Training Projects
Croatia LAG training – LAGs as engines of development in rural areas
This project provided programme, materials and lectures for the seminar ‘LAGs as engines of development in rural areas’ for the representatives of 30 LAGs. The seminar programme focussed on the role of LAGs in local development, why policy-makers focus on local development and how each LAG can become its own pole or hub of good practice. The seminar programme included the following thematic fields...
Catalys local development summer schools
Catalys led or participated in summer schools over nearly 10 years on the beautiful island of Hvar. The focus of the Catalys summer school was on Community Led Local Development (CLLD), following LEADER principles and looking at their application in FLAGs. The summer schools looked practice, case studies, films and plenty of discussion, as well as good dalmatian cuisine.
The summer school will look at animateur skills and look at best practice examples of them being applied.
Rural Development and Energy policy training for public sector staff in Serbia
Provided 2 separate courses to support the development of Rural Development and Energy capacity in Serbian institutions: Rural Development – Comprehensive training programme supported by online learning platform delivered to over 100 professionals from state...
Rural Development strategy training for Bosnia
Catalys developed and delivered a complex year long project of strategic support for Bosnian civil servants from all state and entity administrations.
The components were:
Component 1 – Training: A programme for state and entity institutions with focus on the Instruments for Pre-Accession Rural Development (IPARD) and accession requirements. The project then delivered two programmes:
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Intensive training for key staff, focused on:
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Module 1: Strategy development essentials, tools and techniques,
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Module 2: Stakeholder involvement & consultation
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Module 3: Strategy monitoring, evaluation, review and roll forward
Building capacity in BiH Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Regeneration
This project was designed for building on the successes of the 08 – 09 project and provided targeted assistance in the development of the state level Ministry of Agriculture, in particular building capacity in MOFTER (Sector for Agriculture, Food, Forestry and Rural Development – SAFFRD). It focused on the improvement of National and Entity level strategic planning and implementation for rural development; in order to promote economically balanced rural development across BiH. It was delivered through a diverse set of outputs; training, policy development, coaching and...
Equality Training
Design and delivery of and Equality Training programme aimed at Outdoor Tourism Providers. The programme is comprised of the following components: Why equality? Is thinking about equality and inclusion a burden or an opportunity? Introductory session to tee up the issues and introduce the approach to be followed; Elements that challenge the perception that practice is universally good What the sector is good at; opportunities we are missing, pitfalls we discovered, what people think of the sector from “outside”; Business benefits of focusing on inclusion – e.g., markets that are being missed...