Rural development

On 14 and 15 October 2019 in Tirana, Albania, was held national training on the topic “Rural youth and women employment, based on the social entrepreneurship and collective short supply chain”.
Training was organized through the project “Innovative Support to employment of Rural marginalized groups – SyneRgi” supported by Visegrad International Fund.

Participants (youth and women from short supply chains) were able to gain knowledge about:

-    Short Food Chains as a chance for employment of rural marginalized groups

From 10^th to 12^th September 2019, the Rural development policy forum of SEE countries was held in Zlatibor (Serbia). The Forum is organized by national networks dealing with rural development, as umbrella organizations of the CSO’s of the Balkan countries and Development Foundation of Turkey. The Forum is financially supported by EU (through ALTER project) and Visegrad International Fund (through SINERGY project) and Zlatibor Eko Agrar Ltd.

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”).

First Balkan Rural Parliament, 26 to 28 June 2018, was organised as part of the project “ALTER – Active Local Territories for Economic development of Rural Areas”, funded by the European Union.   Taking part were over 60 representatives of rural development stakeholders and interest groups from the Balkan countries and Turkey, including civil society organisations and CSO networks, local and central authorities, young people, the donor community, and media representatives.

On February 22 and 23, 2019,  in Vrnjacka Banja was held Assembly of the Network for Rural Development of Serbia .

The Assembly was held 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 "Establishing new rural development networks and supporting existing networks".

The project is implemented at the national level by the Network for rural development of Serbia.

Training "Transparent and accountable governance of CSOs" was organized on December 13 and 14, 2018 at Hotel "Lider S" in Vrnjacka Banja.

Through the presentation, individual and group exercises and discussion, the participants presented their experiences, exchanged ideas and summarized the conclusions regarding the transparent and responsible management of civil society organizations.

Two-day training is divided into topics in several sessions:

Session 1
- Basic concepts and main principles of good governance

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.