Irish LEADER Support Unit An tAonad Taca

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Irish LEADER Support UnitAn tAonad Tacaíochta
LEADER in Éirinn

• Organising Capacity Building

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Content

• Broad Definition of Capacity Building
• Levels of Capacity Building
• Institutional capacity Building
• LEADER and Capacity Building
• Factors to Remenber

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What Is Meant By Capacity Building?

• Capacity Building is a term used to describe
  activities aimed at increasing peoples ability to
  participate in and to manage local development.
• We look at this topic under two headings
• Institutional Capacity Building
• Personal Capacity Building

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Levels of Capacity Building

• Formal Rural Development Education
• Training Practicioners
• Organisational Development Training
• Role Specific Training
• Programme Specific Training
• Governance Training
• Policy and Proceedure Development
• Team Building, Planning and Learning
• Sectoral Mobilisation (Tourism, ICT, etc.. )
• Project Specific Training (Walking Trails, etc..)
• General Rural Development Awareness Raising

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Levels of Capacity Building
Professional Development
Formal Courses Informal Courses Workshops Seminars
Public Conference Publications
Skills Acquisition and Effectiveness Training
Changing Attiudes/Mobilisation
Awareness Raising/Information provision
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Institutional Capacity Building
Managing Authority
National Agencies with a rural Development Remit
Local Agencies with a rural Development Remit
Training the Trainers
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Role of National Organisations

• Managing Authority
• Training the trainer
• Professional Development with Universities and
  Professional Bodies
• Ensure LAGs are given the information and
  training to be complient.
• National Network Unit
• General Organisational Development Training
• Developing Best Practice among LAGs
• Promoting LEADER in the Broader National context

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Measures Supported by LAGS

• Capacity Building Measures
• Training
• Analysis and Development
• Animation and capacity building  
• Project Measures
• Innovative rural enterprises, craft enterprises
  and local services/facilities
• Exploitation of agriculture, forestry and
  fisheries products
• Enhancement of natural/built/social/cultural
  environment
•   Environmentally friendly initiatives

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Capacity Building And Animation

• LEADER can fund support, advisory and guidance
  service to local community with particular
  emphasis on young people and women
• Facilitation of co-ordination through contacts
  with/between agencies, other programmes and
  project promoters
• Facilitation of local development process through
  promotion campaigns, public meetings, workshops

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Capacity Building And Animation

• All promotion costs, including costs associated
  with public meetings, seminars, workshops etc
  should also be funded from Animation Capacity
  Building.
• Most groups fund the costs associated with their
  Project/Development Officers from this measure
• Animation costs are capped at 12 of a Groups
  budget

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Training

• The training measure includes support for
• Provision of relevant training generally
• Provision of general/specialised training courses
  in fixed/mobile facilities and in-house
  development of appropriate training facilities
• Provision of flexible learning opportunities in
  new technology, for women and young people in
  particular.

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Internal Training (Administration)

• The Group must provide appropriate training for
  its Board and staff in the process of rural
  development generally and the operation of a
  LEADER group in particular.

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Important factors to Consider

• There Should Be Clear objectives for any
  training.
• Define and Know your target audience.
• Should be in partnership with other training
  organisations.
• There should be planned progression
• Advanced training
• Organisational evaluation/quality-mark
• Project Start-up Grants
• Accreditation

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Important factors to Consider

• Trainers should be recruited on the basis of
• Their knowledge of the technical area in question
• Their ability to communicate
• Their awareness of the context
• A medium term local and national training
  programme should be developed and published