Funded Projects 2014-2020
Project RYE SC
| Project Acronym | RYE SC |
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| Project Title | RYE Sustainability Challenge |
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Summary
Rye Sustainability Challenge (Rural Youth Entrepreneurship)
Sustainable business ideas competition for facilitating young entrepreneurs and innovators of the northern periphery and arctic.
The Rye Sustainability Challenge aims to join together young innovators and entrepreneurs through a transnational ideas competition, and facilitate processes in which they can develop sustainable solutions for their local communities and economies.
The project goal is to challenge participants to find concrete, sustainable and economically viable business ideas that at the same time, create regional prosperity through entrepreneurship.
This will be achieved by arranging a number of the Rye Sustainability challenge competitions (6), which was a successful concept created in the previous Rye Connect -project funded by the NPA, and by capitalising on its key results and promoting the chosen approach to a broader public.
Objectives
Joining together young innovators and entrepreneurs through transnational business ideas competition promoting sustainable development goals (UN SDG 2030) as an integrated part of new thinking, business development and the development of NPA communities.
Building international cooperation and partnerships for climate issues and exploring place-based opportunities.
Teams will receive support from business developers, researchers and mentors to create feasible initiatives.
Impacts
Tangible
| Business development: | The sustainability challenge concept helped young people living in the NPA to address sustainability issues in their region through supporting them to create innovative business ideas and services. 30 sustainable business plans were developed.
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Intangible
| Raising awareness: | RYE SC collaborated closely with young people in remote areas via workshops and interactive events. 10 RYE Sustainability Challenge events were organized in 4 regions and attended by 222 participants. Awareness of the principles of sustainable development has increased among young people, and citizens' general awareness and support for this agenda has strengthened.
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| Changing attitude and behaviour: | An increase in awareness towards sustainable development and modification of attitudes was clearly felt and experienced during the arranged activities. From a business perspective, it was remarkable that sustainable solutions combined with business ideas are not only leading to new product and service concepts, but they also make sense from a business point of view.
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Lead Partner
- Kajaani University of Applied Sciences
Finland
Kalle Pakalén
phone +358 44 7101 601
e-mail: kalle.pakalen@kamk.fi
Partners
- Advantage Foundation
Northern Ireland - Coompanion Västerbotten
Sweden
Project Info
| Theme Business development, trade, marketing |
| Priority 2 Entrepreneurship |
| Objective 2.1 Improved support systems for SMEs |
| Project duration 31-03-20 to 30-09-22 |
| Total budget 99 430 EUR |
| NPA co-financing 64 630 EUR |
| Target groups infrastructure and (public) service provider interest groups including NGOs higher education and research education/training centre and school enterprise, including SME business support organisation |
| Joint Secretariat Desk Officer Rachel Burn |