Social Innovation in Remote and Rural Areas

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Social Innovation in Remote and Rural Areas The
Older People for Older People (O4O) Project
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• Introduction to the O4O project
• EU Northern Periphery Programme
• Social organisations for service provision to
  older people
• Older people as assets

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Working within remote and rural communities
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• The emergence of O4O organisations
• O4O Communities
• Scotland Highlands and Islands, Dumfries and
  Galloway
• Northern Ireland
• Sweden Lulea
• Finland North Karelia and Kainnu
• Greenland

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• The emergence of O4O organisations
• Different types of community response
• Different contexts of development

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• (Rural) Entrepreneurial Capabilities
• Different types of (rural) entrepreneur
• The community as entrepreneur
• The role of researcher/ project manager

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• Social Innovation in Remote and Rural Areas
• Stages of O4O development
• Emerging sustainability criteria for O4Os

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Thank you ! Dr. Sarah-Anne Munoz Research
Fellow, Centre for Rural Health Sarah-anne.munoz_at_u
hi.ac.uk