Support for Young People in Rural Areas ( SYPRA )

Young people suffer more than other age groups from disadvantages such as unemployment, difficult access to education and training, obstacles to set up new businesses, lack of basic
services. These disadvantages are even worse for young people living in rural areas, causing often young people’s migration to bigger towns and cities and increasing the issue of
depopulation that traditionally affects rural areas.
Digital technologies play an important role in the everyday lives of most Europeans; the internet has made it possible for people, businesses and governments to transform the ways in
which they communicate and engage with one another. Yet some parts of the population are excluded (sometimes out of choice) and there is a danger that the so-called digital divide
becomes wider with the introduction of new technologies.