Episode 239 (15 Jun 2023): Rhys Evans (https://hgut.no/om-hlb/tilsette/rhys-evans/) is a professor of Human Geography at the University College of Green Development in Bryne (‘Breena’) Norway. He works to create and share tools which help local people and communities engage in projects which deliver the improvements they have identified and are willing to work towards creating. A musician who also drove trucks for a living in Canada and the USA for 25 years, he began university at the age of 39 and likes to think that his ‘groundedness’ based upon how he worked for a living gives him an important insight into how development works for people and communities and he tailors his ‘tools’ to take that into account. Some of his tools include a model of Vocational Transition in Rural Europe; the Repurposing of Cultural Heritage Assets for the 21st Century Economy; Asset-based Rural Community Development, and Regenerative Development. His main activity is working with communities who wish to improve themselves -- using EEA grants.

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