AURORAL

Lower population and business density make it more challenging to develop private businesses and public services in rural areas, negatively impacting socio-economic indicators. Rural areas are key to solve climate change, food, biomass and energy challenges. A favourable climate for entrepreneurship is needed for better provision of jobs, basic services, including health and care, connectivity, smart transport, energy solutions and attractiveness as whole, overcoming digital divide between rural and urban areas. AURORAL focus on delivering a digital environment of interoperable services through platforms able to trigger dynamic rural ecosystems of innovation chains, applications and services. Thus, AURORAL contributes to increasing economic growth in rural areas and to tackle significant societal challenges. AURORAL digital environment is demonstrated by cost-efficient and flexible cross-domain applications through large-scale pilots in five European regions. AURORAL digital environment builds on an open, API-based, interoperable and federated IoT architecture and includes a reference implementation supporting flexible integration of heterogeneous services, bridging the interoperability gap of the smart object platforms and creating markets for services in rural areas. AURORAL digital environment addresses the integration of data and information across different platforms, establishment of an open market place, large-scale demonstration, multiplication of novel applications, the leverage of infrastructure and inclusion of public services. AURORAL pilots follow an evolutionary agile, well-delineated, and lean approach demonstrated in large-scale applications capable of meeting social and economic objectives critical to boost new rural services and business. AURORAL digital environment supports a vibrant ecosystem of developers, service providers and user communities and addresses barriers currently opposing the socio-economic development of rural areas.

Consortium

COMISSAO DE COORDENACAO E DESENVOLVIMENTO REGIONAL DO ALENTEJO, PT
SINTEF NORD AS, NO
ATOS IT SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES IBERIA SL, ES
ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS, EL
BOSONIT SL, ES
BAVENIR SRO, SK
UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID, ES
UNPARALLEL INNOVATION LDA, PT
SMART INNOVATION NORWAY AS, NO
HAFENSTROM AS, NO
UMEA UNIVERSITET, SE
KEMIN DIGIPOLIS OY, FI
EUROPAISCHES ZENTRUM FUR ERNEUERBARE ENERGIE GUSSING GMBH, AUT
TOURISMUSVERBAND REGION OBERWART, AUT
LUXACTIVE KG, AUT
PARCO SCIENTIFICO TECNOLOGICO PER LAMBIENTE ENVIRONMENT PARK TORINO SPA, IT
I TESORI DELLA TERRA SOCIETA COOPERATIVA AGRICOLA SOCIALE – ONLUS – IMPRESA SOCIALE,IT
SISTEMES AVANCATS D ENERGIA SOLAR TERMICA SCCL, ES
ASSOCIACIO CLUSTER DE LA BIOENERGIA DE CATALUNYA, ES
IRRADIARE INVESTIGACAO E DESENVOLVIMENTO EM ENGENHARIA E AMBIENTE LDA, PT
UNIVERSIDAD DE LA IGLESIA DE DEUSTO ENTIDAD RELIGIOSA, ES
EUROPEAN DIGITAL SME ALLIANCE, BE
FEDERATION EUROPEENNE DE FINANCES ET BANQUES ETHIQUES ET ALTERNATIVES, ΒΕ
OULUN YLIOPISTO, FI
NARVIK KOMMUNE, NO