Rural Entrepreneurship in the North Region

Rural Entrepreneurship in the North Region

EMER-n

The project EMER-N - Entrepreneurship in the Rural Areas in the Northern Region - aims to implement a program to support Entrepreneurship, adapted to the constraints and particularities of the rural areas with the purpose of creating a positive environment, supporting the start and growth of companies and employment in the North. To this end, EMER-N focuses on the objectives of enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs, value and promoting local economies, revitalizing local and regional knowledge and wisdom, and helping to retain the local population. The project will include support activities, as well as promotion and communication actions aimed at helping entrepreneurs in the region concerned. EMER-N is a project funded by the NORTE Regional Operational Program 2020.

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Project Information

Reference
NORTE-02-0651-FEDER-000025
Project Type
International / Public
Financial Program
Programa Operacional Regional do Norte
Type of Project
Research Project
Global Funding Value
2,182,213.00 €
IPB Funding Value
80,100.00 €
Project Period
Start: Sep 01, 2016
End: Feb 08, 2019
Objectives
<ul><li>Enhance the Competitiveness of Small and Medium Enterprises</li><li>Encourage local-based entrepreneurship</li><li>Create value and promote local economies</li><li>Revitalize local and regional knowledges</li><li>Contribute to the fixation of the local population</li></ul>
Results
<style> .emern td { padding: 10px;} .emern th { padding: 10px;}</style> <table class="emern" border="1"> <tr><th>Measure</th><th>Value</th></tr> <tr><td>Created Companies</td><td>344</td></tr> <tr><td>Promoted Investment</td><td>3,4 M euros</td></tr> <td>Jobs created</td><td>344<br> (1 average job per company)</td></tr> <tr><td>Dynamized turnover</td><td>5M Euros<br> (average of 14.5 thousand euros of turnover per company created)</td></tr> <tr><td>Creation of an EMER-N platform</td><td>1</td></tr> <tr><td> Births of companies in high and medium-high technology sectors and in knowledge intensive services</td><td>4</td></tr></table>
Principal Investigator
Paula Sofia Alves do Cabo
Paula Sofia Alves do Cabo

paulacabo@ipb.pt

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Project Team

Paula Sofia Alves do Cabo
Paula Sofia Alves do Cabo

paulacabo@ipb.pt

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Fernando António Torrão Fernandes
Fernando António Torrão Fernandes

nando@ipb.pt

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Project Partners

IPVC - Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo
IPVC
UTAD - Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
UTAD
ACIBTM-Associação Centro de Incubação de Base Tecnológica do Minho (inCubo)
ACIBTM
IET-Tâmega- Instituto Empresarial do Tâmega
IET
ADER-SOUSA - Associação de Desenvolvimento Rural das Terras do Sousa
ADER
ADRAT - Associação de Desenvolvimento da Região do Alto Tâmega
ADRAT
ADRITEM - Associação de Desenvolvimento Rural Integrado das Terras de Santa Maria
ADRITEM
ADRIMAG - Associação de Desenvolvimento Rural Integrado das Serras do Montemuro, Arada e Gralheira
ADRIMAG
CORANE - Associação de Desenvolvimento dos Concelhos da Raia Nordestina
CORANE
ATAHCA - Associação de Desenvolvimento das Terras Altas do Homem, Cávado e Ave
ATAHCA
ADRIMINHO - Associação de Desenvolvimento Rural Integrado do Vale do Minho
ADRIMINHO
DESTEQUE - Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Terra Quente
DESTEQUE
DOLMEN - Cooperativa de Formação, Educação e Desenvolvimento do Baixo Tâmega, CRL
DOLMEN
DOURO SUPERIOR - Associação de Desenvolvimento
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