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SLOVENIAN RURAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK SRDN DRUŠTVO ZA RAZVOJ SLOVENSKEGA PODEŽELJA - DRSP. Goran Šoster, ERA / Grundtvig kick off Ireland / Moate / Nov. 2010. Slovenian Rural Development Network - SRDN.
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SLOVENIAN RURAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK SRDN DRUŠTVO ZA RAZVOJ SLOVENSKEGA PODEŽELJA - DRSP Goran Šoster, ERA / Grundtvig kick off Ireland / Moate / Nov. 2010
Slovenian Rural Development Network - SRDN • Emerged as follow up of the Integral rural development programmes and regional workshops of the initiative PREPARE (Partnership for Rural Europe) • Established 16. Oct.2002, • Start of operation inJanuary 2003 • Membership: individuals, NGOs, LAGs from all Slovenian area • New members: 23 LAGs (from total 33) • SRDN is the meeting and coordination place to support integral development and projects in the rural area
Mission of the SRDN • Connecting all actors from the different levels of the rural area • Supporting cooperation, links and exchange between institutions and individuals in the rural area • Representing the interests of the members on the national and international level • Enable the flow of information on all levels between non governmental and governnmental level • To represent the rural civil society in the process of preparation of the Rural Development policy
On going activities of SRDN • Expanding the membership to majority of Slovenian LAGs • Informing the members and publicity about achievements and problems in rural development • Cooperation in the international activities and initiatives and in the bodies of EU • Trainings and education programmes for the members • Implamenting of projects like: • TEPA – training of European partnership animators, • Grundtvig – Learning partnerships
3 leading themes of the project TEPA From local participation to intersectoral partnership Rural resource management Strategicplaning
Content and duration of the TEPA • Preparation of the training programme for partnership animators • Manual for animators and partnerships • Project duration: autumn 2006 - autumn 2008 • Budget of the project: 161.225 € • Involved: • 6 countries (Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Sweden) • 9 partners • 15 experienced experts for rural development • 50 participants of the trainings • More than 10 local partnerships (exchange)
Training of animators • Two pilot trainings – each training gathered 25 participants from 5 countries • First training: locations from Slovenia and Hungary • Second training: Slovakia, Czech R. and Poland • Each training different methodological approach
Cooperation in the European initiatives • PREPARE (active member) • 11 countries: Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Litvania, Poland, Czech R., Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia • Target countries: Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, Ukraine, Turkey, Belorusia, Romania, Bolgaria, BiH, • Representative in the EN RD COORDINATION COMMITTEE • Representatives in LEADER SUB-COMMITTEE • Representative in the EN RD Advisory group
Cooperation in the European initiatives • ELARD (European LEADER Network) • Member of ERA – European Rural Alliance • Member of ERCA – European Rural Communities Accociation • Bilateral or multilateral initiatives related to certain projects (cooperation with Italian, Croatian, Hungarian and Austrian partners) • Transnational cooperation in projects • with Latvian Rural Forum in Turkey; • with ALKA in Macedonia • with IDM in Albania
What makes us visible in the country • Publishing the statements about RD policy, created within: • PREPARE OG • Round tables • Organising events (focused on the membership needs – recently LEADER oriented) • Active participationin the proces of creation (SUGGESTIONS TO M.A.) and implementation of RD policy (MONITORING COMMITTEE) 2004-2006 and 2007-2013 • Connecting local initiatives + LAGs
Achievements of SRDN until today PREPARE GATHERING 2009 • Organised in co-operation with HMRR • 80 participants from 18 countries • 10 EU member states • 8 non member states with expressed interest on joining EU
Achievements of SRDN until today - LEADER • Status of umbrella organisation – network of LOCAL ACTION GROUPS • LEADER programme is temporary focus of the SRDN • 33 LAGs active in LEADER programme • 23 of them are members of SRDN • Recognised representative of LAGs and rural civil society according to the voluntary input and delivered results
SRDN in Grundtvig Learning Partnerships project • 12mobilities • Seminar in Slovenia(2012) • Lifting the barriers to participation • Ensuring the quality of adult learning • Investing in the ageing population • Brochure about distance learning • Human resourcesinvolvement: • 2 persons / organisation • 3 lecturers / seminar • 3 authors / brochure
Programme of the seminar Day 1: Arrival of participants • Introduction of the project partners and participants • Short overview of the project objectives and results • Introduction into national circumstances and priorities in adult learning • Social event Day 2: • Presentations • Methods of lifting the barriers to participation in adults learning with emphasis on: access to the information in the remote rural areas, quality of information and effective information tools • Ensuring the quality of adult learning with focus on: relevance of distance learning for the adults in remote rural areas • Investing in the ageing population: • Brain storming and group work on the topics presented Day 3: • Summaryzing • Reports of the groups • Conclusions of the seminar Departure of participants
Expected inputs from the partners to SRDN activities • Sending participants to the seminar 25 – 30 – to be financed from partners national budgets • Preparing the presentations for the seminar (up to 5 national presentations) – to be financed from partners budgets • Articles about the good examples from some countries for the brochure to be financed from partners national budgets
Thanks for your attention !!! contact: goran@preparenetwork.org