Start Your Own Green Business

See below for venues and dates

Description: Gain an understanding of a wide range of topics related to setting up a business. The focus is on establishing an ‘eco-business’ and participants are introduced to how others have used the green economy to develop opportunities and make their own job. The module is interactive and engaging as well as practical and useful, using loads of interesting examples.  The assessment is project based and involves working on real opportunities.

Why take this course? If you want to start a business that is environmentally sound and promote it in the context of the green economy

Duration: This module will have classroom and discussion sessions over a two week period followed by the project assignment where mentoring/tutoring will be available to participants.

Accreditation: FETAC component certificate, Start Your Own Business (B20153), that can be combined with others and lead to a FETAC Major Award of Certificate in Business Studies (BBSXX).

Level: 5   Credit: 1   Read more:  Download the FETAC module descriptor

Venues | Dates:

Cork | 16th - 20th May 2011
          09:30 - 17:00 | Classroom days: 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 May

Dublin | 3rd - 16th May 2011
          09:30 - 17:00 | Classroom days: 3, 4, 9, 10, 16 May

Dublin | 7th - 14th June 2011
          09:30 - 17:00 | Classroom days: 7, 8, 9, 13, 14 June

Kilkenny | 23rd May - 1st June 2011
          09:30 - 17:00 | Classroom days: 23, 24, 30, 31 May, 1 June

Limerick (Book via Tipperary Hub) | 23rd May - 1st June 2011
          09:30 - 17:00 | Classroom days: 23, 24, 30, 31 May, 1 June

Sligo | 16th - 19th May 2011
          09:30 - 17:00 | Classroom days 16, 17, 18, 19 May

Previous runs of this course:

Dublin | 15th - 29th November 2010
Cork | 24th November - 2nd December 2010
Dublin | 10th - 21st January 2011
Cork | 2nd - 8th February 2011
Sligo | 26th January - 11th February 2011
Tipperary | 14th - 28th February 2011
Dublin | 14th - 28th February 2011
Cork | 1st - 7th March 2011
Cork | (Clonakilty | map ) | 10th - 16th March 2011
Dublin | 14th - 25th March 2011
Cork (Kinsale) | 25th March - 3rd April 2011
Dublin | 28th March - 11th April 2011
Cork | 7th - 15th April 2011

Students who have taken this course have also signed up for:

• Green Business Marketing

• Green eBusiness

• Introducing Social Media

• Corporate Governance in the New Green Economy

• Green Tourism Enterprise

• Sustainable Tourism