Apprenticeships – SMEs will benefit from new EU Programme
This week sees Momentum travel to Barcelona with project partners on www.apprenticeshipalliance.eu.Persistently high youth unemployment and the education-employment skills mismatch have spurred governments to undertake vocational education reform to increase the quantity and quality of dual system apprenticeships. In many countries, particularly Ireland, Poland, Netherlands and France this has generated an excess supply of apprenticeship seekers […]
When Food Sector Development is Part of your Psyche
Sometimes a project comes along that just brings you to another level, it’s heart and soul time and you put everything you have into it. You feel a true sense of obligaton to do it justice. We have an emotional connection with food in Leitrm since Noel McPartland of Drumshanbo Community Council became our second […]
FREE EU Funding for Creatives Webinar!
A little earlier in the year, we ran our very first webinar! It was daunting and there was a few minor slip ups but we were really pleased and the feedback we got was excellent! The webinar focused on the topic of EU Funding for Creatives and was delivered as part of our Creative Communities Igniting […]
Success comes second time around for 3 Irish entrepreneurs
A project that has really captured our hearts is www.restart.how. Togehter with Irish partners Letterkenny Institute of Technology and EU colleagues in Spain, The Netherlands and Bulgaria we are putting second chance entrrepreneurship to the fore. Sheer grit, determination and entrepreneurial spirit was on the menu at the Irish Restart Multiplier Event at CoLab, Letterkenny Institute […]
Edpuzzle
We’re trialing some new tools we found as a result of our Modern project – try it and let us know you thoughts! https://edpuzzle.com/assignments/58765352d9400d3e2f190bc8/watch
Enterprise in Interface Areas
Many of our projects seek to push boundaries, challenge and adopt innovative approaches from across hte EU and further afield. One project that epitomises this appraoach is Enterprise in Interface areas (ENTER) http://www.enterproject.info/. Interface areas are increasingly common across European cities and urban areas and even much more locally where conflict is a […]
Student Entrepreneurs, 30 years ago and now
Funny how life comes around and goes around. Momentum together with Letterkenny Institute of Technology have just kicked off a major new EU project called I-Step, the International Student Entrepreneurship Programme. Working with partners in The Netherlands, Lithuania and the UK, the project is focused on internationalising entrepreneurship education throughout the EU. I-Step does this […]
Those Cork boys have it spot on
Where is the time going? It’s hard to believe September is peeking around the corner and that sprint to the year end finishing line will consume us all very soon. Momentum had a breakthrough year in 2015, we worked really hard and specialised in our niche of EU projects that in 2016 have brought […]
Dear New Minister for Rural Affairs
It’s not often we get political but we hope you will soon be in post and will be rearing with enthusiasm and resources to tackle the woeful neglect of our rural towns and villages. Drive through the West of Ireland and Midlands and you cannot help but be upset by the struggling communities typified […]