Education

On August 7, 2019, in Niš was held a round table on the topic "Implementation of LEADER Approach at the Local Level".

The roundtable was jointly organized by the Network for rural development of Serbia and the Ministry of agriculture, forestry and water management with financially support by EU through ALTER project "Active Local Territories for Rural Economic Development" (as part of the activity "National platform for discussion about  rural development policies”).

On July 26, 2019, in Novi Sad was held a round table on the topic "Implementation of LEADER Approach at the Local Level".

The roundtable was jointly organized by the Network for rural development of Serbia and the Ministry of agriculture, forestry and water management with financially support by EU through ALTER project "Active Local Territories for Rural Economic Development" (as part of the activity "National platform for discussion about  rural development policies”).

In the period from 2^nd to 4^th July 2019 in the hotel "Šumarice" in Kragujevac, a training on the topic "Financial management and procurement" was held.
The training was conducted within the Networking and Advocacy for Green Economy project (NAGE) funded by the EU, where the Rural Development Network of Serbia is one of the partners.

On May 29 and 30, 2019 in the village of Bogetići, the municipality of Niksic (Montenegro), training of trainers on the subject "Social entrepreneurship as a model of employment of marginalized groups" was conducted. The training was conducted as part of the project "Innovative Support for Employment of Rural Marginalized Groups - SineRgi", financed by the Visegrad International Fund, implemented by a consortium of non-governmental rural networks and organizations from the countries of the Western Balkans and Visegrad countries.

In the period from 8th to 10th April 2019 in the hotel "Šumarice" in Kragujevac, a training on the topic "Advocacy, lobbying, networking and constituents’ empowerment" was held.

A training  entitled “Planning and Reporting in Civil Society Organizations” was held at the “Leader S” Hotel in Vrnjacka Banja from January 29 to January 31, 2019.

The training was designed in several sessions to fully follow all steps in the planning and reporting of civil society organizations:

Session 1
- Long-term planning, programme planning and project planning

Session 2
- Strategic planning, elements of strategic plan document and steps in preparation of strategic plan 
- Content of strategic plan

On December 14, 2017, a national consultative meeting on the topic “Improving the position of women in rural areas” was held in Belgrade.

The meeting was attended by representatives of women's associations (Fenomena, Rakija iz rakije, Majka Angelina…), UN Women, representatives of organizations involved in rural development, as well as representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management and the Ministry of Demography and Population Policy.

On December 13, 2017, a national consultative meeting on the topic “Youth in Rural Areas” was held in Belgrade. The meeting was attended by representatives of umbrella youth organizations at national level (Serbia for youth, National association of youth offices, OSCE ...), representatives of youth organizations from rural areas, SKGO, as well as representatives of the Ministry of agriculture, forestry and water management.

In the period from 8 to 10 December 2017, in Ovčar Banja was held training on topic “Project Cycle Management”.

The training was organized within the framework of the project "ALTER - Active Local Territories for Economic Development of Rural Areas" funded by the European Union, as part of the activities "Organizing activities to build the capacity of national rural development networks in line with the country's needs and support existing rural development networks". The project is implemented at the national level by the Network for rural development of Serbia.

On December 7, 2017, a workshop on the topic “LEADER approach as an instrument of rural development at the local level” was held in Ljig. The workshop was attended by representatives of the public, civil and business sectors.