CSIR: Rural Research Project

Ivan Andersen picked up this link:

CSIR in project to enable rural research - 'The CSIR is participating in an international research consortium aimed at enabling people in rural areas to take part in research and the development of technology that could effect them.

'Researchers from the CSIR Built Environment and the Meraka Institute, a national research centre managed by the CSIR, are involved in the project, which is funded by the European Union's (EU) Framework Programme 6 (FP6).

'The Collaboration@Rural: a Collaborative Platform for Working and Living in Rural Areas project, or C@R for short, will last three years and provides a platform for research and technology development institutions to collaborate with rural communities in developing effective methodologies implementing rural living labs in rural economies.'