Request for Proposals for Specialized Training Boot Camp for the Initium South East Programme

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As part of its ongoing development of the enterprise eco-system development Carlow County Council’s – Local Enterprise Office on behalf of Waterford, Wexford, Tipperary & Kilkenny are co-ordinating two projects for the support of the start-up (less than 18 months). This project is called Initium South East which is a programme aimed at Start Up Clients i.e. people with a business idea who are trading less than 18 months or who are pre-start up. The Initium South East project will provide an innovative series of start-up programme of training and mentoring led by the South East LEOs, Enterprise Ireland, and the Ireland South East Office in partnership with South East BIC and IT Carlow which aims to animate, develop and support the creation of 40 new specialised Start Up companies in the South East during 2020. This stimulating Start Up programme will be clustered around sector specific groups and underpinned by the support of regional industry champions. It should also benefit by attracting talent to start up a business in the region rather than commuting to work elsewhere.