15, June:
9:00-9:30 Arrival, registration
9:30– 10:00 Welcome by the Lead Partner
Check-in circle: short introduction of project partners: introduction of the organisation and the person representing
10:00 – 10:30 Aims of the meeting: expected results and achievements of the kick-off meeting Presentation, Q&A
Warming-up presentation of the RuralGrowth project by the Lead Partner
Presentation, Q&A
10:30 – 11:00 Introduction of Project Partners
Interactive session: each partner introduces its own organisation in the form of a short presentation (max. 5 minutes), based on a joint template provided by the Lead Partner
11:00- 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 11:45 Project bodies and current issues (Component 1)
Presentation, open discussion and voting, chaired by the Lead Partner
Actual project status: official project start, Subsidy Contract
Project bodies and basic documents
Approval of rules of procedures of the Steering Group and the Project Working Group (members, objectives, meetings)
Discussion and approval of draft Partnership Agreement (to be officially signed by the legal representatives of partners in a written procedure after the kick-off meeting)
11.45 – 12.45 Daily project and financial management
Interactive session / small group discussion about the Project Management and Financial Handbook
12:45 – 13:45 Lunch
13:45 – 14:45 Continuation of daily project and financial management issues: highlights, case studies, most relevant parts of the Financial and Management Handbook
Presentation with Q&A part and quiz
14:45 – 15:00 Coffee break
15:00 – 16:30 Overview of the project content, implementation plan (Component 3) presented and moderated by the external consultant of the Lead Partner and the Advisory Partner, Centre for Rural Economy, Newcastle University (CRE)
Presentation
Interactive session: working in small groups
Plenary discussion
16, June:
8:30 – 9:00 Arrival, registration
9:00 – 10:00 3-stage methodology of action planning (Component 3) presented by CRE
Presentation, Q&A
10:00 – 11:00 Tasks for the ambition setting stage (methodology for drafting regional Status Quo Analyses), presented and steered by CRE
Presentation, open discussion
Q&A
11:00– 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 12:15 Communication and dissemination tasks (Component 2) presented by Savonlinna Business Services Ltd., Component Leader
Presentation, Q&A and interactive session to collect partners’ ideas about the internal project working culture
Expectations of the Programme
Planned content of the Communication Plan
Milestones and core outputs to be delivered
12:15– 12:30 Coffee break
12:30 – 13:30 Training for LSG Moderators
Interactive workshop - facilitation of LSG moderators: how to set up and operate Local Stakeholder Groups
13:30 – 14:00 Conclusions of the 2 days including:
planned activities for the upcoming 6 months with deadlines