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International Journal of Social Science and Human Behavior Study

Rural Development as Working With People: The Particular Case in Mountains Area of Avila, Spain

Author(s) : MIRIAM LOPEZ, RAQUEL PASTOR, VICTOR LUIS DE NICOLAS

Abstract

Despite efforts from all areas and levels of European, national, regional and local policies, the lack of entrepreneurship initiatives remains one of the main problems in many rural areas. Given the lack of effective public initiatives, today there is a need for new approaches based on civil society playing a greater role in promoting rural development and entrepreneurship in endogenous development projects. In this context, the main objective of the research is to study best strategies and tools to planning a new model which aims to generate entrepreneurship and innovation in rural areas by engaging civil society. This new model is based on the ‘Working With People’ meta--model by adapting its elements to the special conditions of the context in which it is applied. This adaptation results in an entrepreneurship program for rural sustainability that is being conducted in the Sierra de Avila region, Spain, and supported by a private non-profit organization called the ‘Tatiana Perez de Guzmán el Bueno’ Foundation. After continuous work with the locals, the designed tools have been able to generate the first entrepreneurial projects since the implementation.

No fo Author(s) : 3
Page(s) : 6 - 10
Electronic ISSN : 2374 - 1627
Volume 4 : Issue 1
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