TOOL DETAILS
Title
Workshop on Maximising Rural Youth as a Resource
Tool category
& type
Events:
Keyword(s)
Capacity building, Common agricultural policy, Events, National Rural Network, Young farmers, Young people
Summary
One of the workshops of the annual Rural Development Conference held on 16 October 2012 in Enfield, Ireland, was dedicated to "Maximising Rural Youth as a Resource". The workshop was a great opportunity to hear the voices of rural youth. It was held in the context of a larger programming conference, intended to contribute to the future planning of the rural development policy and to answer the question on how it can be best used for the benefit of rural youth. With this view, the issues of rural youth and young farmers were recognized as higly important for the future, alongside four others: farm entrepreneurship, CLLD, locality of food entreprises and creative industries.
Country
& RDP Region(s)
Ireland
Main purpose
The main purpose was to raise awareness and identify the issues related to rural youth and young farmers. This was then expected to contribute to the planning of the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020.
Related
tools used
Power point presentations
Target audience
EAFRD Beneficiaries:
Rural Development Stakeholders:
General Audience:
Technical information
Four other topics were presented during the 2012 National Rural Development Conference. The workshop "Maximising Rural Youth as a Resource" was supported by a power point presentation.
Date produced
2012
Publisher/
Organiser
Macra na Feirme
Distribution & Promotion
Macra na Feirme
Assessment of effectiveness
The results of the workshop as well as the work of the youth organisation that participated in the conference were taken into account in the the follow-up of the future Irish Rural Development Programme 2014-2020.
Name of organisation
Macra na Feirme
Type of
organisation
Rural youth organisation
Partner organisation(s)
Irish National Rural Network, Teagasc
Image(s)
File(s)
Name of contact person
Ger Griffin
Address
Macra na Feirme
Irish Farm Centre
Bluebell
Dublin 12
Ireland
Telephone
+353 1 426 8900
