ERRIN and Inova+ are supporting ESPON (working closely with Vassilen Iotsov) in organising a series of transnational outreach events across Europe. 

On October 2nd 2018 in Växjö, the seminar will examine Economic development in rural regions – new thinking and policies in finding and exploiting endogenous capacities https://www.espon.eu/vaxjo  

This seminar (in English) will take examine the challenges of Kronoberg County and then call on rural development experts to outline recent thinking in stimulating rural economic development. Experts from Nordic countries will comment on the Swedish challenges and compare with their own challenges and thinking. ESPON projects on Shrinking rural regions in Europe, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in European Regions and Cities and the World in Europe  (FDI flows) will also be presented.