8th November 2011International Conference"Youth in the countryside" A Social Network for young farmers: YouRural Net Andrea Festuccia – Elena Angela Peta National Rural Network - Italy

8th November 2011International Conference"Youth in the countryside" What is it YOURural Net? NRN social network for young farmers Web community dedicated to the rural community Membership is open: may enrol farmers, senior policymakers, academics and amateurs, young and old Its possible to express opinions, share experiences, ask questions and suggest solutions Promotes the creation of a Network between different subjects

8th November 2011International Conference"Youth in the countryside" What are the Goals? (1) Identify the real needs of farmers, with particular attention to young people, to try to translate them into priorities and strategic objectives in the next Community planning Try to guide rural development policies still being implemented but also and especially post 2013

8th November 2011International Conference"Youth in the countryside" What are the Goals? (2) Offers to members/enrolled to have a place to do to specific questions and the answers are almost focused and decisive, thanks to the participation of the community to the territorial Managing Authority (MA) and experts on local programming Facilitates more dissemination of know-how existing in Italy, fostering better communication among stakeholders and a more dynamic exchange of experiences and innovations

8th November 2011International Conference"Youth in the countryside" What are the opportunities? A new way to stimulate discussion on some important issues especially for the next programming, an example CAP reform of 2020 The ambition is to to create a channel of information faster in which young people can obtain all the necessary information on such opportunities available in terms of policy and funding

8th November 2011International Conference"Youth in the countryside"

8th November 2011International Conference"Youth in the countryside" Five thematic working groups Specific group for farm management: –"Opportunity - Business, Investments, Finance" –"Tradition, Innovation and Territory - quality, technology, environment and activities related to agriculture" –"Training - Workshops, Stage Specific group for the future: –"CAP Young comparing opinions" –"Rural4youth - Rural is participation"

8th November 2011International Conference"Youth in the countryside"

8th November 2011International Conference"Youth in the countryside" As a member can participate? To enroll themselves in one or more focus groups In the "post" can express opinions, provide information and / or documents and links of interest ask specific questions using the system of "Question & Answer Can use blog to tell their "story"

8th November 2011International Conference"Youth in the countryside" And more ….. There is a notification by It's possible to access YouRural Nets home page to documents and to researches carried out by NRN It is possible to carry out surveys (no more than 3 or 4 questions) to gather real- time views of members (currently in progress, "What do you think of the CAP reform?")

8th November 2011International Conference"Youth in the countryside"

8th November 2011International Conference"Youth in the countryside" Some statistics…. About 500 members in 4 months These pages has had 32,192 views 5,462 visits In the last month, YouRuralNet has had an average of 50 visits per day (equal to 5% pages/visit) How to access the site: directly, by the Italian Rural Network and OIGA sites; the search engine is google

8th November 2011International Conference"Youth in the countryside" With YouRural Net ISMEA and NRN want to develop a real-user participation focused on the needs of young farmers compared to rural development policies and to the dynamics on the world of agriculture Start the process virtuosos of "collective intelligence" to orient public policies towards the real needs of the territories

8th November 2011International Conference"Youth in the countryside" For more information Elisabetta Savarese ISMEA Andrea Festuccia National Rural Network – Italy Elena Angela Peta National Rural Network - Italy

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