In the “Digital Villages” project, Fraunhofer IESE demonstrates how digitalization opens up new opportunities for rural areas. The project was launched in summer 2015 with the aim of developing a digital ecosystem for rural areas in Rhineland-Palatinate. Since then, digital services in the areas of communication, local supply, mobility, and municipal administration have been created, which are networked with each other via a central platform. The project focuses on villages and rural municipalities and wants to investigate the challenges of modern life in rural areas in terms of digitalization.