The National Rural Network is launching a distance learning workshop aimed at improving the capacities of GALs to carry out strategic planning exercises in their territories.

The specific objectives of this training are:

1. Provide Local Action Groups with practical cases and examples of useful methodologies and tools for designing Local Development Strategies.
2. Share successful experiences, best practices, and ideas in the exercise of strategic design.
3. Participants will be asked to analyze their current EDLs, identify opportunities for improvement, and define a roadmap for future design.

Structure and dates:

The workshop is structured into four weekly modules or thematic training units, which combine online presentations ( webinars ) and practical exercises. Some of these exercises will be conducted on-site, while others will be completed by attendees outside the session and shared later.

It will be celebrated on the following days:

• Friday, May 28

• Tuesday, June 1

• Friday, June 4

• Tuesday, June 8

You can find recordings of the theoretical sessions and inspirational presentations from the training workshop on the RRN YouTube channel:

Theoretical sessions

Theory Day 1: The foundations of good strategic planning

Speaker: María Coto Sauras: Director, Rural Development Policies Area at RED2RED

Theory day 2: The logic of intervention

Speaker : María Coto Sauras: Director, Rural Development Policies Area at RED2RED

Theory Day 2: Cross-cutting Issues: Innovation

Speakers: María Coto Sauras, Director of Rural Development Policies at RED2RED, and Stéfanie De Buck, Senior Consultant, Rural Development Policies at Red2red.

Theory day 3: Monitoring and evaluation

Speaker: Perrine Deschellette, Senior Consultant, Rural Development Policies, Red2red.

Theory Day 4: Participatory process in the design of the EDL

Speaker: María Coto Sauras: Director of Rural Development Policies at RED2RED

Theory Day 4: Innovative tools for participation

Speaker: Stéfanie De Buck, Senior Consultant, Rural Development Policies, Red2red.

Theory Day 4: Cross-cutting Issues: Environment

Speaker: María Coto Sauras: Director of Rural Development Policies at RED2RED

Inspiring presentations:

Video 1. : 05/28/2021. Challenges and general framework in which future EDLs are inserted

Speaker : Moisés Martín Carretero: CEO of Red2Red and Associate Professor at Camilo José Cela University

Video 2. : 05/28/2021. Cross-cutting issues to consider: the gender perspective

Speaker: Clara Guilló, PhD and researcher on gender equality

Video 3. 01/06/2021. Systemic Innovation

Speaker: Carlos Mataix. Professor in the Department of Organizational Engineering at UPM, and director of the Center for Innovation in Technology for Human Development (itdUPM).

Video 4. : 06/04/2021. Theory of Change: Strategic Programming and EDL Design

Speaker: Pablo Lage Gómez – Independent Consultant - Public Policy Evaluation and Strategic Planning

Video 5. 06/08/2021. The long-term vision of Rural Development Policies, the possible role of LEADER

Speaker: Paul Soto. Contact Point of the European Rural Network (ENRD)