MORE — Multifunctional role of women as a key driver for rural development

OER PLATFORM

Project

The MORE project aims to improve the access to, and the quality of, training opportunities and qualifications of rural EU women.

Analysis

Gender issues should be integrated into rural policies at various levels and there is a need to intensify research on rural governance structures.

Training

MORE Training will consist of 10 e-courses designed for - and co-created with - rural adult women.

The Project.

The MORE project ("Multifunctional role of women as a key driver for rural development") aims to improve the access to, and the quality of, training opportunities and qualifications of rural EU women. The realities of women's lives in rural areas have become more diverse in recent decades. In today's society, women assume a "multifunctional role" in the multi-faced context of their families (i.e. child and elderly care) and social and labour ties. This multiplicity of roles contributes significantly to improvement of their families' quality of life, as well as rural socio-economic development, civic engagement, and ways of rethinking the territorial contexts.

Consortium

Partners

Radio ECCA, Fundación Canaria

ASOCIACION IT SOLUTIONS FOR ALL

DEMOSTENE CENTRO STUDI PER LA PROMOZIONE DELLO SVILUPPO UMANO - APSETS

INSTITUT DE HAUTE FORMATION AUX POLITIQUES COMMUNAUTAIRES

IDP SAS DI GIANCARLO COSTANTINO

Fundacja Circle Centrum innowacji i badan w zakresie wspolpracy w doksztalcaniu sie i przedsiebiorczosci

KENTRO EREVNON NOTIOANATOLIKIS EVROPIS ASTIKI MI KERDOSKOPIKI ETAIREIA

Kleinon SRL

News

Press Releases

Candidacy of the MORE Project to the InnoSocial Awards

The Department of Citizen Participation, External Action and Transparency of Malaga City Council and the Arrabal-AID Association are once again organising the InnoSocial Malaga awards to recognise the most innovative initiatives in the province that improve people's lives. This event is aimed at social entities; public administration; entrepreneurs; young people; and educational centres. The Department of Citizen Participation, External Action and Transparency of Malaga City Council and the Arrabal-AID Association are once again organising the InnoSocial Malaga awards to recognise the most innovative initiatives in the province that improve people's lives. This event is aimed at social entities; public administration; entrepreneurs; young people; and educational centres. For its relevance, initiative, innovation and commitment, the MORE project has submitted its candidacy through ITSFA, the technological partner of the project; to these awards that celebrated a new edition, where sustainability, new technologies and digital inclusion were the main protagonists. Subsequently, the ceremony and presentation of these awards took place, which was attended by many figures from the social, political and cultural spheres of Malaga, and where the mayor of the city was present to personally deliver the awards. It has been a great opportunity for the MORE project, its dissemination and visibility, to be able to participate in this initiative, as well as to be aware of similar initiatives that aim to improve the lives of citizens and their opportunities. For further information on the MORE project: MORE Project website https://www.moreproject.eu/ Innosocial Awards https://premios.innosocialmalaga.es/ MORE's video Candidacy for the Innosocial Awards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgCqFiNuIOc

Interview to Kleinon about the MORE project

On February 20th 2023, Kleinon, Piatra Neamț (Romania), was interviewed about its role in the MORE project and the objectives pursued within it. Kleinon is a Romanian education and support services organization founded in 2008 with a focus on innovation and sustainability. They collaborate with education providers, social actors, and employers to develop solutions for e-learning, advanced teaching processes, project management, and innovative digital tools. With their expertise in Erasmus+ Projects, Kleinon has been awarded first place in Romania's top micro enterprises that offer education support services every year since 2017. Kleinon is also an ISO 9001 certified organization. Kleinon is actively involved in MORE, bringing value to its implementation and activities thanks to its presence in rural areas of northeastern Romania. Specifically, Kleinon contributes to MORE's OER platform and community for multifunctional women, focusing on rural entrepreneurship. They co-create and deliver MORE training modules and have organized events in three rural locations. Kleinon works with education and training organizations in rural areas, allowing them to reach real-life multifunctional women through on-site and online pilot testing activities. They collaborate with local educators to deliver courses and support target groups to deploy training effectively. MORE aims to improve access to and the quality of training opportunities and qualifications for women in rural areas of the EU, promoting the multifunctional role of women to achieve gender equality and easy access to training. This initiative empowers women to participate in the development of local ecosystems and reach a high number of low-skilled women from various backgrounds and age groups. Through high-quality training modules on small business management, digital literacy, marketing, and finance basics, MORE raises awareness of support and finance opportunities available for women living in rural areas. Interview: https://youtu.be/mUy7SU9NkTU Interview (romanian): https://youtu.be/fbdwHnOhlS8 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MORE-Project-112021021533837/?ref=page_internal YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiuQGwsLFT6RiOurR8regdw

Multifunctional role of women as a key driver for rural development

PROJECT MORE – Third co-creation event – Circle The 21st December 2022, the third co-creation meeting has been organised with the aim to illustrate the training section of the MORE platform, collect feedback regarding the training section and the available training materials and evaluate the training courses. At the beginning the project objectives and main results have been briefly illustrated with a focus on the objective of the third co-creation event, i.e. collection of the feedback related to the training courses developed. The following training courses, already available in Polish, have been presented during the meeting: • Entrepreneurship • Access to funding • Digital Skills for rural women entrepreneurship. Bridging the digital divide • Work-life balance and the social rights of women The participants evaluate the platform an excellent tool, very nice looking and user friendly. The training courses have been highly appreciated both as a source of information and resources for rural women and from the structural point of view that will certainly allow the target to use the developed material. In particular, the participants underlined that the self-evaluation part of each module is very important and useful for the users. For more information about the MORE project: https://www.moreproject.eu/

Second MORE co-creation event – Radio ECCA

On October 25, 2022, the second MORE co-creation event organised by partner Radio Ecca took place. The event was organised in conjunction with Como una Cabra, an entity dedicated to the training and support of women in rural areas, specialised in entrepreneurship. A total of 18 women from rural areas around Spain participated in this event, which took place online, including entrepreneurs, workers, inhabitants of rural areas and stakeholders. The objective of the event was to transfer to women who know the rural context the results obtained from the research carried out by the different partners of the MORE project in the different European territories. The purpose was to contrast the findings and obtain information about three fundamental blocks: The definition of a multifunctional woman, difficulties, needs, opportunities and good practices in the rural context. In the session the different points of reference to the blocks were discussed and through a “World Café” dynamic the participants presented their opinion, provided significant data, proposed ideas and gave feedback to improve the training. All these points will be a key part of developing the training modules that meet the needs of the beneficiaries, taking into account the difficulties that they face, guiding the good practices that they themselves outlined at the event. Among the key points discussed was the importance of providing the necessary training that gives women the opportunity to expand their knowledge and skills, mainly in personal skills, social innovation and community development, entrepreneurship and specific sectors of employability and technological innovation and digital tools. Numerous conclusions were drawn, for example, the definition of a multifunctional woman in rural areas as one who is assigned all the traditional roles but who also reinvents herself and strives for new roles, especially in the workplace, for example, as an entrepreneur. They also highlighted the need to adapt training to their needs and difficulties, creating training opportunities. All comments and inputs were collected in a second co-creation report that will serve as inspiration for the partnership and for future projects. Obtain more information about the MORE project: https://www.moreproject.eu/ https://www.facebook.com/MORE-Project-112021021533837/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiuQGwsLFT6RiOurR8regdw