1. IN-NATURE LEONARDO DA VINCI Community Vocational Training Action Programme EDUCATION AND CULTURE “Nature and Rural Realm Interpreter: an innovative training” Grosseto, April 2005

2. IN-NATURE  Reasons, needs and description of the situation (WHY)  Specific aims (WHAT)  Beneficiary groups  Contribution and Innovation  Results – Products and diffusion

3. WHY training itinerary Importance of designing, experimenting and validating a training itinerary that enables employment creation and population fixation in European less populated rural areas. rural and cultural tourism. Tourism expansion has crystalized in an offer increment of rural and cultural tourism. wasting activity-employment opportunities. Lack – and large demand – of training actions in leisure and culture related activities, wasting activity-employment opportunities. Innovative Training Plan Innovative Training Plan as a tool to create rural employment new qualification/competence as: “Nature and Rural Realm Interpreter”

4. WHY Lack of an European training cycle in the professional families within Agrarian Activities, Hotel Business and Tourism, Physical-sports Activities and Social-Cultural Services. Application of NICT in the rural environment. “Nature and Rural Realm Interpreter” training would solve the existing demand of professionals

5. WHAT – Specific aims Design, experimentation and validation of a cross-disciplinary, multi-faceted and innovative Design, experimentation and validation of a cross-disciplinary, multi-faceted and innovative training system To qualify women, youth, workers in tourism, crafts and Agroalimentary SMEs To improve labour insertion possibilities as “Nature and Rural Realm Interpreter”

6. WHAT – Specific aims potentialities of the rural realm New Source of Employment (NSE). To include in the training system all the potentialities of the rural realm for this New Source of Employment (NSE). Nature Interpreter - fauna and flora for eco-tourism activities. Rural Realm Interpreter – rural architecture and artistic-historical heritage; ethnography. Valorization of craftsmanship and autochtonous agroalimentary products. Rural sustainable development Pyschopedagogical and social-labour orientation design Concerted training in enterprises Environment Chapter – Community Directives

7. WHAT – Specific aims To obtain the official approval of the Training Itinerary within the new qualification system To obtain the official approval of the Training Itinerary within the new qualification system according to the official rules of each member country. NICT tele-training To consider the use of NICT for women, youth and enterpreneurs in the rural realm (tele-training) Experimental participation for final assessment and validation of the project (30 participants) equal opportunities To foster equal opportunities in the rural realm Rural labour exchange Resource Centre (tele-insertion)

8. Beneficiary groups Rural Women with no qualification Rural Women with no qualification searching for their “first job” – unemployment rates Unemployed Youth Unemployed Youth once their compulsary education has finished Adults in a reconversion situation Adults in a reconversion situation due to stoppage in their tradicional agrarian activity. Part-time workers in the rural realm, employee women and enterpreneurs. Part-time workers in the rural realm, employee women and enterpreneurs.

9. Beneficiary groups Sectors: Sectors: agriculture, cattle, tourism and leisure, catering, socio- cultural services, environment.Organizations: vocational training professionals rural development experts unions women and business associations local and regional authorities.

10. CONTRIBUTION AND INNOVATION groups with specific needs Offer for groups with specific needs Permanent Resource Centre: Development of an integrated system including training, qualification, monitoring, continuous training and employment creation Permanent Resource Centre: TELE-TRAINING SOCIAL AGENTS INVOLVEMENT TELE-INSERTION DIFFUSION OF PROJECT RESULTS Official approval Official approval and training process: validation at a European level.

11. CONTRIBUTION AND INNOVATION Fostering of equal opportunities in the rural realm Fostering of equal opportunities in the rural realm Rural Labour Exchange Rural Labour Exchange NEW PROFESSIONAL PROFILE EVALUATION METHOD Specific delimitation of the professional profile Specific delimitation of the professional profile (pupils and enterprises participation)

12. INNOVATION INNOVATION Theme and content: Theme and content: New practical development in a professional sector in which this category and qualification, “Nature and Rural Realm Interpreter”, does not exist. Method: Method: New product that gives answer to permanent problems It gathers information and training (7 points) Divulgation through the Permanent Resource Centre

13. INNOVATION INNOVATION Practical content: Practical content: New ways of netcooperation and networking between the associate organizations - Social agents participation providing experience. - Sector enterprises to test theoretical training. New working tools: New working tools: Tele-training Tele-training to facilitate continuous training. Tele-insertion Tele-insertion for the practical and final assessment of results.

14. RESULTS – PRODUCTS AND DIFFUSION Handbook for students Interactive Guides (7 Thematic Areas) and “Basic Guide of Language Learning” (English&French) for the Nature Interpreters: a Handbook for students. Web page Web page implemented by the Resource Centre Handbook in 4 languages and CD-Rom Handbook in 4 languages and CD-Rom of the training process. Practical Guide Practical Guide: Tele-insertion Training in enterprises according to the experimental training with 30 students (self-assessment )

15. RESULTS – PRODUCTS AND DIFFUSION Resources Centre: Sustenance of the Resources Centre: To valorise natural heritage As the organism in charge of results diffusion Creation of an European Transnational Network of Nature Interpreters Trainer Guide Creation of an European Transnational Network of Nature Interpreters with a Trainer Guide for professional educators.