Podejście Unii Europejskiej i Polski do koncepcji "smart village"

“Smart village” is defined as a region or local community that uses digital technologies and innovations in everyday life, thus improving its quality, the standard of public services and the use of local resources. The European Union supports projects implementing this concept – they are implemented as part of the EU’s rural development policy (Common Agricultural Policy) and financed from the EU budget, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development. At national level, the objectives and rules for the implementation of the “intelligent rural areas” concept are defined by Member States in their strategic plans for the Common Agricultural Policy. The Polish Strategic Plan provides for the implementation of such projects, defines the objectives that they are to achieve and the principles of their implementation and financing.