This initiative is coordinated by the El Olmo Foundation, a non-profit organization created to improve the living conditions of rural populations, and the Mediterranean Citizens Assembly Foundation (FACM), a network that promotes dialogue, proposals and citizen action.
With the sponsorship of the Generalitat Valenciana, Casa Mediterráneo, Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean, the network of Mediterranean cities Medcités, the Jaume I University of Castellón and the Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI), sponsored by the United Nations Office for Projects (UNOPS) among others. The objective of this great international congress is to contribute knowledge by placing the Valencian Community as a benchmark in the implementation of models linked to the use of digital technologies in rural Mediterranean environments.
The Generalitat and Casa Mediterráneo of Alicante promote a congress between the end of October to relaunch the concept of smart villages with the aim of curbing depopulation in the Valencian Community, which is advancing at a rate of 4.8% every ten years . It is about presenting in these political appointments that convert the Valencian territory into a pioneer in the development of intelligent towns through a model of public-private collaboration that must contribute to leading the sustainable transformative actions of small municipalities with the help of technologies. digital.
This initiative is coordinated by the El Olmo Foundation, a non-profit organization created to improve the living conditions of rural populations, and the Mediterranean Citizens Assembly Foundation (FACM), a network that promotes dialogue, proposals and citizen action.
See more on the SMART VILLAGES 2022 website.