OR Salamis expected to host on Tuesday, September 2nd, an important congress on “Smart Villages: highlighting the concept and capabilities of smart villages for networking, cooperation and empowerment of local community bodies”.

The so -called Smart villages (Smart villages) are innovative rural communities that utilize modern technologies, innovation and collective action to improve the quality of life of residents and strengthen the local economy. The adoption of practices such as the digitization of agricultural activitiesthe Sustainable Management of Natural Resources and upgrading of infrastructure aims to convert rural areas into viable and dynamic ecosystemscapable of attracting new employment and investment opportunities.

“The Attica Islands Network over the last 10 years highlights issues in the Attica Islands with the LEADER program, which has been a lever for development in the Greek countryside, over the last 30 years, giving new impetus to local communities in both Greece and the EU”reports to RES-EIA by the Director of Development Programs of the Network. Attica Islands and CLLD/Leader Coordinator, Christina Kalatha. As she points out, “The leader has a short history in the island’s outdoor zone of the Attica IP, but innovative initiatives have been taken in practice that it is a key development lever. Today, the strategy of smart villages opens an even more creative road ».

“Smart villages are more than just a term, it is a new philosophy that combines local actors’ cooperation, innovation, digital technologies, to upgrade the daily lives of residents, address local issues that are very difficult to, as well as enhance economic and social activity. With modern practices such as digitization in agriculture, sustainable exploitation of natural resources and the development of new infrastructure, rural and island areas, they are transformed into vibrant and durable ecosystems, capable of attracting opportunities and investment for the future. “continues Mrs Kalatha.

Good practices and technological solutions to the focus

In the context of the conference, they will be presented good practices by distinguished speakers from Greece and abroad, as well as innovative technological applications already in place in other European regions and can also be used in Greece for the sustainable rural development.

Themes of the conference

The conference will cover a variety of sections of strategic importance:

  • Smart Tourism – Smart Tourism
  • Smart Agriculture – Smart Georgia
  • Smart Health – Digital health
  • Digital Public Services – Digital Public Services
  • Smart mobility – Smart mobility

As Mrs Kalathas notes, the goal of the event is “Strengthening networking between local authorities, university institutions, businessmen and farmers, promoting partnerships for the development and implementation of Smart Villages policies at local and regional level”.

Participants will have the opportunity to attend presentations, test technological applications and visit signs of interest In Salamis, coming into contact with good practices and innovative solutions in practice.