Partners in Grain

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Partners in Grain

• New Faces in New Places

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Stage Three

• What is Partners in Grain (PinG)?
• It is a national GRDC funded project,
  facilitating professional development
  opportunities for all partners in grain
  businesses.

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Structure

• National Reference Group
• National Chair/Project Manager
• State Reference Groups
• Coordinator in each state (1 day/wk)
• Volunteer State Chair and reference group
• - Key people from Industry

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Reference Groups

• May consist of farm women, young people in the
  Grains Industry, professionals, consultants and
  training deliverers.

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Volunteers

• State Reference Group members and Co-ordinators
  volunteer an enormous amount of their time to
  ensure the success of the project.
• This time is rewarded through the provision of
  professional development opportunities for the
  reference group

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SA Activities

• Lyn Sykes succession planning workshops
• Facilitated self learning groups of young women
  in Bute and Hilltown and Minlaton
• Risk awareness sessions (NLP funded)
• Facilitation with group to identify learning
  priorities
• EziGrain
• Bus Trip to Waite combining groups across the
  state
• In SA also work with AICD assisting with their
  regional courses
• Mentor others to participate in Industry events
  ,eg International Rural Womens Congress, AWB
  womens tour, Grains Week, BRI Leadership

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Other activities

• Training Opportunities
• Facilitating self learning pathways eg farmbiz
  funded training
• Mentor individuals in regional areas to recognise
  needs and barriers to the delivery of learning
  opportunities for local groups
• Identifying training and how to access deliverers
  and funding

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Decision making process

• Reference Group Meetings
• Grass roots driven
• Invitations to Group
• Facilitated Planning day
• Dont reinvent the wheel
• Use programs and networks that are already out
  there
• Partnerships
• Understanding your target audience

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Bus trip to WAITE Institute - EP, YP and mid
north
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Thankyou

• From
• The Partners in Grain Project