1. LEONARDO DA VINCI PROGRAMME PL/04/B/F/PP – 174 446 _________________________________________________________________________ European Curricula for Economic Animator in the Enlarging Europe 2nd Meeting - Bibao, May 2005

2. LEONARDO DA VINCI PROGRAMME PL/04/B/F/PP – 174 446 _________________________________________________________________________ Animator of regional development- profile Social environment  Self-governmental authorities and organizations  Inhabitants of villages, cities, communes, districts and the region  Social organisations  Vocational organisations  Voluntaries  Labour unions  Farmers and their organisations  Banks  Investors 2nd Meeting - Bilbao, May 2005 2

3. LEONARDO DA VINCI PROGRAMME PL/04/B/F/PP – 174 446 _________________________________________________________________________ Animator of regional development- profile Potential candidate requirements/characteristics  Higher education of optional profiles  Administrative background 2nd Meeting - Bilbao, May 2005 3

4. LEONARDO DA VINCI PROGRAMME PL/04/B/F/PP – 174 446 _________________________________________________________________________ Animator of regional development- profile Professional tasks  Cooperation with self-governmental units on different levels and other institutions in order to establish general directions of regional development  Identification of needs, initiation of actions, suggesting of new ideas and action strategies  Forecasting, strategic and operative planning of regional-local development.  Creation of private-public partnership  Supporting organisations, groups, coalitions working for social and economic development of the region, industry, services and commerce  Initiating, coordinating and supervising the realisation of tasks and investments connected with the development of the region in particular areas 2nd Meeting - Bilbao, May 2005 4

5. LEONARDO DA VINCI PROGRAMME PL/04/B/F/PP – 174 446 _________________________________________________________________________ Animator of regional development- profile Professional tasks  Providing information, finding and linking partners, consultations in services supporting the regional development.  Mobilising local societies, promoting economic values, tourism values, etc.  Recommendation of potential solutions for existing problems, planning, organisation and implementation  Searching for financing sources and partnership for the realisation of undertaken projects  Procuring European Union’s funds for new technological solutions  Cooperation with other regions of the European Union, transfer of “good practices”  Performing representative functions and promoting the regions outside, also abroad 2nd Meeting - Bilbao, May 2005 5

6. LEONARDO DA VINCI PROGRAMME PL/04/B/F/PP – 174 446 _________________________________________________________________________ Animator of regional development- profile Expected skills of  Development, implementation and monitoring of regional/local development policy making and strategy planning  Identification of trends and directions of social and economic development, conditions for the development of entrepreneurship, industrial sector and services  Development of the strategy for the regional/local development  Negotiations with business partners  Development of a business plan and the feasibility study for investments.  Project management  Development of projects for purposes of procuring co-financing for them out of EU resources, national and regional resources  Teamwork, verbal and written communication skills, also in foreign languages  Using multimedia systems, computer support systems within communication and management 2nd Meeting - Bilbao, May 2005 6

7. LEONARDO DA VINCI PROGRAMME PL/04/B/F/PP – 174 446 _________________________________________________________________________ Animator of regional development - profile Knowledge of.  European Union policy – as regards: regional development, agricultural one, and social cohesion.  Economic and social situation of the region and the country.  Strategy of regional, ecological, innovative development, management of agricultural and forest resources, tourism, education.  Regional resources.  Regional agriculture, forestry, agrotourism, nature conversation, water management etc  Local society, self-governmental organisations, local authorities’ structure.  Kind and structure of industry, commerce and services of organisations functioning in the business environment.  Size and structure of the unemployment.  Educational and training institutions on different levels of teaching 2nd Meeting - Bilbao, May 2005 7