Further to the Regional Launch, Cllr Niamh Kennedy Chair LCDC and Patsy McGonagle Chairman DLDC will launch Innovating Communities, a LEADER cooperation project in County Donegal, this coming Thursday 25th February at 3pm.
The local Donegal launch and workshop will delve deeper into the Innovating Communities programme and the exciting benefits it can and will bring to local towns and villages throughout Donegal.
This is an opportunity to interact and learn more at a local level about the project. DLDC welcome all members of our community to attend. This event will be hosted on Google Meet To attend, please register your attendance at https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/innovating-communities-donegal-local-launch-tickets-141734813643?aff=erellivmlt
You can also visit the www.innovate.ie or contact Margaret Larkin at mlarkin@dldc.org
Innovating Communities is a training programme aimed at creating and encouraging a rural population that is open to new ideas and ways of working. The project will employ Design Thinking, a process that puts people at the heart of decision making and ideating, while rethinking how we solve problems. The training will meet current challenges while building capabilities to cope in future by adopting new techniques and increasing problem solving and confidence in local communities and business.
A total of 102 training courses, with 900 participants, will be delivered across the 6 regions over the 2.5 year project period. 12 LEADER Learning Labs (2 per area) will be developed as part of this project and when safe, these will serve as focal project delivery spaces and stand as legacy of the project.
The project is funded through Donegal LEADER under the LEADER Cooperation element of the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 and is the first of its kind in its Border region, led by Monaghan Integrated Development CLG and includes Louth LEADER Partnership CLG, Leitrim Integrated Development Company CLG, County Sligo LEADER Partnership Company CLG, Donegal Local Development CLG and Breffni Integrated Development CLG.
For further information, please visit www.innovating.ie and or contact Margaret at mlarkin@dldc.org
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