Social Entrepreneurship in Structurally Weak Rural Regions: Analysing Innovative Troubleshooters in Action

Managing Social Enterprises: Impressions from RurAction 3rd Autumn Skills Seminar

prochnow — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 09:45:39 +0000

The RurAction Autumn Skills Seminar on “Managing Social Enterprises” was held from the 6th to the 8th of September 2019. The event was jointly organized by Dr. Mary O’Shaughnessy, University College Cork (UCC), and our Ballyhoura Development CLG partners and held at the University College Cork in Ireland. The attending ESRs, academics and social entrepreneurs…

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Secondment at Ballyhoura Development CLG

prochnow — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 15:24:24 +0000

In November 2019, Sune Stoustrup (IRS) and Holli Gruber (Otelo eGen) had the chance to spend one month with the Irish local development company Ballyhoura Development CLG. As a non-profit organisation, Ballyhoura Development supports communities, families, individuals and business Start-Ups across the Ballyhoura area in the rural Mid-West of Ireland. By supplying information, mentoring, training,…

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New position: Project management for the RurAction Project

prochnow — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 11:26:27 +0000

The Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space (IRS) in Erkner (near Berlin) offers a position for the Project management (m/f /div.) of the RurAction project (E12 TV-L) 25 hours per week beginning on March 1st, 2020 and ending on February 28th, 2021. RurAction is an EU-funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions/European Training Network project and…

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Women’s entrepreneurship event in Lamia

prochnow — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 14:34:49 +0000

On Wednesday, October 30, 2019 a female entrepreneurship event was held in the city of Lamia. More specifically, the Embassy of the United States of America, Orange Grove of the Dutch Embassy, BridgeHub and RurAction have joined forces to organize a women’s entrepreneurship event in the city of Lamia for the first time. The event…

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Secondment at Stevia Hellas Cooperative

prochnow — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 14:28:43 +0000

In autumn 2019, Georgios, Sunna and Mara spent several weeks at Stevia Hellas, one of the RurAction project partners in Greece. Stevia Hellas is a farmer cooperative producing stevia-products in the Phthiotis region in Central Greece. This is traditionally an agricultural region where olives, tobacco and cotton are grown. The region has to deal with…

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European Researchers’ Night – Social Entrepreneurship Workshop by Mara and Lucas

prochnow — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 08:10:32 +0000

On 27th of September 2019, 371 places across Europe celebrated the European Researchers’ Night. On the night, a wide variety of events are organised to bring research closer to the public, with the special aim to motivate youth to embark on research careers. For the second time Cork in Ireland took part in this event…

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Social Entrepreneurship Workshop at “Cork Discovers” Night

prochnow — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 09:32:51 +0000

We are proud to announce that Mara and Lucas, our 2 ESRs at University College Cork will provide a workshop at the MSCA-funded “Cork Discovers” night next Friday! Drop by if you want to find out if you have what it takes to build a business that has a positive impact! They will challenge people…

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Secondment in Moura: 7/7 Barraí Hennebry

prochnow — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 08:16:56 +0000

Barraí Hennebry, which we see here depicted in his homeland, Cork, in the Republic of Ireland, has been a usual presence in Moura in recent months, where he has developed research work under the RurAction project under the guidance of participating social enterprises. “I hold a bachelor degree in International Development and Food Policy and…

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Secondments in Moura: 6/7 Anna Umantseva

prochnow — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 09:29:26 +0000

From Siberia (Russia), Anna Umantseva spent the last months in Moura, where she developed research work with the RurAction project, under the guidance of ADCMoura, one of the participating social enterprises. ” My main academic interests include human migrations, disadvantaged regions and rural development, as well as gender issues. I have a bachelor’s degree in…

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Secondments in Moura: 5/7 Lucas Olmedo

prochnow — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 08:19:43 +0000

Lucas Olmedo was a usual presence in Moura in recent months, where he developed research work under the RurAction project under the guidance of ADCMoura, one of the participating social enterprises. Lucas is one of the authors of the scientific article “Community-based social companies promoting inclusive development in peripheral European rural areas“, in which ADCMoura…

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