1. SLOVENIAN RURAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK SRDN DRUŠTVO ZA RAZVOJ SLOVENSKEGA PODEŽELJA - DRSP Goran Šoster, ERA / Grundtvig kick off Ireland / Moate / Nov. 2010

2. 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 in January 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 3 leading themes of the project TEPA From local participation to intersectoral partnership Rural resource management Strategic planing

6. 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)

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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 participation in the proces of creation (SUGGESTIONS TO M.A.) and implementation of RD policy (MONITORING COMMITTEE) 2004-2006 and 2007-2013  Connecting local initiatives + LAGs

11. 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

12. 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

13. SRDN in Grundtvig Learning Partnerships project  12 mobilities  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 resources involvement: 2 persons / organisation 3 lecturers / seminar 3 authors / brochure

14. 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

15. 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

16. Thanks for your attention !!! contact: goran@preparenetwork.org