03 October, 2021

Rural Femmes training kicked off online tonight. 17 women from rural backgrounds signed up to take part in the training. The training is delivered by Dr. Niall O'Leary, Dr. Ana Cruz Garcia and Rebecca Robinson from MTU's Hincks Centre for Entrepreneurship Excellence. 

The Rural Femmes training programme aims to support and empower rural women seeking opportunities in entrepreneurship.

Participants will improve their knowledge and skills in areas such as entrepreneurship, rural tourism, social media and online selling to name a few. The modules will be delivered 3 evenings a week for 1 hour each, over 10 weeks.

RuralFemmes is an Erasmus+ KA2 funded project (2019-1-FR01-KA204-062964) led by Chambre Départemental d'Agriculture de Dordogne from Periguex, France.

For more information on the Rural Femmes project, visit the European Projects section of our website or email Niall.OLeary@mtu.ie.