Equal Avanza

The Avanza project aims to be an efficient tool for employment, business creation and social inclusion in rural environment areas, and to set different measures to promote the labor inclusion of disadvantaged target groups.

Objectives:

• Development of strategies to revitalize commercial and productive structures through the promotion of agro food industry and rural, cultural and leisure tourisms, complementary services to SMEs, small transforming industries, etc. In addition, it seeks to boost economic diversity in rural areas by the use of culture, traditions and knowledge of rural environment, as well as sustainable development.
• Inclusion of women, young people, people over 40 and disadvantaged target groups. 
• Participation in the development of a new business culture that is aware of the socio economic and environmental context in which the company develops its activity.
• Creation of cooperation networks among local organizations, municipalities, development agencies, rural development groups and official institutions (social, economic, institutional and associative cooperation).
  

 Target groups:

Entrepreneurs whose business idea is going to be carried out in the territory of the Avanza project scope (less than 50.00 inhabitants) and more specifically:

• Young people, especially women. 
• Men and women over 40.
• Disadvantaged target groups.

Specific activities:

• Development of the project web site and the intranet (i.e., the communication tool for the Development Partnership), and the business opportunities observatory database.
• ICT training plan by using e-learning methodologies addressed to companies created under the project.
• Participation in working groups.

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