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Young Ireland Programme 2018
While storm Ali raged on in Ireland, our colleague Maeve spent the week participating in the Young Ireland Programme 2018 in North Queensferry near Edinburgh in Scotland. Delegates participating in the programme came from both Ireland and Scotland from organisations ranging from Coillte to the Department of the Taoiseach, The Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, the Department of Business, Enterprise & Innovation and many more. This very diverse range of delegates led to an eye opening week with discussions such as ‘Rural v’s Urban Living’, ‘The Housing Crisis across Ireland’ and ‘The Importance of the Citizens Assembly in the Lead-Up to the most recent referenda in Ireland’ making it a very informative and thought provoking week. The overall Young Ireland Thinker of the Year was awarded to Mr. Patrick McCabe from the Department of Justice & Equality for his paper on the tyranny of counting, a world in which crude measurement takes precedence over professional and ethical judgements
The purpose of the Young Ireland Programme is to develop the communication skills and broaden the horizons of people in the early stages of their working lives. It does so through an annual residential course of three days’ duration in which delegates are encouraged to think and talk freely about the big issues facing us as a society. Through discussion and dialogue, the personal testimonies of inspiring speakers, and the delegates’ own presentations on questions of ‘current interest or controversy’, the programme helps to build confidence, stimulate debate, and increase awareness of the world around us. The minimum age for entry is 18, but there is no upper age-limit: the Young Ireland Programme is open to anyone in the formative years of their career, irrespective of age.
If you think you or someone in your organisation would benefit from such a programme next year or you would like more information on the programme, see their website Young Ireland Programme
Trinno Project Partners from Slovenia visit our region
Four members of the Trinno Project team visited our region to experience and learn from examples of good practice supports that are currently provided for small and medium enterprises in County Roscommon.
The visit which is part of a work package under the Interreg Europe co funded Trinno project will assist the staff from the Slovenian Ministry of Economic Development and Technology and the Development Centre of the Heart of Slovenia in finalising their action plan to help enterprises and aspiring entrepreneurs apply benefits of digital innovation to traditional sectors in Slovenia.
The group also visited a number of SMEs supported by the Local Enterprise Offices in Roscommon and a number of supported SMEs at the LEO stand at the National Ploughing Championships.
For More Information on the Trinno Project visit Interreg Trinno
Telling the story
Our Comms team spent the day in Carrick on Shannon, hosted by our friends in Leitrim County Council and looking at new ways of telling the story of EU structural funds in our region.
This site will feature a number of those stories very soon which we hope that you will enjoy.
If you have a story or photo that you would like to share with us, please drop us an email ei.ar1733965632wn@sn1733965632oitac1733965632inumm1733965632oc1733965632 or give us a call 094 9862970.
We love hearing if projects co-funded by the European Union have helped make things better for you, at home, at work or at play and we would love to share your experience with our visitors.
Rural Regeneration and Development Fund Briefing
We worked with our Colleagues from the Department of Rural and Community Development to provide an information briefing in Carrick on Shannon on the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund.
Items covered included:
For more information on the fund, please visit the DRCD website