Advisors and experts of Gazda Kontroll met in Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary on 7-8 December, when they also participated in the exercise which is planned to be utilized in the formulation of personalized competence development, during the first learning phase. They responded to a short quiz containing open questions related to their everyday tasks with regards to the provision of advisory service. Based on the assessment of the results, the knowledge gaps can be better identified for each colleague, and the learning content created accordingly.

A first session of the Multiplier event planned in Nitra, Slovakia was implemented on 30. November 2021.

The main goal of the event was to provide participants with information about the RAMONES-PL project, its results achieved so far, as well as the planned activities in fulfilling its main goal. At the event, they presented several freely available software solutions that can be currently used in the provision of consulting services.

As a result of current anti-pandemic measures, the planned event took place online via MS Teams.

Programme:

The first multiplier event of the project will take place in parallel with the launch of the pilot program on Friday, 5 November 2021, at 9.30 am in Gorka Hall B of MATE University, Gödöllő, Hungary.

The main objective of the event is to disseminate information about the project, the results achieved so far, and the planned next steps. We have received great interest, nearly 150 registrations so far, one day prior to the event; so that we plan to implement it in a blended way. More we will report after the next day

The Consortium planned to publish altogether five newsletters, this first now, covering the period from the project start until the end of summer 2021, while the next issues by every six months. The first issue highlights the main work steps in progress (surveys, interviews, methodologies, tools, platforms), contains a short summary of the events and meetings, the Learning Teaching Training activity, as well as provides a brief project overview.

Experts of IPN (https://www.ipn.bg.ac.rs/) will introduce their system used for the tracking of advisory service provision on 21 September 2021 (14:00) for the RAMONES-PL project partners, to demonstrate a working solution in the everyday practice for over a decade.

This week we implemented the Learning Teaching Training activity in Godollo, Hungary. We really enjoyed being back to the normal way of life meeting each other - as this was the first physical event in the project (due to the pandemic). Training participants were the experts of the project target country partners, who will act as trainers of advisors in the pilot phase. On the first day we gathered in Babatpuszta, while the next 2 days were held in the University Campus.

For the facilitation of the progress in the design of the monitoring and assessment methodologies of the project in Slovakia, our partner from the Slovak University of Agriculture (SUA) organized an event participated by 3 advisors and 2 SUA staff in the office of the department, while the director and deputy director of Agroinstut, another farm advisor from Komarno and the coordinator connected online.    

On the first day of summer 2021, the staff of the advisory network of Gazdakontroll, partner of the RAMONES project, as well as the representatives of the coordinator could meet again in a real farm environment - after many months of online captivity. The  event was hosted by the Szomor Eco Farm, that is situated on the west side of the Kiskunság Puszta. Participants discussed about the methodology of monitoring and evaluation, and also to get prepared for the one year operational phase, when actually carrying out and testing the model. 

The project partnership is working on an online tool, based on open source components, which will be tested during the pilot learning and certification programme. It aims at issue reporting, time tracking, progress monitoring, reporting etc purposes in rural advisory service provision. The technical description, the system configuration, extension(s) development as well as the structural setting up will be documented and shared with any potential advisory service providing organization across the EU, who is interested to implement a similar activity.      

The consortium elaborated the main document of the first project output by the end of February 2021. The report “RAS dictionary of competences” presents the results of the output O1 - “RAS dictionary of competences”. A RAS competency dictionary is needed in order to pinpoint the competences requested to perform specific tasks, according to a set of capacities to be acquired at the level of the individual advisor and/or of an organization, i.e. teamwork; adaptability; communication, IT, management etc. and to define professional standards in the interest of all stakeholders.