Smart Village Core – Bio-based Integrated Rural Communities

What is Smart Village Core?

Smart Village Core is not a theoretical concept.
It is a step-by-step, pilot-based model for rural regeneration, designed to:

• regenerate ageing villages,

• create local bio-based economies,

• attract private capital and EU funding,

• ensure long-term economic sustainability.

Each Smart Village Core starts small, becomes operational first, and scales only after validation.

Key components

• Bio-based agriculture (organic crops, orchards, greenhouses, aquaculture)

• Energy autonomy (solar, wind, biomass, heat pumps)

• Rural Campus (training, reskilling, applied education)

• Cooperatives & local value chains

• Health, wellbeing & community services

• Nature integration (green belts, water systems, biodiversity)

What we are looking for at CARE4BIO

We are open to collaboration with:

• bio-based technology providers,

• agri-food innovators,

• research institutes & living lab partners,

• impact investors and regional development actors,

• clusters and EU-funded consortia.

What we offer

• real pilot locations in Romania,

• structured governance & standards (Smart Village Standard 2026),

• investment-ready framework,

• scalability at regional and national level,

• strong link with diaspora capital and private investors.

Why Romania?

Romania offers:

• affordable land,

• high agricultural potential,

• strategic EU positioning,

• strong need for rural regeneration,

• opportunity to build reference pilots for Eastern Europe.