SIMRA Case Studies

 

SIMRA Case Studies collect and analyse empirical evidence of social innovations in agriculture, forestry and rural development in marginalised rural areas in selected European, Associated and non-EU countries, particularly focusing on the Mediterranean region. A co-constructed evaluation of success factors for social innovations in selected case studies will be carried out not only by the academic community, but also by the people involved in rural development practice (such as technicians, LEADER groups, etc.), covering spatial variation and heterogeneity of regions (e.g. in terms of natural conditions, socio-economic development, social capital, governance and institutional settings).

Data collection takes place between winter and autumn 2018. The analyses at case study level and across cases will be implemented during 2019.

The case studies that have been selected among those compiled in the database of social innovations constitute the “Analytical cases” (A). These implement the whole set of SIMRA methodological tools:

N.	Case Study	Thematic cluster	Location and country	Partner
1	Forest fire volunteers	Forest Management	Catalonia, Spain	CTFC
2	Lochcarron Community Development Company		Strathcarron, Scotland, UK	HUTTON
3	The Noidanlukko cooperative	Local Development	Pyhäjoki, Finland	OULU
4	Pro Val Lumnezia		Surselva, Switzerland	UBERN & SAB
5	Revitalising plans for Vlkolínec		Vlkolínec, Slovakia	CETIP&IFESAS
6	Hawaruhof	Community Agriculture	Kirchberg am Wagram, Austria	AWI
7	Learning-Growing-Living with women farmers	Social Farming	Trentino Alto-Adige, Italy	EURAC
8	Care farm Pitteperk		Koudekerke on Walcheren, The Netherlands	DLO
9	Dairy producers public-private partnership	Networking	El Jem, Hazeg and Beni Hassen, Tunisia	FAOSNE
10	VAZAPP’		Foggia, Apulia, Italy	UNIFG
11	A box of sea	Fisheries	Lesvos and Leros Islands, Greece	ICRE8

Along with the “Analytical cases”, Case Studies B or “Analytical-Informative Case Studies” complement the pool of data through the complete methodology or a simplified version it for the assessment of social innovation. These cases are:

N.	Case Study	Thematic cluster	Location and country	Partner
1	Smart Carbon forestry in the Ravnic-Orlovše forest commons	Forest Management	Vipava valley ,Slovenia	CETIP&IFESAS
2	Smart Carbon forestry in Nízle Tatry forest commons		Nízke Tatry, Slovakia	CETIP&IFESAS
3	Integrated ecosystemic value-enhancement of the Guadeloupe Forest Agrobiodiversity		Guadeloupe, France	HUTTON
4	National Forum for Social Agriculture	Social Farming	Rome, Italy	EURAC & UNIPD
5	Community hydropower in Braemar	Energy	Braemar, Scotland, UK	RDC
6	Community hydropower in Braemar	Community Agriculture	Boxtel, The Netherlands	DLO
7	Network Réseau des Fleurons	Local Development	Neuchâtel, Switzerland	UBERN & SAB

Lastly, Cases C or “Informative Case Studies” are additional examples of Social Innovation which have employed a simplified version of the SIMRA methodology. These examples are of interest for providing robustness to the findings from Cases A and B, as well as addressing new topics of social innovation in rural areas. These cases are:

N.	Case Study	Thematic cluster	Location and country	Partner
1	Community work with wildfire volunteers	Forest Management	Penedès-Garraf County, Catalonia, Spain	CTFC
2	Valorisation of Non-Wood Forest Products through the Market Analysis and Development (MAD) approach		Jendouba and Beja Governorates, Tunisia	FAOSNE
3	Argan co-operative of rural women	Networking	Idmine, Souss Massa Region, Morocco	FAOSNE
4	Environmental Friendly Villages Network	Networking	Behera Governorate, Egypt	CU
5	Community energy: Huntly District Development Trust	Energy	Huntly, Scotland, UK	RDC
6	Resilience of Rural Islands	Local Development	Vidovici, Cres Island, Croatia	CETIP & IFESAS