2013)

www.vitalruralarea.eu

European Interreg North Sea Programme

13 partners in 6 participating regions

Vital Rural Area

- Regional development of ´vital rural areas´,

improvement of liveability

- Three workpackages: WP 1: empowerment of SMEs, towards new economical prospects and innovationsWP 2: branding of a region, towards a professional exposure of regionsWP 3: optimizing services, towards more and better accessible services and amenities

A short video introducing the village of Burum and the project Smart Rural Network Society

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl22kqdHShY

Smart Rural Network SocietyDifferent social and economic goals (1):

1. To improve the liveability and the attractiveness

of the village of Burum; 2. To create new dynamics in the village of Burum;3. To increase the community spirit and a stronger community feeling (social cohesion);4. Extension of the availability and accessibility of services and facilities;

Smart Rural Network SocietyDifferent social and economic goals (2):

5. To facilitate elderly people and people with chronic diseases to remain in the village as long as possible; 6. To develop new ways of connecting people, interaction, communication, and offering services; 7. To strengthen the social function of the townhouse;8. To develop new transferable and upscalable concepts, products, services and/or applications.

Smart Rural Network Society An innovative concept: Expected Results (1):

- An (interactive) digital platform offering access to a range of digital services (accessible from the homes of the inhabitants as well as from the townhouse); - New digital services;- New ways for service providers to deliver services in rural areas, enhancing new business models;- New (digital) functions added to the townhouse;

Smart Rural Network Society An innovative concept: Expected Results (2):

- A report resulting from the monitoring and evaluation activities executed within the framework of the project;- A toolkit consisting of a.o. open source software, instruction manuals, do´s and don´ts, process descriptions; - The project has been transferred to the village and will be continued and extended.

Smart Rural Network SocietyDifferent public and private participants (1):

Government: Province of Fryslân and Municipality of Kollumerland (Representatives of) the Village of Burum

Projectmanagement: DHV (general projectmanagement); Trees Procesinspirator (projectmanagement Care-project); Stichting De Kwartiermeesters (new functions of the townhouse)

ICT: Trivici (development and implementation digital platform); Jan Zijlstra (local ICT-entrepreneur); Kabel Noord (local broadband company)

Smart Rural Network SocietyDifferent public and private participants (2):

Care and Welfare: Timpaan Welzijn (Welfare organisation); Het Friese Land (Home Care organisation); Different providers of telecare/ehealth solutions (a.o. the Caretakers); General practitioners, physiotherapists and pharmacists

Research and Monitoring: Partoer

Bibliotheekservice Friesland (Regional library organisation)

Smart Rural Network SocietyOther interested organisations closely following the project :

- Other municipalities (Dantumadiel, Dongeradeel and Achtkarspelen) - Other Care and Welfare organisations (Stichting Welzijn het Bolwerk, Pasana, Zorggroep Noorderbreedte) - Doarpswurk (organisation representing small rural villages) - Ministry of Internal Affairs - SEV (National organisation for experiments in housing)

Smart Rural Network SocietyProcess until now (1) Start projectdevelopment (Q1 and Q2 2010) Recognition as a national pilot in the field of shrinkage by

the Ministry of Internal Affairs (spring 2010)

http://www.vanmeernaarbeter.nl/voorbeelden/experiment-smart-rural-network-society Process of citizen-participation in joint co-operation with the

national Center for Public Participation (CPP) (aug 2010 –

nov 2010) Questionnaire in the village – which services and amenities

the inhabitants require/desire? (dec 2010 – febr 2011)

Smart Rural Network SocietyProcess until now (2) Presentation of the results of the questionnaire to the

inhabitants of Burum (march 2011) Definition of sub-projects and installation of a project-

organisation (spring 2011 – spring 2012) Selection process of the developer of the digital platform

(Q2 2012) Start of the execution of the different sub-projects (spring

2012) Information evening for the inhabitants of the village

about the progress of the project (12 july 2012) Official launch of the digital platform (24/1/2013)

Short introduction of the Digital Platform

of Burum:

http://burum.openportaal.nl/

Things to come before the end of 2013:

- To finish the running activities - Transfer of the management of the project to the

village (technical and content)- Development of the toolkit - Upscaling of the project to other municipalities

in Northeast Fryslân

- Dissemination- and communication-activities