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Overview
Project start date: 01.09.2024
Project end date: 31.08.2026
The Rural Impact project addresses the challenges faced by young people in rural areas, where limited job opportunities and inadequate vocational education and training (VET) increase the risk of becoming NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training). Recognising these barriers, the project aims to enhance access to quality VET by introducing online social entrepreneurship modules, tailored to rural economies, and establishing local social enterprise incubators.
Project end date: 31.08.2026
The Rural Impact project addresses the challenges faced by young people in rural areas, where limited job opportunities and inadequate vocational education and training (VET) increase the risk of becoming NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training). Recognising these barriers, the project aims to enhance access to quality VET by introducing online social entrepreneurship modules, tailored to rural economies, and establishing local social enterprise incubators.
Project Objectives
- The objectives of the Rural Impact project are to:
- improve access to targeted and high-quality VET opportunities for learners living in rural areas;
- facilitate skill development in social entrepreneurship for rurally based young VET learners;
- establish social enterprise incubator projects for rurally based young VET learners;
- enhance the competences of VET professionals.
Expected results
The project aims are directly linked to the 3 main results the Rural Impact project will produce, as follows:
- Social Entrepreneurship e-Modules for Rural Youth Entrepreneurs
- Up-skilling Programme for VET professionals
- Rural Impact Incubators
Project consortium
The consortium consists of 6 partners from 6 EU countries as follows: Valmiera Development Agency (Latvia) – Coordinator; Acta Foundation (Bulgaria); WeLearn (Ireland), ConstantaHUB (Romania), School of Social Sciences and Humanities (E.C.S.H.) (Portugal) and CALLIDUS (Croatia).
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