Track | Smart Villages Āris Ādlers, President of PREPARE Network Mindtrek Conference 15th of November 2022. Tampere, Finland www.mindtrek.org

1. Smart Village in Latvia - From trendy
concept till Smart Village movement
Tampere, Finland, 2022, 15th of November
Āris Ādlers- President of PREPARE Network

2. I remember the phone call from Ilze Kļava
from Jaunlutriņi village at the end of the 2018.
‘Aris, I know that You are busy, but You might help
me to make a new impulse for my villagers. I have
seen that You have posted in FB something about
Smart Villages. Maybe You can come to us and
explain, what it is… ‘

3. It was 12th of January 2019 in Jaunlutriņi village
and my story with promotion of Smart Village in
Latvia have started

6. We established Facebook page for interested
people
• For Rural Development
Experts and
Enthusiasts;
• Place to see each
other;
• Place to place
information
(Translations)

7. Everyone want to be Smart= Smart is Sexy

8. Next Milestone
• https://www.smartrural21.eu/

9. We Implemented several Cooperation projects
• Thoughtful development of
communities (32 Villages)
• On the way to Smart Coast (8
Villages)
• Smart Village Network
(Promotion of Concept)
Targeted PR
campaign in
each project

10. Smart Village in
TV news, in TV
programmes,
Radio, Seminars,
Conferences,
Exchanges,
International
events, Social
networks

11. Shower thoughts
• How to explain, what is Smart
Village
• How to become Smart Village?
• Do We have examples?
• How to recognise Smat Villege?
• How to rise interest?

12. Subcontracted Latvian Rural
forum (Biggest Civic Network)
To organise National Campaign
«My Village is Smart Village»
- Contest to get status
- Development of Logo
- Create a respectable jury
- Determination of criteria
- Attract the press
- Provide visibility for rewards

13. What Villages get besides diploma
• Visibility
• Recognition
• Apreciation
• Ideas what have to be improved
• Lot of guests
• Status to be prould of
• To be the subject of research
• Being Smart is Sexy

14. The main criteria to be recognised as Smart
Village:
• A self-generating COMMUNITY can be identified in the village
• The implementation of INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS can be identified in the
village
• Openness and INTERACTION of the population both internally and
externally
• The village is able to realize its goals by making full use of the existing
RESOURCES
• Open and inclusive governance is defined for the community

15. Where are we now?
People in Rural areas now and still interested in SV. They are looking and finding finances for developments. Communities are
able to learn and change. People are following and naturally networking. This is time to establish Oficial SV network.

16. Thank You!
aris.adlers@gmail.com
+37126468620