Study on Employment, Growth and Innovation in Rural Areas (SEGIRA)

The European Commission, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Regional Development (DG AGRI) has initiated the Study on Employment, Growth and Innovation in Rural Areas (SEGIRA). The aim of SEGIRA is to provide “a thorough assessment of employment and growth in rural areas with particular attention paid to women and young people, agriculture and the agri-food industry; the key conditions for stimulating economic growth in rural areas; and providing a classification of major drivers of employment and socio-economic development in rural areas”. Although there have been many studies analysing employment and growth throughout Europe, only very few of them are at NUTS3 level and focusing on the development of specifically the 501 rural areas in comparison to the 495 intermediate and 307 urban regions.