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Conference „Get together“/ 27. October 2012/ Estonia

PREPARE - KODUKANT Co-operation and challanges . Goran Šoster PREPARE Coordinator. Conference „Get together“/ 27. October 2012/ Estonia . Overview of the presentation. About PREPARE Network activities involvement PREPARE – KODUKANT cooperation chalenges

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Conference „Get together“/ 27. October 2012/ Estonia

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  1. PREPARE - KODUKANTCo-operation and challanges Goran ŠosterPREPARE Coordinator Conference „Get together“/ 27. October 2012/ Estonia

  2. Overview of the presentation • About PREPARE Network • activities • involvement • PREPARE – KODUKANT cooperation chalenges • Motives for PREPARE’s project Rural parliaments • Activities, results and follow up

  3. WHAT IS PREPARE? The PREPARE partnership is a group ofEuropean and national non-government umbrella organizations. The partnership was created in 1999, and has expanded as new national rural movements have joined

  4. WHO IS PREPARE? • Umbrella networks for rural development in 10 EU member states: • Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Slovenia and • in three EU candidate countries: • Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia • two EU-level NGOs: • ECOVAST, Forum Synergies • recent focus: • South Eastern Europe,Ukraine, Belarus and Turkey

  5. WHAT WE DO? • SUPPORT national campaigns in our member countries to strengthen civil society • ORGANISE and support multi – national exchanges between people and organisations in the rural field • CONTRIBUTE actively to the debate of European policy • PROMOTE networking in rural development throughout Europe • ESTABLISH trustful dialogue and cooperation between governments and civil society organisations

  6. PREPARE multi – national activities Travelling workshops • Estonia and Sweden 1999 • Hungary 2000 • Finland 2002 Annual Gatherings • 2003 Slovakia (Pocuvadlo) • 2004 Bulgaria (Chiflik) • 2005 Lithuania (Birstonas) • 2006 Czech Republic (Velehrad) • 2007 Poland (Przemysl) • 2009 Slovenia and Croatia • 2010 Macedonia – FYROM (Ohrid) • 2011 Serbia (Zlatibor) Workshops : Turkey and BiH 2012

  7. PREPARE – KODUKANTcooperation chalenges • Annual PREPARE Gatherings • Rural Parliaments • PREPARE Scholarships • Bilateral cooperation with PREPARE target countries • EU projects (like TEPA – Grundtvig)

  8. PREPARE GATHERINGS • PREPARE member organizations and representatives of rural movements from target countries • Involvement of high representatives from EU institutions and National Governments • Combining 3 methods of work: • Conference • Thematic working groups • Travelling Workshops – field visits and exchange by practitioners

  9. PREPARE activities • Support to strengthening civil society in specific countries • South-Eastern Europe, • Ukraine, • Belarus, • Turkey • Support to PREPARE partner organisations and the new national networks (capacity building – small scale, flexible projects e.g. study visits, national meetings) • Networking (website, newsletter)

  10. PREPARE activities • PREPARE Scholarships – trainee exchange programme financed by Fondation de France through Forum Synergies • Cooperation with the European Commission (membership in the official advisory bodies) and national governments • Cooperation with other European networks

  11. Inspiring joint action • TEPA – Training of European Partnership Animators (to develop training programme and materials, network, pilot trainings) • a joint project by Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Slovakian and Slovenian partners, Swedish partner as evaluator • financed by Socrates-Grundtvig • implemented Oct. 2006 – Oct. 2008

  12. Motives of Prepare Network about Rural Parliaments • Aim of PREPARE is to strengthen civil society and promote transnational cooperation in rural development • useful exchange of know-how • encouraging new countries to apply new methods of democracy • raising the voice of civil society from rural areas • intensifying exchange among member organisations

  13. PREPARE activities about Rural Parliaments Multinational exchange about Rural Parliaments The book about Rurual Parliaments

  14. Expected results from PREPARE project - Rural Parliaments • Continuous exchange of the experiences within countries applying RP • Popularisation of RP in broader audience • Dissemination of the RP as the method • Introducing Rural parliaments in other European countries • Strengthening of Prepare Network and civil society involved in rural development

  15. Follow up activities about Rural Parliaments • Initiate Rural Parliaments in other countries • Launching European Rural Parliament

  16. Thanks to all KODUKANT members for fruitful cooperation! Visit us at www.preparenetwork.org

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