Good practices
What is a good practice?
A good practice is defined as an initiative related to regional development policy which has proved to be successful in a region and which is of potential interest to other regions.
Although we primarily refer to good practices, valuable learning can also come from unsuccessful practices. Lessons learnt from unsuccessful experiences are also taken into consideration in the exchange of experience process. You can find more information in our programme manual.
Examples of good practices can be found in the good practice database.
How can I submit a good practice?
You can submit good practices from several points on the website. Take a look below to start submitting your good practices today.
Step 1
You can submit a good practice by going to your profile menu on the top right when logged into your account.
In the list, find good practices, click on the option and you will be directed to your personal good practices dashboard.
Step 2
Once you arrive in your good practices dashboard, you will see a big blue button.
Click on the button to start the process of submitting a good practice.
Before submitting your good practice, you can work on it in the good practice template. Or click here to start your submission now.
You can also explore more information about additional features of your good practice dashboard.
If your good practice is linked to a project or if you are a lead partner or a project web admin, have a look also at our guidance note about good practice validation.
Useful documents
Where can I find good practices?
Our good practices database consists of a wide variety of examples that have been put forward by our projects and validated by Platform Experts. Start exploring them below.
RSL Op Post
RSL Op Post improves the life standards of citizens by providing for the basic needs in combination with being an experimental, inspirational and creative hub.
Low cost actions to mobilize citizens in climate adaptation
Citizens can help shape the city's climate objectives. To this end, the city is running various actions in which citizens/neighbourhoods can participate.
Opzoomer Mee
Opzoomer Mee, since 1994, fosters low treshold and bottom-up social cohesion and greening projects by residents in Rotterdam’s streets and neighborhoods
Open Data Smart City Poznan Application – Urban Data Integrator
Smart City services improves public services by allowing residents to report issues, submit feedback, and stay updated on city news through a digital platform.
Rural youth entrepreneurship programme “LAUKIEM BŪT!” (THE COUNTRYSIDE WILL BE!)
Free of charge 5-day training on business knowledge, business idea award competition, individual consultations & group coaching for rural youth in Latvia.
Panevėžys Municipality‘s support for culture and sense of community: Creativity Centre Pragiedruliai
Reconstruction of creativity centre Pragiedruliai has boosted open-minded creativity, sustainability, and community engagement in Panevėžys, Lithuania.
Water buffering and restoration in raised bog peatland Bargerveen
The area is being developed because it is a Natura 2000 area with the objective of restoring raised bogs in Bargerveen, Province of Drenthe.
Using artificial soil mixtures to restore dry Mediterranean sub-steppe grasslands in quarries
Different substrate mixtures were tested to restore rare sub-steppe grasslands that existed before quarrying, using inert waste and former agricultural soils.
Performance-based Tax Return Boosts Organic Waste Recycling
Municipalities get back a proportional amount of landfill and incineration taxes based on their organic waste recycling efforts.
“Stras’app” A service to simplify everyday life citizens
A service developed to simplify citizens about cultural/sports access, parking management, mobility, administrative procedures, reduce impact on the environment
Conversational intelligence to support the production of high-quality open data
Conversational intelligence to ensure dataproviders publish datasets of high quality and usable to facilitate the downstream development of services.
The Digital, smart, sober and inclusive Smart Services Platform for Paris Region
Île-de-France Smart Services leverages data from public and private partners to develop innovative services, enhancing the region's appeal and sustainability
PV Self-Consumption system with storage and monitoring for efficient distribution across 7 buildings
The installation of PV panels, distributed across 7 public buildings in Badajoz, allows them to share electricity thanks to compatible consumption profiles.
ACORNS (Accelerating the Creation of Rural Nascent Start-ups)
An innovative programme for rural-based female entrepreneurs, ACORNS provides support through peer-to-peer learning and Community formation.
Cheque Cyber / Cyber Vouchers
SMEs benefit from a cybersecurity diagnosis and detailed action plan based on 4 key analysis pillars. The diagnosis is financed by the "Diagnostic CYBER" grant.