A service for the development and delivery of a Programme for Nascent Rural Female Entrepreneurial Development

The Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM) is seeking proposals from suitable, experienced service providers who have the capability and vision, to develop and implement a tailored work programme to address the skills, enterprise and capability gaps of rural nascent female entrepreneurs. The service will be co-financed from the Rural Innovation and Development Fund set up by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The Department is seeking ONE (1) single provider of the service which may be a person(s), firm(s), company(ies), partnership(s), corporation(s) or other commercial entity. National and EU research highlights that there are differing rates of entrepreneurship between males and females in almost all European countries. Although more men are early stage entrepreneurs than women, the ratio in Ireland continues to narrow as more women become entrepreneurs (1.6:1). Ireland is now ranked 6th across Europe in this regard. To continue to improve these gender statistics and to encourage a stronger level of enterprise development in rural areas, it is intended to provide funding from the overall Rural Innovation and Development Fund to develop, an enterprise development programme targeted at nascent female entrepreneurs living in rural areas. To be effective, this programme will require a tailored, focussed approach which takes into account the specific challenges which face female entrepreneurs generally as well as the barriers which can limit entrepreneurial activity in rural areas.

Services

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79411100-9  Business development consultancy services
73000000-2  Research and development services and related consultancy services
73220000-0  Development consultancy services
73300000-5  Design and execution of research and development
77000000-0  Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
79400000-8  Business and management consultancy and related services
79632000-3  Personnel-training services
79900000-3  Miscellaneous business and business-related services
80000000-4  Education and training services
80500000-9  Training services
80510000-2  Specialist training services