The Spanish Living Lab is run by the RIO International Observatory of Rural Research, a laboratory of ideas and projects created in 2019. Ourense is the only landlocked province in Galicia region with about 310,000 inhabitants. Ourense has the lowest birth rate in Spain and three unique characteristics, which call for evidence-led innovations:
- an exceptional concentration of citizens above 100-year-old;
- a lack of forest inventories, which is critical to prevent mega-fires in the context of climate change and;
- an ambition to develop a digital administration in the post-Covid context.
Feel free to check out our published material for further details about our Spanish Living Lab:
- Find out what they are the main challenges experienced by Galician rural area and what are the main opportunities for its future in this blog post.
- See all the details of the Living Lab in our catalogue.
Thematic Priorities: Demography (ultra centenarians), Forest fires, E-governance
