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Entrepreneurship Support Measures in Vidzeme Planning Region (Entrepreneurship in Vidzeme)
With the population declining in the region, the shrinking local market is urging companies in the region to penetrate foreign markets more and more. In order for the companies in the region to be able not only to ensure their operations, but also to develop and promote the economic growth of the region, including employment growth and wage growth, they need to increase their competitiveness in penetrating new markets, developing innovation and new products/services and promoting them on the market. The activities planned as part of the project will improve the business environment of the region in order to increase the competitiveness of the companies on local and international markets.
As the companies become more competitive, they will also be able to have positive impact not only on reducing unemployment, but also on changes in the average income level of employees by providing higher paid jobs with positive consequences for changes in poverty rates in the region. The project activities are aimed at developing the innovation ecosystem in the region and offsetting the negative differences in the availability of services between the capital and the region.
The project will be implemented in the framework of the Programme for Local Development, Poverty Reduction and Culture Cooperation, funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through EEA grants. The project implementation area is the territory of Vidzeme planning region in Latvia and Elverum Municipality in Norway, as well as it is planned that cooperation with other EEA donor countries will take place. read more...
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Algae lamp, seedling pots to be planted in the ground, wooden bottles, an app that motivates to sort waste, organic waste collection boxes for catering companies and products with a second life – these innovative ideas were proposed and developed by young people in the hackathon "Radi pats Limbažu novadā" organised by Vidzeme Planning Region. The first three prizes were won by: 1. "Walstrītnieki" (Limbaži Secondary School), who created an algae lamp to improve air quality; 2. "Spriganie zaķēni" (Limbaži State Gymnasium), who confidently presented seedling pots planted in the ground, made from organic waste; 3. "Zars" (Limbaži State Gymnasium), who in less than two days managed not only to improve their idea, but also to develop its prototype – a wooden bottle.
05.05.2022
On 24 February, the Vidzeme Entrepreneurship Centre of Vidzeme Planning Region invites you to the conference "Symbiosis: Solution in Resource-Tight Circumstances" during Vidzeme Innovation Week, where we will look at the meaning of symbiosis in promoting development and innovation.
On 12 October, the Vidzeme Entrepreneurship Centre of Vidzeme Planning Region invites entrepreneurs, organisations representing entrepreneurs, local government specialists and other interested parties to the opening of the project "Entrepreneurship Support Measures in Vidzeme Planning Region" to get acquainted with the project activities planned for the next two and a half years, the aim of which is to develop the business environment of Vidzeme Planning Region.
04.10.2021