Support for Business Creation and Training

The project aims to re-skill/up skill workers from a rural/ small farmer/ exconstruction worker context to meet future challenges and opportunities (including self employment) as Ireland faces a carbon neutral economy.

County Longford is located within the central plain of Ireland. Its total area is 104,387 hectares & it has a population of 34,391 (Census 2006). This provides a population density of just under 32 persons per sq. km., which is relatively low in comparison to regional & national figures for Ireland.

-Organising joint events& training courses in relation to retraining trades people in the construction industry to avail of potential opportunities in environmentally friendly building techniques,creating local biomass supply chains &creating energy efficiency. -Creating long term local energy supply chains. -Exchanging best practices around stimulating rural employment. -Production of joint publications. Target group:Unemployed construction workers, farmers, environmental groups, dwellers

LAGs , interested partners must have both written and spoken English.

Hungary, Italy, Slovenia, United Kingdom, Greece, Ireland, Sweden, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Malta, Poland, Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, Spain, Slovakia, Belgium, Germany, Finland, Romania, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Lithuania, Latvia

18/03/2010