The last meeting has been hold in Perugia
as foreseen in the project work plan according to dates agreed by all of the
partners. Unfortunately the WCLCS representatives could not participate as they
were engaged in Cork 2005 European Capital of Culture events but Vincent Ahern
as a member of West Cork Leader Co-operative Society Ltd. represented both the
Irish institutions.
Participants:
P1 – Italian Confederation of Farmers, Walter
Trivellizzi (President),Antonio Sposicchi (General Co-ordinator);
P2 – Kovarik
& Partner OEG, Wilma Kovarik (Project manager); Peter Zinner
(Assistant)
P3 – ASAJA
Granada, Josè Hita Castro (President), Javier Morales Luque
(Project manager);
P4 – Université Populaire Rurale, Pier Angelo Coggiola (Project Manager), Joël Henri (Director);
P5 – IDEC, Ioannis Lountas (Project
manager, in substitution of Georgia Papadimitriou);
P6 – FAMA, Mihály Vörös (Project manager);
P7 – WCEIRD, Vincent Ahern (Director, project manager);
P8 – WCLCS Ltd., also
represented by Vincent Ahern as member of the institution board;
P9 – CIPA-AT Umbria, Alfio Casagrande (President, administrative
responsible), Massimo Canalicchio (Project Manager, transnational
partnership co-ordinator);
P10- Agrinform SpA, Flores Lelli
(President), Marco Ligabue (Web master);
P11- Pro-ORAVA, Pavol Jackulik (Director, project manager).
The meeting room was located in Cia Umbria regional premises in Perugia
and all of the participants were accommodated in Sangallo Palace Hotel.
The visit
respected the programme as previously scheduled:
17 September 2005
Arrival of the participants: welcome cocktail
and social dinner at the Sangallo Palace Hotel
18 September 2005
Visit to the
farm school “La cerqua” in Pietralunga and business lunch
Visit to Assisi,
S.Francesco, (Giotto frescos) Upper Church
Social
dinner in Perugia (Restaurant “La Taverna”)
19 September
9,00 – 11,00
Two monitoring
sessions of the training tools with farmers and students at Faculty of
Agriculture in Perugia
11, 30
Cia of
Umbria Conference hall – Press conference (Cia conference room “Emilio Sereni”)
13,30
Quick lunch
15,00 (Cia
premises)
Evaluation
of the monitoring tests
Technical
and administrative advices on final report
17,00
Session on
evaluation final report
20,00
Social dinner (Restaurant “Caffè di
Perugia”)
20 September 2005
Chamber of
Commerce Congress Centre - Perugia
9,00 –
13,30
(see attached invitation sent by mail in 500 copies, poster put up in
Perugia in 300 copies and programme)
20,00
Social dinner – (Restaurant “Da
Cesarino”)
21 September 2005
Departure of
the participants
Minutes of the meeting
18 September
Transfer at 10 in
the morning from Perugia to “La Cerqua” and “La balucca”, in Pietralunga, organic
school farm owned and managed by Gino Martinelli and his wife, first case study
presented as a model by CIPA-AT of Umbria in Pireous, in the framework of the
second NATURALITER meeting, July 2004. The two farms, 120 hectares totally,
produce organic crops, meat, fruit and marmalades, rural fashion furnished
houses well restored are able to receive up to 60 persons. Horses, sheeps and
chicken are grown in the farm according to welfare and natural best practices.
The restaurant, based on regional and national recipes, has the atmosphere of a
typical family farm kitchen. Gino Martinelli has explained to the partners of
the project, collected in the didactic classroom, directly in English, his
philosophy of life and his activity with schools in the field of environmental
and agricultural education. At lunch
typical dishes were prepared and served.
After the lunch
the participants have driven to Assisi for visiting the famous and recently
restored Giotto frescos in S.Francesco upper church, the lower church and the
saint’s crypt below. Also S.Maria degli Angeli cathedral, with inside
“Porziuncola”, the first little church of S.Francesco and his friars, on the
road back to Perugia was visited.
The social
dinner was organized in a reserved room of “La Taverna” restaurant in the
middle of the medieval city.
So the first
day, Sunday, was dedicated to get in touch with an important case study well
known by all of the partners but also to approach the middle age culture so
important in Perugia and surroundings and to create a social atmosphere in the
group.
19 September
Transfer at 9 in
the morning from the Hotel to the University of Perugia Faculty of Agriculture.
9,00 – 9,45: monitoring test on the “interactive corporate platform” with the
participation of 15 students of different age and level (from the second
regular year course till master post-graduate course). The tests were presented
in 10 minutes and completed within the estimated time (30 minutes). The last 10
minutes were dedicated to fill in the “feedback form”. The training tool was in
general considered very well done and user friendly. Two users (both
frequenting a post-graduate course) suggested to make possible to select
contents of the training packages chosen instead of being obliged to read the
whole texts. At 10,00 started the second monitoring test with the participation
of 15 young farmers. Their reaction to the training tool was very good, even if
some of them considered not so easy to perform the whole test in 30 minutes.
At 11,30 took
place at Cia Umbria premises, in the conference hall, a very crowded press
conference, with help of a professional interpreter in order to make easier the
comprehension between the journalists and the foreign partners. After the
presentation of all of the partners, the main questions were focused on the
importance of the results of
NATURALITER project and of the Leonardo da Vinci Programme in the various
Countries. The conference was introduced and closed by Walter Trivellizzi,
President of Cia Umbria, as promoter of the project.
After the lunch,
at Cia Umbria premises all the members of the partnership discussed about the
monitoring tests realized in the morning. The results were evaluated very
satisfactory by all of the partners. It was decided to make possible, as
requested by two of the users, the selection of specific sections in each of
the four sectors training tools aiming at making more interactive and
interesting the training gym. The contents of the “computerised corporate platform”
and training gym linked to the training packages were also evaluated good and
approved by all of the partners, so it was decided to translate by each partner
into mother tongue the texts from the English version.
It was also
decided that Cia Umbria is engaged to prepare the texts of a “guide to the
training tools” to be translated in mother tongue by all of the partners”,
published on the portal by Agrinform and realized in CD ROM and hard copy by
each partner.
The discussion
on administrative themes were focused on eligibility of expenses according to
typology and dates. It was highlighted that the eligible expenses must be
invoiced or committed by written contract between the member of the partnership
and a supplier by 30 September. The copy of sub-contracts, receipts and invoices
must be sent to Cia Umbria by 15 November 2005 (or 15 December in case of one
month respite) as well as three samples of each training or dissemination
products realized.
The discussion
on evaluation report, focused on feed back of the experts (Vincent Ahern and
Ioannis Lountas), also including the results of monitoring tests conducted in
Granada and in Perugia, was leaded by Claudio Bezzi, external evaluator. The
analysis of the feed back forms highlighted the increased positive opinion of
the partners after some initial problems and doubts. The final evaluation
report was approved by all of the partners.
20 September
The final conference entitled
“NATURALITER, new opportunities for farms: multifunctionality, new technologies,
tailored vocational training”, took place in Perugia at Chamber of Commerce
Congress Centre as scheduled in the programme. About 150 persons attended to
the conference (about 80 farmers, 30 students, 20 teachers and experts, 2 policy makers, 20 clerks and
technicians). After the welcome to the participants by the President of the
Chamber of Commerce Alviero Moratti and the report presented by the coordinator
of the project Antonio Sposicchi on the NATURALITER training tools system, each
member of the partnership presented own tasks and main results in the project,
focusing on difference and similarity of the case studies and application of
the NATURALITER training tools system to any kind of farm business development
plan. Particular focus on farmers difficulties in Europe and new challenges in
global markets was made in his speech
by Josè Hita Castro, President of ASAJA Granada. Massimo Canalicchio, as
coordinator of the international partnership of the project highlighted the
importance of stressing the results of projects such as NATURALITER aiming at
spreading the new multifunctional experiences in farms thanks to tailored
interactive training tools available using more and more internet connected
resources, as for example, ComNet Umbria. Francesco Pennacchi, Dean of
University of Perugia Faculty of Agriculture stressed the problems related to
global market, CAP reform and new role of agriculture in the framework of the
efforts to spread the agricultural knowledge and rural enterprises management to
the students at University, as technical support of the farmers in these years,
also in collaboration with farmers association and thanks to the new
technologies. Maura Ferrara, tutor of the project, presented, in the name of
Leonardo da Vinci Italian Agency, the foreseen next goals and frameworks of the
Leonardo da Vinci Programme, closing the second phase in 2006. Unfortunately
the Counsellor for Agriculture in
Umbria Maria Prodi could not participate because of a mild indisposition. Walter
Trivellizzi, in his conclusions, highlighted the new role of agriculture in
social European vision and the preoccupation of farmers for the future between
global markets and CAP reform. This contradiction between a recognised
importance for the environment protection and safe food production and a
European agricultural policy aiming at a financial support progressive reduction
must be changed in the framework of a pact with the society. The farmers must
be not only opponents of political decisions at European level, but also
promoters of a sustainable development in the rural areas as an heritage
available for the whole society. In this change agriculture, environment,
sustainable rural tourism, biodiversity and traditional food will be a new
development system thanks to the role of the farmers, also thanks to new knowledge
and competences training tools and ICT. Experiences and results like those
realized thanks to programmes such as Leonardo da Vinci are the measure of the
undertaking of farmers and their professional associations for the future.
Conclusions
The promoter of
the project Cia of Umbria and CIPA-AT, as vocational training branch of the
farmers association, thank very much all of the partners for their cooperation
in two years of activities and work together. All of us are sure that the
interactive training platform and tools created will be disseminated in the
next period in practical training courses and used by hundreds of users in our
Countries. Also valorisation activities of the NATURALITER results will be
foreseen in participating to meetings at European or national level or
submitting proposals in the framework of specific calls.
All of us are
engaged for the final efforts to realize the final training products and guide
and administrative fulfilments as agreed for the final report.
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