PARTNERS

PARTNERS5 European countries in a North-South and

West-East perspective

ITALY – Sweden Emilia Romagna Network SPAIN – La Coruna Province SWEDEN - Association of Municipalities of

Norrbotten CROATIA – Agencija Lokalne Demokracije POLAND – Association of Polish Cities

BACKGROUND

Previous projects (NTT+ and MaNTT) have evidenced 2 major needs:

1) to improve skills among civil servants (Town Twinning officers and managers from other departments) in order to plan and formulate more effectively NTT projects.

2) to develop shared approaches and tools that can help them managing their projects once approved

Objectives 1) to enhance the skills of civil servants to

meet more complex and demanding challenges in terms of strategic project planning;

2) to provide the participating municipalities with a common methodology for planning (NTT) projects ensuring consistency between objectives and achieved results;

3) to create a platform for networking in order to further develop the exchange and contacts at multiple institutional levels.

Activities Three training seminars focusing on the

Project Cycle Management (PCM) methodology

The first 3 phases of the project cycle:

Indicative Programming Identification Formulation

THE PROJECT CYCLE

GOAL

P.C.M.

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2

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INDICATIVEPROGRAMMING

IDENTIFICATION

FORMULATION

FINANCING

IMPLEMENTATION

EVALUATION

WORK PLAN 1 1st SEMINAR

(21-23 February 2012 - Poland, Poznan) Participants meet and know each others sharing knowledge about their organisations and the needs they elements they have in comon.

2nd SEMINAR (19-22 March 2012 - Italy, Rimini) Participants identify the main problem they want to tackle, define the causes and as a result of that the general objective and results of the project.

3rd SEMINAR -(5-7 June 2012 - Spain, La Coruna) Participants plan events, activities and methodology for evaluation, dissemination and follow-up. Define all the main elements needed in order to complete the project proposal.

WORK PLAN 2 DISSEMINATION SEMINAR

(18-19 October 2012, Brussels)AIM:

to spread information on the project, results and the process undertaken

to inform EU institutions (EACEA and EU Commission) and representatives of national/regional offices in Brussels

Representatives of the 5 work groups will present their project proposals and the process they have carried out during the training highlighting advantages of a participative planning process and the critical points.

THEMES

Active ageing

Local Rural development strategies

Local urban development policies

Cultural policies as driver for local development

Waste management strategies

Theme 1

Active Ageing

European Year 2012;

Aspects related to the theme: questions related longer working life, healthy lifestyle, active contribution of elderly to society through volunteering;

Participants from Sweden, Spain, Croatia and Poland

6 Municipalities

Theme 2

Local rural development strategies

Aspects related to the theme: promotion of local produces, development strategies based on tourism, promotion of entrepreneurial skills among farmers;

Participants from Sweden, Italy Spain, Croatia and Poland

9 Municipalities

Theme 3

Local urban development policies

Aspects related to the theme: employability, new skills for new jobs)

Participants from Sweden, Italy, Croatia and Poland

7 Municipalities

Theme 4

Cultural policies as driver for local development

Aspects related to the theme: planning and implementation of cultural policies at local level, support to creative industries;

Participants from Sweden, Italy Spain, Croatia and Poland

11 Municipalities

Theme 5

Waste management strategies Aspects related to the theme:

waste management processes and approaches , awareness raising actions targeting the population, innovative use of wastes;

Participants from Sweden, Italy, Spain, Croatia and Poland

6 Municipalities

IMPACT of the PROJECT An increased knowledge of the EFC Programme; A shared and replicable methodological

approach to effective Thematic Network project planning;

Improved managerial skills to govern the different phases of the process;

Shared criteria and guidelines to enhance “evaluation”, “follow-up” and "dissemination" as key elements to valorize project’s achievement and learn from experience;

Increased transnational partnerships, initiatives and project proposals in the context of NTT .

SUSTAINABILITY of the FUTURE PROJECTS

CREATION OF SUSTAINABLE NETWORKS thanks to:

Project partners (association of municipalities): through the project coordination and follow-up actions;

Participants (municipalities): through planning, implementation and follow-up of NTT projects;

-Local Networks (NGOs and other civil society actors): through their participation in NTT projects, which will create new contacts and generate new transnational processes of cooperation.