ContextWomen who live in the rural environment are key in the sustainable development of our villages and of our society as a whole, and to guarantee such sustainability it is necessary to face the inequalities that women still suffer in the rural environment even more, in Many cases, than urban women. Women play a fundamental role in the sustainable development of the rural environment, as they represent 48.9% of the population in rural areas.We must try to make rural women visible and promote the conditions to close these gaps through the necessary support measures so that rural women are not forced to leave their environment.The future of the rural environment involves creating more opportunities and improving the employment status of women, but their educational, cultural, leisure, access to technology, services and infrastructure options must also be supported.Goals- Make visible the role of rural women and disseminate it in society- Overcome the gender gap in employment- Foster women's entrepreneurship in rural areas- To improve the education of adult women, through the development of a service teaching and learning system that combines learning processes and community service- Facilitate the reconciliation of personal, work and family lifeNumber and type / Profile of the participantsUntitled adult woman living in rural areas. Unemployed women. Professional adult woman working in rural areas without a specific qualification. Adult women with problems accessing the labor market. Migrant women at risk of social and economic exclusion.Methodology:1. Design and operate an online teaching platform for the development of an LMS (Learning Management System). The main pillars are the development of digital educational materials and resources and advice and training in the education sector (in person or virtual). 2. Develop a service-learning pedagogy that combines the academic curriculum with the community service for rural adult women. 3. Raise awareness, information and guidance towards collective recipients, social agents and companies in the sector. 4. Make an evaluation and quality control of the result. 5. Awareness, information and orientation actions towards the target group and the social partners. 6. The target groups will participate in the project through: surveys, personal interviews, specific seminars, multimedia tools and proven actions.Activities carried out1. Design of an online teaching platform for the development of an LMS (Learning Management System). 2. Development of a service-learning pedagogy that combines the academic curriculum with the community service for rural adult women. 3. Completion of 5 pilot courses (one per country) with 10 students to evaluate the non-formal business training program in rural areas. 4. Creation of a specific space to incorporate content and results. 5. Information on activities and dissemination of results: educational conferences, information leaflets and posters. 7. Promote entrepreneurship in rural areas through collaboration with entrepreneurs and social agents, technical trainers, non-formal professional training authorities in the sector. 8. Transnational seminars: 4 to coordinate the project.Impact:1. Increased awareness and participation of the target group (adult rural women) in entrepreneurial processes. 2. Adult women in rural areas will benefit from learning from business activities through the service and learning program. 3. The project expects a positive impact on the collective group of women that favors their professional preparation and their possibilities of access to employment.Long term benefits-Use of the tools developed in the framework of the project to qualify rural adult women.- Increase the number of rural adult women who are employed or develop a self-employment initiative in agritourism, organic farming, local heritage, socio-health care or food related to quality brands- Improve the work of women in rural areas

<< Background >>It is a fact that the European population is ageing progressively and inexorably, even more remarkable in rural areas. Thus, to cite only one example, in the province of León, located in the central area of Spain, % of inhabitants who have 60 years or more exceeds 34%, according to data from 2020, a % that in-creases significantly in rural areas until reaching around 40%. A very high % of this elderly people has some degree of dependence, which means that they need help from third persons to carry out basic ac-tivities of daily life.Given that the longevity of our elders is increasingly high, it is necessary to establish actions that preven-tively allow them to acquire basic knowledge and skills for optimizing opportunities, contribute to strengthen social, economic and territorial cohesion, through active participation in the society in which they live and the promotion of the idea of active and healthy ageing.In this context, through DIGI-Activeing we will implement innovative measures to prevent cognitive im-pairment of the elderly, especially memory and other higher level cognitive functions (language, orienta-tion, attention, concentration, calculation...), so as to encourage and facilitate their active participation in social life within the environment in which they live and be autonomous as long as possible. This need has been accentuated by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, that has aggravated the feeling of loneliness of the elderly.This purpose will be reached through the application of digital technologies, so in a complementary way DIGI-Activeing promotes the access and use of IT by a sector of population (elderly living in rural areas) whom living outside these new tools that can facilitate them access to new opportunities, a better quality of life and personal autonomy and encourage civic participation.DIGI-Activeing is based on the very successful experience that the County Council of León has been de-veloping in recent years through the implementation of the so-called “Memory Workshops”, through which they promote the acquisition of habits that enhance intellectual and mental activity of the elderly living in rural areas in their daily contexts. In these “Memory Workshops” educators carry out various cognitive stimulation activities for the elderly aimed at preventing memory problems associated with age. With DIGI-Activeing we will go a step further and try to enrich these activities through the cooperative work of the consortium members and incorporate them into a 100% digital format to favor their transfer, turning it into “Memory Digital Workshops”.<< Objectives >>The general objective of DIGI-Activeing project is to implement innovative measures to prevent cognitive impairment of the elderly, especially memory and other higher level cognitive functions (language, orien-tation, attention, concentration, calculation...), so as to encourage and facilitate their active participation in social life within the environment in which they live and be autonomous as long as possible.The specific objectives are the following:1. Develop a collection of good practices on active and healthy ageing in rural areas, housed in a micro-site, consisting in the creation of a common bank of successful experiences and references, with a greater emphasis on initiatives of cognitive stimulation, developed at a European or even international level, fa-voring its visualization and dissemination among professionals, institutions and citizens in general.2. Design a digital educational package on cognitive stimulation of elderly people, developed with digital technologies and incorporated into a mobile app. The idea is to develop totally new material, as well as to digitize what is already being used in a traditional way, until configuring an innovative package of games and recreational activities in 100% digital format. 3. Test the digital educational package on the ground through a pilot experience developed in rural areas of the 7 countries represented in the consortium (Austria, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Portugal, Romania and Spain) in order to improve it and obtain a definitive version that could be easily exportable and transfera-ble to other geographical contexts.4. Contribute to the networking and cooperation between public authorities, educational institutions and other local agents for the promotion of active and healthy ageing in rural areas.<< Implementation >>Main activities to be developed in the frame of DIGI-Activeing project are:1) Micro-site of good practices on active and healthy ageing in rural areas (PR1): This output will consist in the creation of a common bank of successful experiences and references, with a greater emphasis on initi-atives of cognitive stimulation, developed at a European or even international level, favoring its visualiza-tion and dissemination among professionals, institutions and citizens in general2) Digital educational package on cognitive stimulation of elderly people (PR2): Partners will design and implement a digital educational package on cognitive stimulation of elderly people, developed with digital technologies and incorporated into a Mobile App usable on smartphones and tablets.3) Organization of 5 face-to-face Transnational Meeting for the project partners.4) Organization of one Multiplier Event in each of the countries represented in the consortium (7 in total) for the public presentation of the Mobile App developed and for announcing the pilot experience and the organization of the different editions of the “Memory Digital Workshops” in each territory.5) Organization of a short-term joint staff training event that will serve for the qualified professionals who will be conducting the “Memory Digital Workshops” that will be organized by each partner during the pilot-ing and testing phase of PR2.6) Organization of a Final conference DIGI-Activeing project to be held in León (Spain).<< Results >>OUTCOMES DURING THE PROJECT:1. Design and implementation of a digital educational package on cognitive stimulation of elderly people (Memory Digital Workshops), developed with digital technologies and incorporated into a mobile app. The idea is to develop totally new material, as well as to digitize what is already being used in a traditional way, until configuring an innovative package of games and recreational activities in 100% digital format. This material will be tested on the ground through a pilot experience developed in several countries in order to improve it and obtain a definitive version that could be easily exportable and transferable to oth-er geographical contexts.2. Development of a collection of good practices on active and healthy ageing in rural areas, housed in a micro-site, consisting in the creation of a common bank of successful experiences and references, with a greater emphasis on initiatives of cognitive stimulation, developed in rural areas at a European or even international level, favoring its visualization and dissemination among professionals, institutions and citi-zens in general.OUTCOMES ON ITS COMPLETION:1. Contribution to the design of activities that preventively allow to elderly, mainly those living in rural areas, to acquire basic knowledge and skills that allow them to optimize ageing opportunities, contribute to strengthen social, economic and territorial cohesion, through active participation in the society in which they live and the promotion of the idea of active and healthy ageing.2. Fostering the application of digital technologies for the promotion of active ageing and education of elderly, mainly those living in rural areas, tools that can facilitate them access to new opportunities, a better quality of life and personal autonomy and, in short, encourage civic participation of the entire rural community. This need has been accentuated by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, that has aggravat-ed the feeling of loneliness of the elderly. 3. Contribution to the networking and cooperation between public authorities, educational institutions and other local agents for the promotion of active and healthy ageing in rural areas.