Entries by Siobhán Finn

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              WE CURRENTLY HAVE A VACANCY FOR THE POSITION OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE The National Association of Community Enterprise Centres (NACEC CLG) represents a network of 250+ Enterprise Ireland funded community enterprise locations across the Republic of Ireland. Formally established in 2008 and drawing together a number of pre-existing […]

Chairperson of NACECs National Steering Group for Quality Standards, Minister Damien English TD shares his thoughts on Remote Working with Irish Tech News

Minister Damien English TD, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment recently took some time to speak to Simon Cocking and the team at Irish Tech News. Minister English shared his views on what to expect as the country’s workforce returns to the re-imagined workplace, the hybrid model for working and […]

Ireland’s first digital network of national remote working hubs launched today.

May 31st, 2021 Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, today launched the Connected Hubs Network, Ireland’s first digital network of national remote working hubs. Announcing the launch of the network in Swinford, Co Mayo, Minister Humphreys said: “Remote Working is a key commitment of ‘Our Rural Future’, the most ambitious policy for […]

NACEC hosts its first National Steering Committee meeting for the development of a Quality Standards Framework for Ireland’s Enterprise Hub Sector.

April 1st, 2021 Chaired by Minister Damien English TD, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment, the inaugural meeting of the National Steering Committee for the development of a Quality Standards System and Framework for Ireland’s enterprise hub sector took place this week. The National Steering Committee, which will be managed […]

NACEC’s response to our Government’s Plan Our Rural Future: Rural Development Policy 2021-2025

March 30th, 2021 As the national association representing the community network of enterprise, digital, sectoral and co-working locations across Ireland, we at NACEC strongly welcomed yesterday’s launch by Government of Our Rural Future: Rural Development Policy 2021-2025. For more than a year now, the immense challenges brought about by COVID-19 have challenged our lives and […]

NACEC welcomes the opportunity to support the Erasmus+ Knowledge Alliance project ‘Spanning Boundaries’.

NACEC – Ireland’s Enterprise Hub Network – supports the commitment of many organisations across the enterprise community who actively contribute to the sustainable and balanced economic and societal development of our regions and cities. In this context, NACEC welcomes the launch of the ‘Spanning Boundaries Development Programme’ under the umbrella of the Erasmus+ Knowledge Alliance […]

NACEC appoints Siobhán Finn as National Hub Network Manager

  NACEC has appointed Siobhán Finn as National Hub Network Manager.  Working alongside the NACEC Board, and other relevant stakeholders, Siobhán will be responsible for the delivery of NACEC’s Regional Transformation Programme which is a key deliverable of NACECs Strategic Plan for the period 2019 – 2021. With the backing of Enterprise Ireland’s 2019 Regional […]

Country’s enterprise centres awarded €8.24m in funding – NACEC

Country’s enterprise centres awarded €8.24m in funding Grants will range in size from €10,000 to €150,000 Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar, TD, has announced a total of €8.24 million in grants to 95 enterprise centres throughout the country under Enterprise Ireland’s Enterprise Centres Fund. The funding is considered crucial for […]

New action plan aims to drive recovery

  Focus on practical solutions includes resourcing of regional clusters, investment in digitisation and embracing sustainable practices NACEC has set out an ambitious framework for a post-coronavirus recovery as community enterprise centres around the country begin to reopen following months of prolonged uncertainty. The association’s National Impact + Recovery Action Plan plots a future that […]