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Rural Businesses: 4th Thematic Group meeting

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This is the main report of the fourth meeting of the ENRD Thematic Group (TG) on 'Smart and Competitive Rural Businesses'.

It explores the Finnish approach to supporting businesses in rural areas, including inspiring businesses and the 'Smart Countryside' initiative.

Additionally, it overviews methods for turning the TG's outputs - case studies and Rural Development Programme (RDP) analysis - into useful tools, and members' perspectives on how the TG met the initial expectations.

Publication date:

May, 2017

File:

(1011.9 KB)

Keywords:

Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, RDPs, Rural business, Rural SMEs