Organisation: South Kerry Skillnet

Address: South Kerry Development Partnership, Library Place Iveragh Road, Killorglin Co. Kerry

Contact: Joe Barry, Network Manager

Telephone: 066 947 2724

Fax: 066 947 2725

Email: info@skdp.net

Website: www.southkerry.ie

The South Kerry Skillnet is aimed at supporting enterprise to increase performance, competitiveness and profitability, and promotion and protection of employment in the area. It presents businesses’ management and staff with opportunities to improve skills through training and support to acquire knowledge, network with other businesses and look for collaboration opportunities to improve business performance. Training programmes are based on the actual needs of business and can be funded up to 75%. Courses are delivered locally and there is also support for in-house training and one-to-one mentoring. Courses in 2009 include Marketing for Results, Online Marketing, English as a Second Language, Time Management, Employment Law, Sales, Employment Law.