# Public tenders Canonical results: https://zephior.com/tenders?categories=festival-training 1 matching notices. Page 1. Filter semantics: OR within a filter, AND across filters and text search. Omitted statuses use active defaults; [] includes all statuses. --- title: "Training and skills development for festival makers" canonical: "https://zephior.com/tenders/ffd8cd61-9124-4f9b-adf5-26b32a89cb0f/festival-makers-training-skills-development-ireland" last-updated: 2026-10-14T01:12:06.901519+00:00 --- # Training and skills development for festival makers Create is seeking individuals, organisations or consortia for an eight-month, five-lot framework to deliver training and skills development for the festival sector, with emphasis on Northern Ireland and Ireland’s border counties. Applicants may seek one or more lots and must identify their chosen lots in the specified tender form. The public eTenders workspace lists an estimated value of EUR 24,000 and a MEAT evaluation. 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