Expert Meeting ‘Beyond Knowledge-Sharing’

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Date: Tuesday October 22nd, 2013
Time: 13.00-17.30, including cocktail
Location: HAS University of Applied Sciences
Max. no. of participants: 75

Are you a professional who supports entrepreneurial farmers in emerging countries? Are you searching for ways and means to support those men and women, going from ‘to-know’ and ‘to-understand’ to ‘to-act’? Are you looking for the latest developments in relevant training methods and good practices?

Agri-ProFocus members MDF, ICRA and HAS University of Applied Sciences are organising the expert meeting: ‘Beyond knowledge-sharing’. If the above appeals to you and your organisation’s daily practice, you would not want to miss this event! The afternoon will be all about turning your knowledge-sharing practices upside down: ‘flipping your mind’.

Keynote speaker Harry Starren, former CEO of De Baak (VNO-NCW), will kick off, putting us in the shoes of the practitioners we are supporting.

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Agri-ProFocus professionals and other experts introduce their experience and best practice during the following explorative workshops:

1. Flipping your Science Article: Create your “comic strips” as a communication vehicle
A picture is worth a 1000 words. Comics are a powerful means of communication and should be part of the toolbox of every Agri-ProFocus member. In cooperation with MDF

2. Flipping the Pages: Put your publication into life by turning it into a coaching track
F&S, Hivos and KIT share their experience of developing an on-the-job coaching track out of a publication. In cooperation with Fair & Sustainable

3. Flipping the Time Frame: The power of lifelong learning
When government services are almost absent, how do you provide the necessary farmer services? Experience the impact of a long-term commitment to a cluster of interrelated SMEs in animal husbandry. A case from Afghanistan, in cooperation with DCA-VET (Dutch Committee for Afghanistan-Veterinary Programs) and HAS University of Applied Sciences

4. Flipping the Functionalities: Making the utmost of ICT
A story of how the internalisation of ICT changed the negotiation power of the female farmer entrepreneur. A case from Uganda, in cooperation with ICRA

5. Flipping Reality: How to bring a (long-distance) reality into your training session?

6. Flipping Perspectives: Increasing performance through real-life simulations
Learning in the spotlight: experiencing complex, authentic situations through real-life simulations, either face-to-face or via long-distance learning. Workshop by Thomas Lans en Miel Hooijdonk of Quente: learning for living

You can pre-subscribe for one of the explorative workshops in the registration form.

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Across the line
This event will help you to get in contact with your peers and potential funders. Find your future partner with common interests and goals during this creative meeting moment. Please feel free to contact the organisers and request speaking time (Marjolein de Bruin; [email protected])

Notice board
Do you have a request or message for another professional? Offers and demands can be posted on the notice board by filling out the notice board announcement in the registration form.

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This expert meeting is organised by Jolanda Buter (MDF), Mariëtte Gross (ICRA, main facilitator), Gert-Jan Duives (HAS University of Applied Sciences) and Marjolein de Bruin (Agri-ProFocus)

Final deadline for registration is 14 October 2013. The maximum number of participants is 75.

We hope to welcome you in Den Bosch! Please note that in case of a ‘no-show’ you will be charged €25, to be donated to the Agri-Hub of your choice.