RURALNET-AN ACTIVE ROLE IN PNDR IMPLEMENTATION FOR
NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN ROMANIA
PARTICIPATORY RURAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
BUCHAREST 02.04.2009-04.04.2009
WORKSHOPS CONCLUSIONS
WORKSHOP 1-CITIZENS INVOLVMENT IN THE INITATION PHASE OF
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
MODERATOR: COSMIN CAMPEAN –Coordinator of Development, Programmes,
Analysis Department-Romanian Found for Social Development
Conclusions:
*How to involve the community?
Ex:RO-Strategy making
ESTONIA-e-centre
-LAG
HU-small communities-active people
RO-CULTURE-brings people together
CROATIA-school-cooperative
-teachers&parents playing sport
WHY?
Mentality-young people
-good example
-experience sharing
“FIND THE SPARKS”
WORSHOP 2-CITIZENS INVOLVMENT IN THE PLANNING PHASE OF
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
MODERATOR: IRMA KORTUA-Training Manager, International Association
“Civitas Georgica” Georgia
Conclusions:
1. Community forum
2. Initial information day
3. Sustainability check
4. Working groups (open sessions for citizens)
5. PACA methodology
6. Community leaders/volunteers
7. Capacity building program for:
1. Leaders
*leadership
*team building
*project cycle management
*fund raising
*advocacy
2. Government trainings
*participatory planning
*sustainability
3. Committee for participatory planning
*local administrative issues (budget resources)
8. To establish committee for PP with SG
9. Informal and formal meetings between SG and communities
10.”Buy Mayor”
11. Establish local action groups
12. Establish Local Development Agent (LG)
13. Set of tools for publicity (media events, web-site, post box, printed materials)
WORKSHOP 3-CITIZENS INVOLVMENT IN THE IMPLEMENTATION
PHASE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
MODERATOR: NICOLAE CUTA, CRONO, Romania
Conclusions:
*Transfer from planning team to implementation team
-making the partnership functional/real- detailed partnership agreement
*Monitoring
quality
Training citizens
Re-planning
adjustments
*Promotion-information -transparency
*Contributing-sustainability-risk-conflicts
*Facilitating the participation in a professional manner
WORKSHOP 4-CITIZENS INVOLVMENT IN EVALUATION PHASE OF
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
MODERATOR: LAURA ALBU-Executive President, Mediation and Security
Communitary Centre Foundation
Conclusions:
-Why? (Motivation)
1. Knowing the views of:
*direct beneficiaries
*other citizens
2. Check the impact, the size of impact
3. They see the direct results –lessons learned
4. Assuming the projects, results
-Efficiency (pro’s and con’s of using citizens)
Using +
+feed back(direct)
+lessons learned
+better understanding
+future projects
+accordate pers.with scencific evaluation
using -longer time(organize meetings, calling
people, etc)
-minor interests vs. majority
-subjective
-empiric evaluation
-net representative group for evaluation
Check in counter
-Methodology
How?
-interview:
classical (interview questionnaire)
un-classical interview
-diary – deep (drama, role, drawing, play)
-personal history
-How much? How many?
-A lot-for true data (comparison)
(quantitative)
-Fewer-for quality measure
-Channel used: *direct
*indirect
-existing documents-produced by citizens
-internet forms
-media (TV, radio, press, dialogs-taking citizens view)
Follow-up:*success stories
*where were results used?
-know how to evaluate
-Moment of evaluation-follow up-immediately after the project
-cases
-Failure-replication of evaluation methodology
Celebration-new start in working together
-cultural pattern-big party
-public recognition
-official recognition
-community recognition
Recognition of value and power of common
COOPERATION IDEAS
-bring together other networks
-citizens participation week
-cooperation - Romania with other countries
-influencing EU policies
-international joint project
-connecting beneficiaries in cooperation projects
-who are the beneficiaries????
-do we have a common interest????
-standrds development
-E-participation/E-exclusion
-common best practices
-studies
-instruments
-results
-common studies
-how to involve
-banners and links
-joint projects/partnerships
-Annual Award
-shadowing programs
-PREPARE
-promotion and communication of our own programs
-supporting civic initiatives
-the common voice-gathering stories about citizens participation
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