Roots to Routes Project

Entrepreneurship Programme for women, and migrants and refugees in rural areas.

Training programme to promote inclusive rural entrepreneurship available in English, Spanish and Italian.

Would you like to be a mentor or a participant in the programme? Sign up here:

Unión Europea
Rural Bridge

Do you need help to start a business?

Join the Roots to Routes Incubation Programme!

Routes to Roots is an inclusive rural entrepreneurship programme aimed at women, as well as migrants and refugees.

Thanks to this programme, you can go from an idea to the development of your Business Plan in just 5 months.

100% Funded: Thanks to the support of the European Union (Erasmus+), you can access the entire programme at no cost to yourself.

Format: Online and flexible, so you can progress from anywhere.

Incubation Programme Calendar: 5 months (8 June – 31 October 2026).

Methodology: 8 modules combining support materials, masterclasses with experts, and individualised mentorship (up to 10 hours 1:1) to validate each step of your project.

Registration Deadline: Until 15 May 2026.

Mentor and add social experience to your career path

Your support can change the course of a venture.

Dare to be a volunteer mentor!

Enrich your professional profile with the experience of mentoring in R2R.

Discover Roots to Routes

Root to Routes (R2R) is a European project funded by the Erasmus+ programme, available in three languages, English, Spanish and Italian, which promotes the social and economic inclusion of people migrants and/or refugees, and women, through access to business entrepreneurship in the rural environment of Spain and Italy.