A new four-year project founded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovative programme and coordinated by the James Hutton Institute was launched in April 2016. “Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas” (SIMRA) seeks to advance understanding of social innovation and innovative governance in agriculture, forestry and rural development, and how to boost them. Its focus is on marginalized rural areas, including in mountain regions, across Europe and beyond, with a focus on the Mediterranean region where there is limited evidence of outcomes and supporting conditions.