Notes to editors on the Western Development Commission (WDC)

The WDC’s five strategic goals are:

Contribute to balanced regional development by ensuring that the Western Region maximises its full potential for economic and social development.
Promote the benefits of living, working and doing business in the Western Region.
Support the sustainable economic and social development of the rural economy.
Provide risk capital to SMEs and social enterprises.
Operate the WDC as a competent and effective organisation.

The 2010 Douglas Hyde Conference takes place on 15th October in the Abbeyfield Hotel, Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon. Mary Hanafin TD, Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport will officially open the Conference, which will highlight the role of Creativity in Education, Innovation, Economy, and Society.
Presented by Roscommon County Council Arts Office in association with the Western [...]
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The Western Development Commission (WDC) has announced its support for the Féile Icarus business planning workshops which will be held in Connemara on the 27th and 28th August 2010. The full-day workshops will provide a supportive platform for entrepreneurs, start-ups, innovators and creatives to identify their strategic challenges and devise practical ways to unlock their [...]
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A successful networking event to promote the Western Region to key London-Irish business people was recently held by the Sligo Business Network in London (SBN), supported by the Western Development Commission (WDC).
The event was attended by people originally from Sligo who have made London their business base, and the evening focussed on WDC’s continuing work [...]
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