This innovative LEADER project from the
area around Laško, Slovenia, set up a network of new learning facilities in
rural areas to develop young people’s deeper understanding of, and hopefully interest
in, rural lifestyles. Encouraging young people to appreciate the pecularities of
rural life was at the same time a way to counter European actual trend toward
rural depopulation. And you, have you a similar project in your village/ county? Don't hesitate to share your experience with us!
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A lot of initiatives were developed: youth meetings about about rural develpment topics (e. g. relationship between agriculture, nature and food) to identify different youth target groups' needs and innovative curricula for kindergardens and schools, based on the meetings’ topics. At the same time, a network of host business (farm, forest and other rural heritage services) was set up to help young people in their professional integration.
38 locations have now been networked by the
project which undertook 60 different training sessions to ensure all business
hosts knew how to provide effective training targeted at young adults, school
pupils and kindergarten children.
The projetc focused on building business partners
cooperation to increase rural areas' attractiveness for young people as a place
where they could live, work and visit.
If you want to know more on the project, you can see the European Network for the development of rural areas database.
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