NRN Wallonia - Activities

by Cécile Schalenbourg, NRN Wallonia (Belgium)

Roma - March 2010

PresentationDesign of NRN Wallonia operating structure• Network main objectives • Elements of the structure of the NRN• Members and rural stakeholders• Methodology for strategy building• The NRN Support Unit (type, budget, selection…)

NRN activities in 2010• Annual priorities• Activities (themes, relevant experiences, LEADER, cooperation,

monitoring and evaluation)• Communication (communication plan and tools)• Knowledge base (Resources centre, expertise, Scientific

Committee)• Contributions to EU level (Contact Point, other networks)

Design of NRN Wallonia operating structure

Main objectivesElements of the structure of the NRNMembers and local stakeholdersStrategyNetwork Support Unit

Network main objectivesTo organize exchanges and active cooperation between all rural stakeholders in order to facilitate an efficient implementation of RDP and a wide diffusion of its added value.To build a global strategy and a coherent implementation of measures by developing an integrated approach of rural development challenges To integrate/insert EAFRD financed projects in territorial projects (LAG, natural parks,…)To reinforce good practices in EAFRD implementation by spreading appropriate information

Steering Committee

Association des Centres culturels, Accueil Champêtre en Wallonie, Commissariat Général au Tourisme, Gîtes de Wallonie, Les Plus Beaux Villages de WallonieFédération des Parcs naturels, Fondation Rurale de Wallonie, les Groupes d’Action Locale (3)Fédération de l’Energie d’origine renouvelable et alternative, ValbiomFédération des industries alimentaires, le réseau des Agences de Développement Local, Union des Classes Moyennes, Union Wallonne des EntreprisesFédération des Jeunes Agriculteurs, Fédération Unie des Groupements d’Eleveurs et Agriculteurs, Fédération Wallonne de l’Agriculture, Nature Terres et ForêtsInter-Environnement WallonieAdministrations : DG Agriculture, Ressources Naturelles et Environnement (3), DG Aménagement du Territoire, Patrimoine, Logement et Energie, DG Economie, Emploi et Formation, Ministère de la Communauté Française et de la Communauté Germanophone

Beneficiaries and rural stakeholders

Members

Representatives of Steering Committee

Objectives of workgroupProposal of themes & content for events and publications- Agenda

Contribution to the workgroup documentsProposal of content

Participants to eventsActivated regarding themes, events, …Informed about activities of each workgroup

Members and rural stakeholders

Methodology forStrategy and work plan buildingPhase 1

Members of SteeringCommittee(individualmeetings)

LAG(focus groups)

Scientific/AcademicCommittee(meeting)

Administrationsand political

representatives UE

Needs / Wishes

Themes

Their own priorities and activities

Proposals

Links with actual / trendy

on going researches

Needs / wishes

RDP priorities and objectives

Political concerns

UE concerns (LimasolConference)

Network support unit

Proposal of an integrated work plan with operational actions (work packages)

Steering Committee

Validation - Monitoring - Evaluation Thematic working groups

MethodologyLogical frameworkPhase 2 - example

Action

Objective 1

Sub-theme

Delivrable

RecommendationsChallenge

Main theme Axis

Action

Objective 2

Sub-theme

Delivrable

Recommendations

Network support unitTeam

• Out-sourced contract for Network Support Unit (Trame SCRL, a consultancy)

• 4 people part-time• In charge of coordination / animation /

communication and capitalisation• Partnership with Kantor-Qwentes for

communication tools production

Budget : 1 800 000 euros (3 years)

Activities

Annual priorities : 4 themes - 4 workshopsActivities : cooperation, Leader, relevant experiences,

LEADER, cooperation, monitoring and evaluationCommunicationKnowledge baseContributions to EU level

Annual priorities : 4 themes - 4 workshops

Axe 1 To increase use of renewable energy and reduce energy costs in

farms

Guidance and good practicesWorkshops with energy facilitators at

regional level and farmersRecommendations for future policies

Adaptation of cultural and

forestry practices to new challenges

(climate changes) To fight against floods

and erosion by developing public

private partnerships

Workshop for “inventory of communication tools about good

practices of fight against erosion and floods

Good practices PPP Field visits

Recommendations for future policies

« Industrial model versus extensive and family model » : What

choices for young

farmers ?

Workshops with young farmers about farm recovery, specific measures,

training courses…

Guidance and recommendations for future policies

Axis 2Remunerations for

environmental services (ecosystems) rendered

by agriculture

Enquiry and workshops on ecosystemic approach : what do the

farmers think about it ?

How to approach agri-environmental

measures at territorial level

Workshops Good practices AEM / Mapping tool / economical approach

of AEMMultifunctional

agriculture

Multifunctional agriculture : new shared objectives

FilmInternational seminar

18-19 November

Link with Belgian UE Presidency

Axis 3Consumer and

agricultural production: reinforced links

between cities and countryside

Enquiry and workshop on short circuits (farm direct selling, direct relations between producers and

consumers/collectivities…Field visits

Regional seminar

Relations urban / rural

New mobility To be set up in 2011

Axis 4

Cooperation betweenterritories, between

communes

Enquiry and workshop on territorial cooperation practices

Transcommunalcooperation

Methodological aspects of a cooperation

between communes

Repository of necessary skills for territorial animation

Tool for viewing local stakeholders spheres of action

Methodological support to LAG for implementing landscape transcommunal structure

Regional seminar

ActivitiesRelevant experiences• Workshop results -> capitalization and dissemination

(studies, tools, relevant experiences)• Identification of good practices• Construction of a grid for data collection linked to EU

processLEADER• Specific meetings on LAG themes (May and October)• Methodological support (if needed)Cooperation• Training courses• Cooperation opportunities identification and relay to EUMonitoring and evaluation• Permanent monitoring with steering committee• Survey by phone and electronic questionnaire in

September

Communication plan and toolsCommunication plan• Building of a communication strategy and an

action plan• 4 main messages :

• The use of ICT• The wellness by being / working close to Nature • Rural development concerns a wide range of

activities• Networking from local to European level

• Specific messages by axis and targeted publics• Connections between messages and

communication tools

Groupes cibles Prescripteurs

But de la communication

Message Moyen de communication Auteur Émetteur Calendrier

Les « institos -décideurs»

Soutenir la création des synergies

Nous avons tous à apprendre l’un de l’autre.Préparer la prochaine programmation

Recueil de recommandations sur aides, formations en agricultureRéférentiel de compétences en animation territorialeSéminaire regional “Coopétranscommunale / intelligence commune”Magazine “Dispositifs territoriaux”Guide de la coopération et diffusion des offres de coopération

CAR – coopéCAR – GT 1 & 4ExpertsJournalisteULG

CARRégion

2e Trimestre 20104ème trimestre 2010

Soutenir la diffusion de l’information

Réactivité a l’information, pro activité à la gestion, efficience aux résultats

MagazinesFilm sur la multifonctionnalité de l’agricultureSalons et foires

CAR – GT2TélévisionExperts

CARAssociationsRégion wallonne DGO3

4e Trimestre 2010

Assurer la diffusion d’une culture pro-environnementale

Leadership «à la nature ». Magazine « multifonctionnalité de l’agriculture »

CAR – GT2ExpertsJournalisteAssociations

CARRégionAssociations

4e Trimestre 2010

The use of ICT

The wellness of being / working close to Nature

Rural development concerns a wide range of activities

Networking from local to European level

Knowledge base-> How to provide human resources, expertise,

information and facilitate share of experiences…

• Resources center and regional Contact Point• Dissemination of magazines, newsletters• Mailings

• Website • Intranet - forum• Experts database• Documentation database

• Scientific Committee : methodological and academic support to network workgroups.

Contribution at UE level

• NNU meetings• Publications, newsletters• Relevant experiences identification• EU seminars and focus group “Cooperation”• Workgroup “Forestry”

• Events organised by other networks

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