Rural Youth Entrepreneurship

Programme 2007 - 2013 Northern Periphery

Date of latest update: 2021-04-06

Description

Description (EN):

RYE aims to contribute to local, regional, national and transnational rural economic development by stimulating latent entrepreneurial abilities among young people in Northern Ireland, Faroe Islands, Finland and Greenland. This will be achieved through transferring and adopting a successful urban enterprise programme, the ‘Young Entrepreneurs Programme’ (YEP), into the rural communities of the above mentioned countries by developing a bespoke ‘Rural Young Entrepreneurs’ programme (RYE) using an innovative and creative online methodology. Such up-skilling and outreach will maximise the full potential of young peoples’ ability in the target rural areas. In turn, this will help facilitate the development and sustainability of more vibrant indigenous micro and SME sectors in these areas. Aim & Objectives: The overall aim of the project is to create and test an innovative Rural Young Entrepreneurs programme for developing youth enterprise skills and business start rates in rural areas.

Achievements (EN):

RYE has built a bespoke tool (www.ryeprojecttool.eu), supporting you through your enterprise journey. The Online Tool provides inventive online services, products, research and networks to facilitate you to develop your skills, knowledge, confidence and capacity to create a viable business venture, improve local service provision, establish transnational trade routes and improve the competitiveness within your region. The tool is split into three sections, Stimulate, Innovate and Create. The Stimulate section includes video case studies from across the Northern Periphery, diary documents and case studies from successful entrepreneurs. The Innovate section includes guides for ‘Creative Thinking’, country specific exploration of opportunity sectors, country specific guides to export, useful links to further NPP projects and the ability to ask local expert questions in your host country. The Create section houses the Business Action Planner (BAP) which aim is to focus you on the key components of starting a new business, to crystallise your idea and to translate it into an Action Plan. It identifies and makes you consider 5 key areas of your business idea: • Your idea • Your customers • Your competitors • Your operations • Your finances The Business Action Planner has a wealth of resources including country specific factsheets; country specific videos and a series of interactive tools, which will help you produce a professionally designed document, enabling further discussion with third parties (enterprise development agencies, venture capitalists, bank managers, etc.). - See more at: http://www.advantage-ni.com/Online-Toolkit#sthash.P9hrq85p.dpuf

Website: http://www.northernperiphery.eu/en/home/

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New products and services Rural and peripheral development SME and entrepreneurship

Partners (5)

Lead Partner: Northern Ireland Rural Development Council

Address: BT80 8PZ Cookstown, United Kingdom

Legal status: n/a

Kajaani University of Applied Sciences

Name: Kajaani University of Applied Sciences

Department: Business & Innovation

Address: PL 52, Ketunpolku, 87101 Kajaani, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: www.kamk.fi

The Research Center for Social Development

Name: The Research Center for Social Development

Address: FO-900 Vagur, Faroe Islands

Legal status: n/a

Qeqqata Business Council

Name: Qeqqata Business Council

Address: 3911 Sisimiut, Greenland

Legal status: n/a

The Advantage Foundation

Name: The Advantage Foundation

Address: BT38 8GX Carrickfergus, United Kingdom

Legal status: n/a

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Kajaani University of Applied Sciences

Rural Youth Entrepreneurship

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The Research Center for Social Development

Rural Youth Entrepreneurship

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Qeqqata Business Council

Rural Youth Entrepreneurship

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The Advantage Foundation

Rural Youth Entrepreneurship

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Northern Ireland Rural Development Council

Rural Youth Entrepreneurship

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Summary

Project name (EN): Rural Youth Entrepreneurship

Project acronym: RYE

Project start date: 2011-09-01

Project end date: 2014-03-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 904 563.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 517 546.00

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2007 - 2013 Northern Periphery

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

2015-12-01

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

47 / 47 (100%)

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

331 / 331 (100%)

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