ADEGUA Information

ADEGUA, an organisation specialising in innovation at local level. A prospective Living Lab in the framework of Horizon 2020. Under the legal status of non-profit association of public interest, ADEGUA promotes sustainable economic development through innovation within its geographical area (province of Cordoba, Spain). ADEGUA applies in its work the Community-led Local Development methodology, based on the one established by the LEADER approach of the European Union. ADEGUA works in various networks at regional, national and European level in which it collaborates with universities, foundations and associations of different kinds that share the goal of sustainable territorial development and innovation as a working method associated with process improvement, application of new methodologies or technologies to enhance the quality of life of the people and respond to their needs. ADEGUA has wide experience and know-how regarding the detection and analysis of territorial needs. And that is so since its inception in 1996, responding to the mobilisation promoted by the European rural development policies, seeking modernisation and local sustainable development by innovation, entrepreneurship and a"bottom -up" approach. In this context, ADEGUA has carried out analysis and diagnosis of the territory of action in each period of Community programming, thereby detecting the needs of the population and proposing intervention strategies to address them. This process has resulted in three strategic plans implemented in the periods 1996-1999, 2000-2006 and 2007-2013. In addition, numerous studies and additional analysis have been conducted in the context of other ADEGUA's actions in the territory, through various European programmes and collaborations with R&D institutions also active at local level, connecting local needs in areas such as bio-economy, renewable energy, social change or social innovation, with the research results of these centres of knowledge.