Family Business Library Rural and Regional Libraries as Local Family Entrepreneurship centres

Family Business Library Rural and Regional Libraries as Local Family Entrepreneurship centres

The ERASMUS Family Business Library project is an adult education project funded by the European Commission. It promotes entrepreneurship education in non-urban and rural areas. The core idea of the project is to reach out to people in rural areas through local and regional libraries. A particular focus of the activities is on promoting the establishment of family businesses and local entrepreneurship. A key aspect of the approach is to use regional and rural libraries as a platform to reach the local population.

Direct target groups:

• Visitors of regional and rural libraries in Europe
• People (especially families) living in regional and rural areas in Europe
• Librarians of regional and rural libraries

Indirect target groups:

• People who have moved from rural areas to urban areas. By creating new opportunities in rural areas, they could be encouraged to return to rural areas
• Society in general
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The six project partners are from Latvia, Germany, Croatia, Italy and Greece. The coordinator is ART-Smart from Latvia. The German scientific partner is the University of Paderborn, Chair of Business Education II. The other partners are NGOs in the field of education and training or libraries and municipalities that are active and interested in education for entrepreneurship.

- Sabiedriba ar Ierobezotu atbildibu Artsmart, Latvia

(coordinator, e-learning and educational partner)

- University of Paderborn, Chair of Business Education II, Germany

(university partner, evaluation, dissemination and didactic partner)

- Igradska Knjiznica Rijeka, Croatia

(library partner)

- Mine Vaganti NGO, Italy

(NGO partner, educational provider)

- Jelgava City Library, Latvia

(library partner)

- Dion Olympus Municipality, Greece

(municipal and cultural policy partner)