As we have already told you next November SOCENT SPAs will participate in Presura, to be held in Soria. It is the first time that a fair of these characteristics is celebrated in Spain, with the aim of attracting the entrepreneurs to the depopulated zones.

We transcribe below the press release of the organizersYou can´t bear the city and want to escape? Does the city air no longer make you free? Are you thinking about coming to live to the rural world, in contact with the nature? Do you want to educate your kids in a natural environment? Do you have in your mind the project of your life and need a place to develop it? Are you looking for supports and partnerships for your project?

Well then we are waiting for you in PRESURA the 1st Fair for the Repopulation of the Empty Spain (Soria, 10, 11 and 12 of November). The objective is to promote the repopulation of the sparsely populated areas of our country, giving visibility to its endogenous resources and the opportunities that exist to implement sustainable projects and ventures in these areas, connecting the people who want to develop their life plans in the rural world with the people who can help you to make it happen. 


The fair is aimed at all those people who are looking for a place to start a new life, away from the city, in a sustainable way and who want to know the opportunities that the rural world offers them to start projects, ventures, etc. 

Likewise, in PRESURA will participate public and private actors who develop their activity in the rural world and who can contribute to facilitate the arrival of new settlers in their territories: municipalities, local action groups, entrepreneurs, NGOs, etc. 

What will you find? 

PRESURA will take place in El Hueco, in Soria, a 2.500 m2 co-working space, where you will find exhibitors, conferences, projects and many activities to facilitate the networking among those attending. The most important sectors that will be represented at the fair are: 

  • Agroecology
  • Forestry
  • Rural housing
  • Cohousing
  • Circular economy
  • Rural tourism
  • Renewable energy
  • Technology
  • Education.
  • Art
  • Social venture

PRESURA offers many parallel activities. Free and independent information, which aims to  give the key to choose successfully where and how to launch the project of your life. The Ágora space located in the central area of the fair will host dozens of project presentations, social enterprises, conferences, music, reports, etc, to disseminate all the initiatives present at the fair. 

PRESURA covers such topics as sustainable rural development, social innovation, public policies against depopulation, sources of employment, business opportunities, circular economy, agro-ecology, etc, accompanied by other more specific for social entrepreneurs, going through musical proposal, slowfood, etc. 

They are only few examples of the many topics that will be developed in this space for the information of PRESURA.