OBJECTIVE
The CLIMB project aims to empower women in rural and mountainous areas by strengthening their entrepreneurial skills, financial literacy, and digital competences, while reducing the barriers to starting a business. In particular, the project will develop targeted training material, research on good practices, and a digital learning hub, enhancing networking, mentoring, and participation in policy-making. By reinforcing local and European support systems, CLIMB will contribute to gender-inclusive rural development and economic sustainability.
More specifically, the objectives of the project are to:
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Identify the main areas in which women face inequalities related to entrepreneurship.
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Identify the key gaps and barriers women experience when they wish to create their own business in rural or mountainous areas.
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Develop training material for women who want to start their own business in rural or mountainous areas.
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Create a networking platform where all women from the project case-study regions can connect and collaborate.
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Implement a wide range of dissemination activities to ensure that all project results are broadly promoted.
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Address the depopulation trend in rural and mountainous regions, with a particular focus on women who wish to remain or relocate there by supporting them to create their own business.
TARGET GROUPS
Primary Target Groups
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Women in Rural and Mountainous Areas (aged 25–55)
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Professionals Supporting Youth and Women’s Entrepreneurship
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Entrepreneurship and Adult Education Organisations
Secondary Target Groups
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Public Authorities
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General Public
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Media
PROJECT INFORMATION
Duration: 01/09/2025 – 31/08/2027
Programme Category: Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnerships in Adult Education
PARTNERSHIP
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MERIDAUNIA (Italy)
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OECON GROUP (Greece)
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K-GEM (Türkiye)
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H. PRIORITY TRUST SERVICES LTD (Cyprus)
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UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA (Spain)