Study Pilot Project Exchange Programme

for Young Farmers

Presentation for the ENRD Coordination Committee

Sacha Koppert,

Team Leader

28 January 2014

The consortium

• Ecorys

• LEI

• Aequator Groen & Ruimte

Consortium

Organisation structure

Aims

• To provide a comprehensive assessment of the specific needs

of young farmers across the EU.

• Describe and asses existing knowledge (exchange) schemes

and initiatives for the exchange of young farmers.

• To identify specific results of exchange schemes and specific

support measures that have proved to be effective and efficient

in relation to young farmers needs and EU/regional/national

policy.

• To provide recommendations on the design, implementation

and delivery of exchange programmes and schemes for young

farmers.

Definitions

• Exchange scheme:

– Initiatives to mobilise farmers to spend a certain amount of time

on another farm in order to improve his/her knowledge and/or to

get acquainted with different technologies, methods, machinery,

processes, etc. and for which an implementation structure is set

up

• Young farmer:

– farmers < 40 years

Themes

• Theme 1 Needs of young farmers;

• Theme 2 Overview of exchange schemes

• Theme 3 Information and publicity

• Theme 4 Learning from third countries

• Theme 5 Analysis

• Theme 6 Case studies

• Theme 7 Good practices and blueprint

General approach

• Needs analysis:

– literature,

– interviews with umbrella organisations and stakeholders on EU

and country level

–survey among young farmers

–Focus groups in member states

• Inventory of (knowledge) exchange schemes across the EU

and OECD from 2000 onward

• In-depth analysis of case studies on delivery mechanisms,

efficiency and effectiveness.

• Practical presentation of the findings: best practices and

blueprint(s)

• Final conference

Activities and timing data collection

• Inception: December 2013- February 2014

Needs assessment

• Survey by phone among young farmers: March-April 2014

• Focus groups in MS: May-June 2014

Inventory exchange schemes (and knowledge schemes)

• Inventory exchange schemes in EU and OECD: Nov.-Dec. 2014

• Inventor communication needs Nov. -Dec. 2014

• Case studies exchange schemes Feb.- Apr. 2015

Drafting blue print and conference

• Blue print exchange scheme May-Jul 2015

• Final conference Sep/Oct 2015

Your possible involvement

• Focus groups (May-June 2014)

• Inventory schemes (interview February-Dec. 2014)

• Possibly case studies

• Conference in which results will be presented (Sept/Oct 2015)

• Information on products that will be produced by the project

(needs assessment reports, inventory, blue print)

Results that can be used by stakeholders in the EU Member States

• A comprehensive overview of the needs of young farmers and

the types of assistance that would tackle these needs

• The new Rural Development legal basis allows the MS to set up

exchange schemes as part of the RDP -> the project delivers a

blueprint for the setting up and the implementation of exchange

schemes based on best practices and needs which is:

–Practical

–Hands on

–Paying attention to all aspects of the scheme (content,

procedures, legal issues, etc)

May we ask your assistance?

• Could you provide us with phone numbers of young farmers for

the survey (or tell us who might help us in this)?

• Can you provide us with information that you have readily

available on:

– (information and learning) needs of young farmers

–Existing exchange schemes

• Can you help us in identifying participants in focus groups (in a

later stage)

See also the small survey. Thank you very much for filling it

in!

Thank you very much for your attention

and cooperation!