EmpowerHER Rural Business

Sustainable and Conscious Growth of Rural Women’s Businesses

Focus Region Alba & Transylvania

Our project has 3 directions—3 meaningful pillars for women in rural areas who already have a business or a clear idea they want to develop in the future:

Well-being & Entrepreneurial Resilience

Storytelling, Ideas, Business Development & Community

Digital Skills for Business Development

Registrations for the EmpowerHER Rural Business (ERASMUS+) project closed on March 15, 2026, but the community remains open and continues to grow.

About the Project

EmpowerHER Rural Business is an Erasmus+ project dedicated to women entrepreneurs in rural Transylvania, with a focus on Alba County and surrounding areas. The project establishes the foundation for a community of rural entrepreneurs, created to support the sustainable development of local ideas and businesses in a balanced, conscious manner connected to community realities.

The project addresses a minimum of 25 women entrepreneurs, either with existing businesses or in the idea phase, who seek clarity, practical skills, visibility, and a support network. Participation is free, with activities co-funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ program. The project runs from November 2025 to June 2026.

Project number: 2025-1-RO01-KA210-ADU-000362384

Women from Rural Areas, Together.

We invite you to follow the project page and support the participants’ businesses and the community’s activities.

What happens next?

You will be contacted by a project representative to discuss the preliminary and extended eligibility criteria.

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After the initial discussion with the project representative, you will have the option to join the official WhatsApp group as well as the social group. You will receive the links from us. Please review the pinned messages in the group regarding the protection of your personal data.

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To participate in the project activities, you will need to read and sign 2 DOCUMENTS: Participation Agreement GDPR Agreement – Personal Data Protection. After printing, signing, and scanning/photographing them, please send them back to us. You can do this by adding them as images/PDFs in section 3 below or by email to birou@viehub.ro.

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The next step—whether you represent an IDEA or a COMPANY—is a short description of your activity or idea.
Please do not worry about wording or mistakes—each post will be reviewed before publication. To register, you can email us or complete the form at the bottom of the page.

Email: birou@viehub.ro


To make things easier, here is a document with guiding questions to help you shape your presentation. Some of these questions are also included in the form below.

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You will take part in the learning experiences over the next three months, namely the workshops on March 24, April 24, and May 24.

Attendance at the following project meetings is REQUIRED and may take place in person or online. The exact location will be communicated in the official WhatsApp group + by email.

  • March 24, 2026, 09:00–12:00
    in-person format, location: Ampoița, Alba County, VIE HUB headquarters
    ONLINE on the Zoom platform, 15:00–18:00 or 17:00–20:00 (the Zoom participation link will be sent in the official WhatsApp group + by email)
  • April 24, 2026, 09:00–12:00
    in-person format, location to be announced
    ONLINE on the Zoom platform, 15:00–18:00 or 17:00–20:00 (the Zoom participation link will be sent in the official WhatsApp group + by email).
  • May 24, 2026, 09:00–12:00
    in-person format, location to be announced
    ONLINE on the Zoom platform, 15:00–18:00 or 17:00–20:00 (the Zoom participation link will be sent in the official WhatsApp group + by email).

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Some members of the community will represent all of us in June at a regional fair in Austria.

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QUESTIONNAIRES
Questionnaires on well-being needs and entrepreneurial needs, in order to adapt the project’s educational content to the reality and challenges faced by women in rural areas.

To begin, please complete the questionnaire “INTEGRATED ANALYSIS OF THE NEEDS OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS AND WOMEN WITH INITIATIVES IN RURAL AREAS” “WELL-BEING – RESILIENCE – SUCCESS”
The questionnaire is anonymous

Then please also complete the online questionnaire on entrepreneurial needs, which will help us tailor the content of the workshops and project activities as closely as possible to your reality and challenges.

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Have we convinced you?
Complete the form below to register for the project!

*Registrations for the EmpowerHER Rural Business (ERASMUS+) project closed on March 15, 2026, but the community remains open and continues to grow.

Personal information

Business information

Upload documents and images

Presentation images of the person and the business (maximum 6 images)

Also add the signed Participation Agreement (photographed or scanned).

Add the GDPR Personal Data Protection Agreement – signed, photographed, or scanned.