About us

Intro

Emerge is a development partnership comprised of partners from Cork, Dublin and Galway.

Emerge Aim

'to develop methodologies for the development and expansion of Ethnic Minority businesses and to assist EMEs in overcoming business obstacles within the regulatory and cultural environment'

The Specific Objectives which the project will work towards in order to achieve the overall aim are as follows:

• To raise awareness of the barriers faced by EMEs among mainstream support services and agencies.
• To develop a best practice model of training for EMEs and to inform the target group on ways to develop their businesses and breakout into mainstream markets.
• To improve the support infrastructure for EMEs in the pilot areas and to develop a strategy for integrating EMEs into mainstream business networks.
• To create open communication channels with Mainstream Financial Institutions in order to improve the situation regarding access to finance for EMEs.
• To inform policy in this area and contribute to achieving national and EU targets as set out in various agendas and to mainstream the successful outputs of the project.

Emerge, with the support of EU EQUAL Community Initiative funding, has established a nationally coordinated and locally delivered training programme to address some of the specific needs of ethnic minority entrepreneurs.