Enhancement of rural women's associations as a chance for growth of women entrepreneurship

In Slovakia, more than 44% of the total population lives in rural areas. However, women are more and more often just the owners of farms or businesses, so it is absolutely appropriate to address t...

The project has a strategic impact on the future of women-led businesses in rural areas by increasing the knowledge of entrepreneurship among members of women's organizations in rural areas. The main goal of the project is to improve the skills and competences of members of rural women's associations by implementing interactive courses corresponding to the educational needs of the project's target group. Maintaining the achieved results and the training platform is also an important part of the project's sustainability strategy. The interactive model will be implemented not only as useful, but also extensible by adding case studies and best practices. The case studies are not only supplementary material, but also an example of the possibility for new beneficiaries to implement the idea in another region of Europe. In line with this strategy for smart rural planning, existing problems of the digital divide can also be overcome. In addition to the group of promoters and directly involved networks, associations, training centers, universities and lifelong learning providers are also interested in the possibility of using online courses.