Smart Mentoring Platform Capability for Regional HUBs

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Northern Periphery and Arctic

Date of latest update: 2023-11-16

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Description (EN):

Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, the importance of Digital Hubs took on a new meaning when the world turned to remote working. They became vital in supporting employment & careers in rural and peripheral areas. Now, looking towards the end of the pandemic & reopening of countries, Digital Hubs remain vital as both workers & employers embrace a “hybrid working” reality. A balance of hub/home and office working that reduces an individual’s commute and carbon footprint but increases footfall in rural locations and more family time is a more appetising reality for many people that positively impacts their local economy. BizMentors International is an online business mentoring initiative that provides community-based peer to peer mentoring support to entrepreneurs and businesses that is structured, free, managed centrally online and transferable across other sectors. It is entirely inclusive, supporting all start up and existing SME’s. Originally piloted in the agri-food sectors, HubMent would see an extension and scaling of BizMentors Internationals service by building strategic partnerships with regional organisations and hubs to link mentoring and associated capabilities via digital platforms to key communities or groups of SMEs, for example in the areas of the Creative Economy (CREW Galway) and Food Innovation (BIA Innovate) using Digital Hubs both regionally and transnationally as focal points. In Ireland the “connectedhubs.ie” organisation of 400 hubs will be involved in piloting the concept across the diverse range of SMEs located within them. Transnationally, within the NPA region, we have identified possible strategic partnerships in the areas of, for example, Fisheries and Food Innovation (Iceland). Additionally, the project shall seek to extend the online mentoring model to the Social Enterprise realm, allowing muncipalities and development organisations facilitate and accelerate mentoring in this sector.

Website: http://www.interreg-npa.eu/

Thematic information

ICT and digital society SME and entrepreneurship

Specific Objective: Improved support systems tailored for start-ups and existing SMEs in remote and sparsely populated areas

Thematic Objective: (03) enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs by:

Investment Priority: (03a) promoting entrepreneurship, in particular by facilitating the economic exploitation of new ideas and fostering the creation of new firms, including through business incubators

Partners (4)

Lead Partner: Western Development Commission

Department: Regional Development

Address: Dillon House, F45 WY26 Roscommon, Ireland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.westerndevelopment.ie

Total budget: EUR 28 787.00

ERDF budget: EUR 18 711.55

SCCUL Enterprises CLG

Name: SCCUL Enterprises CLG

Address: Galway, Ireland

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 10 964.04

ERDF budget: EUR 5 482.02

Matís ohf.

Name: Matís ohf.

Department: Food and biotech R&D

Address: Borgir, Nordurslod 4 - 4. floor, 600 Akureyri Reykjavik, Iceland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.matis.is

Total budget: EUR 13 651.04

Samtök sveitarfélaga og atvinnuþróunar á Norðurlandi eystra

Name: Samtök sveitarfélaga og atvinnuþróunar á Norðurlandi eystra

Address: Garðarsbraut 5, 3. floor, 640 Húsavík Húsavík, Iceland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ssne.is

Total budget: EUR 13 651.04

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SCCUL Enterprises CLG

Smart Mentoring Platform Capability for Regional HUBs

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Matis

Smart Mentoring Platform Capability for Regional HUBs

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Association of Municipalities in Northeast Iceland

Smart Mentoring Platform Capability for Regional HUBs

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Western Development Commission

Smart Mentoring Platform Capability for Regional HUBs

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Summary

Project name (EN): Smart Mentoring Platform Capability for Regional HUBs

Project acronym: HubMent

Project start date: 2022-01-01

Project end date: 2022-06-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 67 053.12

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 24 193.57

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 24 193.57.

Third-country contribution: Iceland: EUR 16 381.25 (ERDF equivalent only)

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Northern Periphery and Arctic

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-11-02

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

152 / 152 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

779 / 779 (100%)

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Smart Mentoring Platform Capability for Regional HUBs

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