A collaborative project between the Waterford Institute of Technology and Wales' Aberyswyth University will create up to 300 jobs in the south east region over the next three years, it has been confirmed.The €1.7 million European-funded project will see over 30 enterprises in the south east and a similar number in Wales participate in the partnership, the Irish Times newspaper reports. Small business owners and entrepreneurs are being targetted by the project which is designed for entrepreneurs and owners/managers of micro-enterprise and SMEs to improve the creativity, innovation and competitive processes.
Six sustainable, self-learning networks will be established and each will meet on a monthly basis, over an eighteen month period.
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