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The Prepare Gathering 2009

The PREPARE Gathering 2009 was a linked series of events in Croatia and Slovenia, from the arrival and accommodation of participants in the hotel “Matija Gubec” in Stubicke toplice on 30 June, to the last working day 4 July. More than eighty participants represented different organizations from sixteen European countries – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Letonia, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia and Sweden, and the EU. The working language was English.
Basic papers
Programme outline
Final list of participants

 

 

 

 

 

Travelling workshops in Croatia and Slovenia

The first day included “travelling workshops” – study visits by bus along the three different itineraries focusing rural partnerships, local development initiatives and good practices resulting from sustainable, bottom-up approaches in Croatia and Slovenia.
Day 1 Travelling Workshops
Group 1 – SW Programme
Group 1 – SW Report
Group 2 – W Programme
Group 2 – W Report
Group 3 – N Programme
Group 3 – N Report

 

Conference: „Economic Recovery of the European Rurala Areas - Actions and measures undertaken by the EU and member state governments“

The conference held in Ptuj, Slovenia was focused to economic recovery of the European rural areas including presentations of the European Recovery Package and partnership in preparation and implementation of rural development programmes. Slovenian representatives presented their way and experience in dealing with the challenges of rural development – history, organization and achievements.
Day 2 – Ptuj conference
Programme of the Conference Economic Recovery of the European Rural Areas
EU Recovery and Rural Areas, Dr. Nivelin Noev
Partnership in Implementation of Pre-Accession Rural Development Programmes, Anna Nowak
Slovenian RDP Responses to the Needs of Economic Crisis, Urska Kese
Local Partnership Building in Slovenia / From CRPOV to LEADER, Janja Kokolj Prošek
Economic Recovery of Slovenian Rural Areas through RDP 4. Axes, Tomaz Cunder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conference: „Rural Development and Enlargment process of the EU“

European and national approaches to rural development were presented at the conference
in Stubicke toplice, Croatia. Different types of networks for rural development were
exposed - supranational and national, including the process of their establishment, scope and activities as well as different roles of “official” and “unofficial” networks in various countries. One hour was dedicated to the presentation of group reports from the “travelling workshops”. In the afternoon, four important themes of rural development were discussed in groups resulting with views and recommendations for future work and cooperation.
Day 3 – Conference in Stubicke toplice
Programme of the Conference Rural Development and Enlargement Process of the EU
Measures and Actions under Pre-Accession IPARD Programmes, Anna Nowak
Rural Development in Croatia on the Path of Accession, Tugomir Majdak
PREPARE and EU Enlargement Process, Urszula Budzich Szukala
ECOVAST and Rural development in the SEE Region, Tihana Stepinac Fabijanic
Process of Establishment of the Croatian NRDN, Marija Pinter and Katarina Skrobo
Croatian Rural Development Network – HMRR, Višnja Jelic Mueck
Slovenian Rural Development Network – SRDN, Goran Soster

During the last working day, Saturday 4 July, participants were engaged in discussing the issues of inter-regional exchange and collaboration in rural development in the light of enlargement taking into account different situations in countries, national rural development priorities and needs of rural civil society.
A set of proposals and recommendations resulting from these deliberations is a good basis for making cooperation plans either in form of country-specific support or as a inter-regional exchange.
In spite of the comprehensive programme, participants found time for walking through the old town of Ptuj, sight-seeing of the area of Stubicke toplice, admiring and tasting the traditional local products, dancing and singing after the dinner under the “Straw roof”. The PREPARE coordinator Urszula Budzich Szukala, leaving for other job, made her adieu singing “Those were the days, my friends” to her colleagues and friends.

 

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