The project is conceived as a tool to foster entrepreneurship in the agri-food industry in rural areas, through integration into the digital training of young people , by learning business management specifically adapted to the food industry in rural areas, and analysis and exchange of best practices.The Partners countries are developing initiatives at local and regional level , y usually carried out in collaboration with public entities , however its suffer of innovatory character specially in digital training , facility tailor made self- learning in terms of time commitment and accessibility to rural areas The main aim of this project is to get professional qualifications to promote entrepreneurship in women and men who have bet or interested in committing to innovation on rural areas to develop their career in agri -food industry.Target groups of RURAL AGREE project are ,• Agri food training centres • Agricultural , forestry and agri-food associations • Local and regional governments • Training centers • NGO´s • Women associations• Clusters , companies and business associations of agri-food sector • Agri -food workers , both of rural areas as urban environments, who are interested in adapting its activities to rural life • Graduates in agri-food studies that need to implement additional knowledge for their professional development • Residents in rural areas , with entrepreneurial spirit This aim is reached as follows ;- Coordination of the project, through and Communication Management Plan project.- Development of corporate and webpage image as well as online broadcast support through collaborative platform - International and local meetings , local workshops and interviews with food local stakeholders of agri-food sector , with its we will be analyzed the fest practices relating to entrepreneurship and agri food sector - By connecting stakeholders through a collaborative online platform, developed in English and in all languages of the project, and will serve as support for the integration of all training. This platform will be made available to the networks of local development for capitalization until 2022- Through the development of business management training contest that encourage empowerment and entrepreneurship with specific training in various areas of business as marketing, logistic , distribution , funding , internationalization and management , and further development in 5 learning games accessible from any static or mobile device- Implementing a validation and testing Pilot Action of all products created in the project , this results will be included in the project final report - Finally, Communication, diffusion and capitalisation action plan will be carried out by a consortium of 7 partners , with wide transversal competencies in European projects and in the tasks that will develop RURAL AGREE project . Entities and key activities to be developed are;SARGA/ SPAIN ;. Leadership of transnational consortium, documentary and budgetary management, coordination of internal communication and assumption of risks that may arise during project implementation.UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN / HUNGARY - Public University training in entrepreneurship of food sector.CREATOR, SL / ROMANIA-. Consulting tasks and structure design of game based learning . Communication Plan CollaborationSYNTRA WEST / BELGIUM, Vocational training center for entrepreneurship. UNIVERSITY OF KAJAANI / FINLAND - Technological University. Development of collaborative platform and 5 sets of gaming EILD / GREECE. Coordination collaborative platform - design of association stakeholders - Capitalisation.LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY LAMORO / ITALY. Good practices and promote innovation coordination.
The project has been developed as a tool to promote entrepreneurship in the agri-food sector of the rural environment, through the integration of digital training of young people, through the learning of business management contents specifically adapted to the agro-food sector of rural areas and the analysis and exchange of good practices. The contribution by the partners and their different nationalities, goes from the analysis of the initiatives at local and regional level, which are normally carried out in collaboration with public entities to facilitate a self-learning "tailored" of the user in terms of dedication temporary and accessibility in any geographic location of the rural environment. The objective of this project has been met in order to facilitate a professional qualification to favor entrepreneurship in people who have bet or have an interest in betting on the rural environment to develop their professional activity in the agri-food sector. The target groups of the Rural Agree project have been training centers for the agro-food sector, agricultural, agro-food and forestry associations or local / regional governments, training centers, associations or local / regional development agencies or NGOs, women's associations, cluster and companies, associations of companies of the agro-alimentary sector, workers of the agro-environmental sector, graduates of formative studies of the agro-environmental sector, who need to implement additional knowledge for their professional development, residents in rural areas, with an entrepreneurial vocation, and knowledge of the agro-environmental sector. The actions carried out have been: 1) Coordination of the project, conveyed through the Project Management and Communication Plan. 2) Development of the Image of the Project and its corporate website (http://ruralagree.eu/), as a single point and accessible from any fixed or mobile device of all training content. 3) On-line dissemination developed through a collaborative platform that supports the integration of all training content and stakeholders. This platform will be made available to local development networks, for capitalization until 2022 4) Development and realization of various training content for free access to business management and that encourage empowerment and entrepreneurship with specific training in various areas of the company. These are: 4.a) An Analysis and Report on "Good Entrepreneurship Practices in the European agri-food sector", with a specific focus on Italy, Spain, Romania, Greece, Belgium, Hungary and Finland, which define the most important training objectives, and integrating Groups of local and regional actors Link the project to the stakeholders of the agri-food sector. 4.b) A Manual "How to develop your business in the agri-food sector", which improves these entrepreneurial skills in the agri-food sector. It offers practical advice as well as a training with practical cases in each of the following domains: 1.-Marketing and distribution, 2.-Development and product quality, 3.-Management skills in rural areas 4.-Finance and 5. -Internationalization. Adaptation of the manual to 5 Power Points summary, which are available in 7 languages: English, Spanish, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Greek and Italian. 5) Development of a learning or gamification game with a single point of free registered access, which includes the 5 modules of the training content and is available in the 7 languages for adaptation to partner countries. 6) Meetings and 4 international meetings, local workshops and interviews with stakeholders of the rural agri-food sector, with which the best local, regional, national and international practices have been analyzed, in entrepreneurship and in the agro-food sector. 7) Pilot actions through multiplier testing events of all the products developed in the project. 8) Finally, the Dissemination and Capitalization Action Plan as well as the Sustainability Plan in which a brochure, roll up, 4 newsletter and its dissemination through social networks have been prepared: Twitter (@RuralAgree), Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/Rural-Agree-421869714852184/) events and participation with different stakeholders, etc. All these tasks have been developed by a consortium made up of 7 partners and 7 different nationalities, with broad transversal competences in European project management and with extensive experience in the tasks developed in Rural Agree. The results reached range from 159 different dissemination actions to 174,723 people to 9 events with a direct application of intellectual results in 128 people. Implementation of a training platform for innovative and open learning in the agri-food sector.