eNEET Rural partners, stakeholders and young NEETs met in Ljubljana for the 1st Annual Event
As accompanied events to the 3rd eNEET Rural Transnational Project Meeting, the 1st eNEET Annual Seminar and Brokerage event were conducted in Ljubljana (capital city of Slovenia) on 25th of October, 2019.
All project partners, as well more than 21 stakeholders and 10 NEETs from partner’s countries attended the events, which took place at Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre. The occasion was excellent, as the 50th Jubilee Fair Nature-Health took place on that exact day.
The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food of Slovenia opened the event with a speech addressing the importance of the agricultural sector and the involvement of young people in the area. It was followed by Rok Damjan, president of Zveza slovenske podeželske mladine (Association of Slovenian Rural Youth) / ZSPM.
Following the opening speeches, hosting partner STYRIAN TECHNOLOGY PARK presented the eNEET Rural objectives and aims, while focusing on the so far achieved project results:
- The training materials, so called »Soft-Skills« and »Agro-Professional«, developed by all project partners based on their expertise and tailored to the demands and the needs of young people in Consortium countries, based on the local demand research pursued by each partner.
- The eNEET Rural eLearning & Collaborative Platform, built on Moodle, involving previous successful methodologies for capacity building activities. It will offer online training and support to NEETs with 5 different training courses, containing educational material, quizzes, assignments, with personal certificate issued to each NEET completing a course.
Finally, successful case examples related to the agricultural field were presented, in order to exchange practices with stakeholders, but also to empower the attending young people.
The second half of the day was dedicated to the IMK (Young innovative farmer) workshop, organised alongside with ZSPM. Each young competing person presented their farming ideas and projects for the future. In order to break the ice, the rest of attendants provided feedback, alongside some interesting exchange of ideas and useful suggestions for all parties.
The brokerage / networking part of the event followed the discussion, which allowed primarly stakeholders and NEETs to get to know each other better and get deeper into the discussion for a fruitful cooperation in the future eNEET Rural capacity building activities.
UBBSLA team was invited two expert trainers from Bulgaria interested in the developed “Soft-Skills” and “Argo-Professional” training modules, to attend the international seminar and to exchange knowledge and experience with other stakeholders from the partner countries. Here you can see the interview with their impressions of the event in Slovenia: >>>>>
The event concluded with great enthusiasm of young NEETs, satisfaction of stakeholders and project partners, who are looking forward to strengheting the eNEET Rural network in the upcoming months.
