Rural Innovation & Business Systems

The Rural Innovation and Business Systems (RIBS) project aimed to help SMEs in rural regions of Scotland, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Ireland to address the effects of the economic downturn and strengthen their competitiveness and growth potential.

RIBS carried out a needs analysis of the SMEs and the business support community in the target regions, and looked at the development of Business Growth Programmes in the areas of SME Growth, SME Internationalisation, Entrepreneurship and Rural Clusters.

RIBS delivered:

• Business and innovation compass and navigation tool
• Tool for Internationalisation of SMEs
• Micro Cluster in Tourism
• Leadership in Tourism
• Development centre of Snæfellsnes
• Enterprise Supports Mayo (ESM)