On February 21, 2023, the final multiplier event of the RAMONES-PL project was held at the Continental Hotel in Skopje.

The event was attended by 34 participants, representing the targeted stakeholder groups, including the advisors from the NEA, representatives of the management of the NEA, local farmers that are using the advisory services, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy, the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food, and representatives of the NGO sector in the sector.

The ME was held in Lielā zāle, Ozolnieki, Latvia on 16 February 2023.  The Rural Advisory Monitoring and Evaluation System linked to Precision Learning (RAMONES-PL) project was showcased at the dissemination event in Latvian Rural Advisory and Training Centre (LLKC). Our objective is to strengthen rural advisory services through a monitoring and evaluation system that supports the development of personalized, work-based training programs and a quality certification scheme.

The final event of the RAMONES-PL Project "Monitoring and evaluation system of rural consultancy linked to precision learning" in Italy, held in Centro Congressi Cavour in Rome, represents a moment of dissemination and comparison, with consultants, regional administrations, and other actors in the agricultural and forestry world, on the results and outputs achieved within the project, as well as an opportunity to reflect on the role of consultancy in the CAP.

According to our work plan, we are going to organize at least 7 events and meetings, and the activities will cover every project country. The data below is constantly updated as details become available. 

Transnational Partnership Meeting: 9-10 February 2023. Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra, Slovakia, by SUA

Multiplier Events:

We really enjoyed meeting our project partners and distinguished guests last week in Mosonmagyaróvár, who joined the so-called transnational partnership meeting (TPM). This was the second opportunity (due to the pandemic in the first phase of the project) to physically organize such kind of event, and this time we also had a choice to continue our stay with dissemination and knowledge exchange at the i2connect mid-term conference/poster session. Thanks to all the discussions, the tasks and possibilities of the final phase of the project became much clearer for all participants.

Gazda Kontroll advisors and GAK project coordinator met again, in the same location, Apaj, Pest county as last summer, hosted by Szomor Farm, which is also a farm demo site for interactive innovation and a partner of the farm advisory service providing organisation, in a convenient distance from the two Hungarian partners, to come together, in a traditional rural Hungarian - Puszta - environment, allowing not only discussing, but also, directly testing some of the practical methods.

On the 23rd and 24th of June in Bitola in the premises of the National Extension Agency, the partners held two days of testing and piloting sessions for systematic use of the advisory logbook and issue tracking software provided by the open-source Mantis platform.

The partners worked together with the advisors from NEA on the additional customization of the Mantis software based on the needs that were identified from the testing and proceeded with the piloting of the software.

Participants of the IO4 Piloting phase joined for a common discussion about the experiences and following steps of using the e-learning system. The next stage of the pilot will also have to be commenced, by more systematic use of the advisory loogbook and issue tracking sofware both the one operated by Gazda Kontroll (GK), and the other, provided by the project (open source Mantis).

Besides the RAMONES-PL project, LLKC is actively working in other capacity development programs, to improve quality of services through the training of advisors in specific, targeted areas to increase competency and skills.

As part of the gLOCAL Evaluation Week 2022, in cooperation with the i2connect and RAMONES-PL project,  CREA organized the webinar "Defining a people-centered meaningful evaluation framework for the assessment of advisory performances" which took place on the 3rd of June 2022, with participation and short presentation from our project's partners, titled: "The utility and use of tailored performance assessment tool of advisory services: the RAMONES-PL project experience".