NGEnvironment Kick-off Meeting

Lousada, Portugal 6th & 7th November 2018

Who & Where

• Future In Perspective Ltd. is a private company established in 2009

• We are based in the border region of the Republic of Ireland

• One of 8 counties in Ireland with no coastline

• There are 365 lakes in Cavan

County Cavan

• County Cavan is largely agricultural and associated especially with dairy, beef and pig farming

• Rural areas, especially small rural towns and villages, devastated by the economic crisis

• Large migrant communities especially Polish, Lithuanian and Romanian

• Not really enjoying any benefits from the now arrived economic recovery

• Lack of local employment opportunities a feature

• Brexit a huge issue for society and economy

FIP Services

• STRATEGIC PLANNING – supporting businesses and special interest groups in the community and voluntary sector

• EDUCATION – designing and producing bespoke learning content for use in media-rich online settings

• MEDIA PRODUCTION – designing and developing a full suite of audio-visual, print and web based media resources

• EVALUATION - designing and managing evaluation and quality assurance frameworks

• FUNDING - researching and drafting funding applications for a wide variety of national and EU funded programmes

Sectors

• Community & Voluntary Sector• LEADER Companies

• Community Development Organisations

• Youth Organisations

• Senior Citizens

• Business Community• Green Businesses

• Agri-diversification

• Tourism

• Food

• Creative Industry Sector• Film Production

• Music Production

FIP’s Mission is to …

“…promote sustainable development in rural communities in Ireland through the design of innovative actions that

lead to community empowerment…”

European Experience

• URBAN I & II; EQUAL; RECITE II

• Culture 2000; Interreg lllB

• EuropeAid

Asia-Urbs

UrbAl

• Lifelong Learning Programme – over 60 projects Comenius

Grundtvig

Leonardo da Vinci

Transversal Programme – KA2; KA3 & KA4

• Asylum Migrant & Integration Fund

• DG Justice

ERASMUS+

• Our main focus for 2018 and beyond

• Developed 13 successful applications this year addressing a wide range of issues• Enterprise Supports

• Migrant Integration

• Cultural Heritage

• Challenge-based Learning

• Social Inclusion

• Creative Businesses

• Digital Literacy & Citizenship

Projects: 2017 to 2019

Completed Projects

FIP’s Team

• Future In Perspective is a modern business that is structured to reflect the current business reality

• It operates in an ecosystem made up of ever changing partnerships and alliances

• Core staff of 11 highly skilled experts in complimentary disciplines to include;• Project management

• Media production and design

• Youth development

• Research

• Public relations

• Finance and general administration

• We also have access to a panel of part-time experts from Ireland and Europe

• The FIPL team for NGEnvironment will comprise;• Philip Land

• Noeleen Land

• Mike Keegan

• Sarah Land

• Georgina Devine

• Emma Symes

Email Us: Philip Land – fipl.euprojects@gmail.comNoeleen Land – noeleen.fipl@gmail.comMike Keegan – mike.fipl@gmail.comSarah Land – sarah.fipl@gmail.com

Look us up: www.fipl.eu

Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/futureinsperspective