AGRI-YOUTH Kick-off-meeting - Perugia – Cia Umbria Office 05/11/ AGRI-YOUTH : Transfer of Innovation from Naturaliter project and beyond by Massimo Canalicchio

2 Naturaliter : main aims and outputs WHAT IS NATURALITER? It is a LdV pilot project addressed to agriculture professionals based on training tools and teaching materials to improve vocational skills for achieving a competence on business development plan according to innovative trends in agriculture: organic farming, agro-tourism, quality products, nursery and gardening. The main project output is the NATURALITER TRAINING SYSTEM including: Interactive self-assessment tool, for a basic approach to the agricultural sector Virtual case study library, to gather successful case studies from Europe Training gym, to play the role of a farmer planning own business Computerized corporate platform, to create a basic business plan of own farm (see the website AGRI-YOUTH Kick-off-meeting - Perugia – Cia Umbria Office 05/11/2013

3 Naturaliter : methodology and training tools The NATURALITER TRAINING SYSTEM is based on a reticular methodology enabling the user to identify the requested competences for own business AGRI-YOUTH Kick-off-meeting - Perugia – Cia Umbria Office 05/11/2013

4 AGRI-YOUTH : specific targets and new trends WHAT IS AGRI-YOUTH? It is a LdV transfer of innovation (TOI) project addressed to young and female farmers as new target groups to enhance opportunities and entrepreneurship in agriculture. Besides the innovative trends from the Naturaliter project or some of them, to be updated and adapted, can be considered to be developed the last trends such as: renewable energy sources (solar, photovoltaic, wind, biomass,..) and related new vocational skills biodiversity protection and relevant commercial niche markets (farm markets,..) nutraceutical products and related health sector eco-tourism services linked to agro-tourism and rural development activities didactic and social farms linked to social issues of civil society WHAT’S ON : training tools for new skills related to the new innovative trends new case studies specific from young and female farmers new active learning methodology AGRI-YOUTH Kick-off-meeting - Perugia – Cia Umbria Office 05/11/2013

5 AGRI-YOUTH Partnership ÇASİAD, applicant, responsible for project management and new training platform (TR) ÇOMU, partner, responsible for general coordination and development of innovative training materials (TR) Cia Umbria partner, responsible for Transfer of Innovation to other geographical context and target (IT) ASAJA Granada, partner, responsible for ToT test of the new teaching materials (ES) CPIP, partner, responsible for adaptation and test of training materials in Romania (RO) Arid Lacjum,partner,responsible for adaptation and test of training materials in Poland (PL) Balikesir Universitesi, partner, responsible for quality of training contents adaptation and test in Turkey (TR) Tudas, partner, responsible for adaptation and test of training materials in Hungary (HU)

6 AGRI-YOUTH methodology and development The training tools included in the Naturaliter training system, implemented with those developed in Italy, i.e. at national level by "Agricoltura è vita" with the S.E.T.A. project, constitute the basis for the Transfer of Innovation to be adapted and implemented. Two training need analysis questionnaires, one for farmers and another for experts/trainers according to the innovative trends in agriculture from the AGRI- YOUTH project vision and description, are the starting point to choice, on the basis of a survey report from different countries, the innovative farming sectors and develop the new training system. The new innovative trends are analyzed in relation to the work process and related competences, also including case studies from different countries. The training materials are focused on new skills from innovative professional competences, based mainly on European Qualifications Framework level 3 and 4 and implemented in a web service user friendly platform. AGRI-YOUTH Kick-off-meeting - Perugia – Cia Umbria Office 05/11/2013

LINQ International Conference - Rome FAO Room Pakistan - 17/05/ AGRI-YOUTH methodology and development

8 AGRI-YOUTH methodology: interactive learning AGRI-YOUTH student- centred learning system: business simulator (innovative training gym) web service tutoring for new skills and jobs (training on demand) interactive business plan (self-empowerment) AGRI-YOUTH Kick-off-meeting - Perugia – Cia Umbria Office 05/11/2013

9 From learning reflection on personal evolution Innovative coachingTraditional coaching: lesson/learning AGRI-YOUTH methodology : personal evolution Interactive piloting Creativity stimulation Competence growth Innovative trends Farmer as a jobmaker AGRI-YOUTH Kick-off-meeting - Perugia – Cia Umbria Office 05/11/2013

10 AGRI-YOUTH methodology:personal opportunities AGRI-YOUTH Kick-off-meeting - Perugia – Cia Umbria Office 05/11/2013

11 AGRI-YOUTH :project development at a glance Beginning : 01 November 2012, Kick-off-Meeting Rome 22/23 November Month 2: state-of-the art analysis on innovative trends in agriculture at European level (background); focus on target users “young farmers” and “female entrepreneurs” Months 3-7: adaptation of the teaching materials from NATURALITER transferred to the new geographical contexts (Turkey, Poland, Romania, Hungary and Poland). Elaboration of questionnaires (from English into Turkish, Polish, Romanian, Hungarian, Spanish and Italian) to better understand i) what kind of training needs can be more suitable for young farmers, female entrepreneurs and youth cooperatives; ii) which gaps of competences are to be fulfilled, iii) what are new vision, ideas and multifunctional activities involving innovative farms, iv) which teaching materials and tools can be adapted from "Naturaliter" to the AGRI-YOUTH training system. Need analysis report from the questionnaires. Leaflet with information on AGRI-YOUTH project (English, Turkish, Polish, Romanian, Hungarian, Spanish and Italian) Month 8: Meeting in Poland, to share a proposal on adaptation of the new teaching materials and training system targeted to the new target users. Months 9-12: Improved and adapted materials to be tested in Turkey, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Spain and Italy by pilot groups of young and female farmers, (from English original materials into Turkish, Polish, Romanian, Hungarian, Spanish and Italian).Quality evaluation report. Mid-term report. AGRI-YOUTH Kick-off-meeting - Perugia – Cia Umbria Office 05/11/2013

12 AGRI-YOUTH :project development at a glance Months 13-15: Data analysis in Turkey, Poland, Romania and Hungary, with reports, in benchmarking with best practices and case studies form Italy and Spain; improvement of the teaching materials and design of training tools. Month 16: Meeting in Spain organized by ASAJA Granada with selected trainers for Training of Trainers (TOT), with participants from Turkey, Poland, Romania, Hungary and Italy and with young farmers managing advanced innovative farms on how to implement and use the new teaching materials. languages English and, just in case, mother languages of the participants (Spanish). Months 17-22: Trained trainers organize national workshops, with target users, and test the teaching materials for piloting. Data are collected and elaborated about the opinions of the participating farmers (questionnaire). Reports are elaborated. The new AGRI-YOUTH training system will be set up for long distance learning on a web site and for off-line training on CD (English, Turkish, Polish, Romanian, Hungarian, Spanish and Italian) Month 23-24: Final Conference in Turkey with participation of international experts (CEJA, COPA-COGECA, CEDEFOP); final training products and tools (DVD, drive stick Quality evaluation report; final technical and financial report. AGRI-YOUTH Kick-off-meeting - Perugia – Cia Umbria Office 05/11/2013

13 AGRI-YOUTH :dissemination activities A dissemination strategy is foreseen at regional, national and European level. At regional level, in the participating countries, farmers' associations, local authorities, policy makers, media are involved by presenting, since the kick-off meeting in Italy, objectives and envisaged results of the project. Open workshops are foreseen in correspondence of all partnership meetings. The AGRI-YOUTH website is the main tool for external communication and dissemination of results, with a public area, including information on ongoing activities and available deliverables. A newsletter will be addressed to all external members, starting from a selected list provided by each partner. At national level, in each country, the farmers' associations will be informed on objectives and results of the project and invited to participate to workshops and forums. All partners will involve academic and professional world connected to agriculture and use of rural areas. At international level CEJA and COPA-COGECA will be informed by the member associations (Cia and ASAJA); Press interviews and articles will be organized in correspondence of partnership meetings: in Italy (Dic.2013), to analyze training needs; in Poland (June 2014),to set up the adapted teaching materials; in Spain (March 2015), to perform the Training of Trainers and workshop on “New work opportunities and innovative trends in the European rural areas”; in Turkey (October 2015),to present the project outputs and adapted training system for the target users with participation of international experts from CEJA, COPA- COGECA and CEDEFOP. AGRI-YOUTH Kick-off-meeting - Perugia – Cia Umbria Office 05/11/2013

14 WHAT IS LEARNING? AGRI-YOUTH Kick-off-meeting - Perugia – Cia Umbria Office 05/11/2013

15 THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION AGRI-YOUTH Kick-off-meeting - Perugia – Cia Umbria Office 05/11/2013