On 16 June 2026, AEIDL organised the third SERIGO Community of Practice (CoP) Workshop on 'Access to funding and finance for community-led social innovation in rural areas' in Villach, Austria. The topic is particularly timely, as access to sustainable funding...
On 6 May 2026, SERIGO held a webinar dedicated to the concept of intersectionality and how women’s health in rural areas can help us better understand it. The webinar was the 4th of a series of events hosted by the SERIGO Community of Practice (CoP), dedicated to...
Insights from the SERIGO CoP webinar (18 March 2026). Older people living in rural areas face overlapping challenges anchored in territorial inequalities, that go beyond ageing itself. Limited access to health services, social isolation and digital exclusion are some...
Empowering women in rural areas is not only about creating jobs. As our recent SERIGO webinar on Women’s pathways to work and empowerment in rural Europe made clear, it is first and foremost about building confidence, shifting mindsets, strengthening community ties...
ESIRA and SERIGO projects organised a joint policy workshop held on 20 November 2025 in Brussels, to explore how community-led social innovation can enhance the social inclusion of vulnerable groups in rural areas. Co-organised by the European Association for...
From November 3 to 7, 2025, SERIGO project partners participated in the 10th EMES International Research Conference, co-organised by the Rotterdam School of Management of Erasmus University and Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Under the theme Scaling Through...
Across the European Union (EU), young people continue to face persistent labour market barriers, including high unemployment, limited access to tailored support, and regional inequalities. In this context, social entrepreneurship stands out as a vehicle for systemic...
From July 7 to 11, 2025, SERIGO project partners participated in the 30th Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology (ESRS), held at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) in Latvia. Under the theme “Navigating Rural Transitions: Exploring Liveable Futures,” the...
The SERIGO partners have joined Social Economy Europe and other key actors in signing a plea to the European Commission. This follows the decision to disband the Social Economy Unit within the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and...
Insights from the SERIGO project event. How can we effectively measure the social impact of social innovations in rural areas? In our last workshop in Maribor, Slovenia, we explored the challenges, best practices, and methodologies in assessing the...