The impact of the Open School on the Village Host community Text: Simona Mancusi, support: Dominika Majewska The Open School for Village Hosts European Training was not only a space to cultivate skills but the right environment for collectiveness to sprout. Yes, we are a movement! SELF-AWARENESS First and foremost, the training allowed Village HostsContinue reading

This month is packed with good news! The online training The 40 Village Hosts that were selected out of 162 applicants took part in the online training on platform.villagehosts.eu. Through theoretical, practical and peer-to-peer sessions, they reflected on their projects and pushed them forward. If you missed this chance, you still can subscribe to theContinue reading

Text by Massimo Menichinelli & image by Elena Elizondo (Elisava, Barcelona School of Design and Engineering – UVic-UCC). Individual initiatives How could Village Hosts improve their initiatives? How could Village Hosts be recognized as both a new job and a potential alternative? How could Village Hosts have a positive and relevant impact? These issues canContinue reading

Article by Aija Freimane, PhD, Lecturer and Design Researcher at TU Dublin School of Art and Design, Ireland; Director of Board, NGO “Creative Partnership”, Latvia. In the last decade design methods such as co-designing, co-creation, user experience creation, user-centred and participatory design have emerged along with experience, service, system and product design to emphasise society,Continue reading

Nearly a third of Europeans live in rural areas; in Italy alone there are more than 5,500 villages with fewer than 5,000 inhabitants. In these areas, where services and opportunities are often lacking, there are people working daily to create new opportunities for local communities. The Open School for Village Hosts is a project bornContinue reading