Activity 3: Implementation of Emblematic rural labs

Two types of EMbleMatic labs will be organized, at local level and at project/European level. Following the labs implementation, local actions will be implemented.

A.3.1 Organisation of project/European labs

Each partner will identify at least 1 person (following possible national restrictions) to participate in the project/European EMbleMatic labs (according to the sub-topics of each European Lab’, apart of the staff members. External experts will also be appointed as members of these labs (especially from the academic world and other Mediterranean and not mountains) from the hosting partner area.

According to the selected sub-topic and before each European lab’, a partner having experience on this sub-topic will present its own experience. These initiatives could be completed with other actions identified by our external expert from academic sector. Among the Emblematic Labs subjects to be included in the handbook, each partner will focus at least on one initiative that he will transfer on his own area.

The proposed project needs an external expert, who will monitor the meetings of the project and will control its implementation at European level. It will be assigned to an expert with experience in the implementation of transnational collaborations and at the same time with business experience, to coordinate the network and especially the transnational meetings.

The aim of the external expert is to guarantee the collective production of inputs required for each competent partner in order to achieve the common goals. The transnational meetings should be the place where the partners exchange but mainly through the cooperation together they produce specific tools, deliverables and results required for the implementation of joint cooperation actions.

A.3.2 Organisation of local labs

On the basis of the initiative that the partner has chosen during Emblematic labs, each partner will organise local labs to implement the concrete transfer of the selected initiative and of the Handbook. Each local lab’ will gather the local stakeholders, who are concerned by the Sub-thematic of the initiative. These labs could be active throughout the duration of the project, requiring meetings during the project and in the end of the project.

A.3.3 Implementation of local actions

This is a local action. Based on the eligibility rules of each country and on involved partners needs, each partner may implement local actions, result of the transfer process of initiatives   and recorded as good practices from the European lab in the Handbook. The local actions could differ, depending on the actual needs of each partner, from training courses to small scale investments.

Specifically the partners will implement the following actions:

• Partner 1 (Pieriki Anaptixiaki S.A.-O.L.A.)

-A visitors’ handbook with hiking trails, maps and information about the mountain.

• Partner 2 (AKOMM-PSILORITIS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT)

-Development of a mountain route. Purchase and installation of wooden information boards of various sizes throughout the route of the hiking trail.

• Partner 3 (Development Company of Serres S.A. – Agency of Serres Local Government (ANESER S.A.))

– Organization and implementation of a thematic workshop.

– Development of a mountain route. Study of implementation, purchase and installation of wooden information boards of various sizes throughout the route of the hiking trail.

• Partner 4 (CAT- Agència de Desenvolupament del Berguedà ENG – Development AgeNcy of Berguedà)

– Organization and implementation of thematic workshops (for local stakeholder)

– Peer to peer between local stakeholders with stakeholders of stakeholders of other partners to encourage them to implement our methodology (webinars or face to face).