Activities
Three set goals will be packed into activities, in which the participants are involved. Execution takes place over two eventful days, which will precede the opening evening.
A. Information and European Aperitif
For representatives of the European Network for Rural Development the official opening of the first evening offers the opportunity to come in direct contact with the LEADER Managers basis, to inform them about news regarding LEADER and European Networking in the context of the rural development and announcing future activities on the European level. Main focus of the presentation of the ENRD will be the regulation and support for transnational cooperation projects.
European Aperitif
After the exchange of information on the opening evening “the European Aperitif” will take place. The Austrian host LAG Hohe Salve will organise the regional specialties from the participating LEADER-Regions and offer a “European Aperitif”, so that the participants can enjoy a tasty insight into the variety of European Areas.
B. Inspiration: Transnational Knowledge Exchange
“Innovation in Rural Development “is the central topic of the European Exchange of Experience on the first day.
The basis for this are project presentations about innovations in agriculture, tourism, culture and social affairs, which will be held simultaneously in German and English. Every participant has the possibility to take part in two of the four presentations.
Following the presentations, the topic of innovation in rural development will be gone into deeper in English and German work groups. Personal experiences can be put in relationship to the presented projects. Both, important success factors and obstacles are to be filtered out for an innovative rural development
Registration for the presentations takes place on-line. In order to make your presentation choice easier, you can find short descriptions of the innovative projects under the sub-item “Programme” - “Transnational Knowledge Exchange”, which will be discussed at the project presentation.
If it happens that a work group has ideas for a transnational co-operation, which cannot be sufficiently covered within the available timeframe, there will be time gaps planned in the second day, so that meetings can take place in small groups.
C. Involvement: Sport Competitions:
Getting to know one another and socialize with new contacts as well as building new relationships between the participants will be especially encouraged within the LINC framework. The best opportunity to do so is during the sport competitions in which the LAG-Teams can take part. These four kinds of sports offered are typical disciplines for the Hohe Salve Area.
- Giant Slalom
- Ice-Stock-Shooting
- Snow Shoe Race
- "Stielbob" (Mini-bob sledge)
Every LAG-Team consists of three people and every participant can only take part in one of the three selected disciplines. This means that: every team contests in only 3 of the 4 disciplines. There will be an award ceremony with team and individual judging at the end of the sport events. However, it is not about maximum sport performance, but about reaching something together as a team and to playfully compete with other LEADER colleagues. Everything runs on a friendship basis, excessive ambition is in the wrong place here.