Agricultural Advisory

Service and EIP in Poland

Dr Henryk Skórnicki

POLAND

16

Voivodships

313

Subregions

2489

Local communities

Organization chart of advisory service

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural

Development (MARD)

Board of Advisory Service(10 members)

Agricultural AdvisoryCentre (AAC)in Brwinow

Voivodeshiplocal government

(16)

Board of Advisory Service(11 members)

Regional (Voivodeship) Advisory Service Centres

(16)

Local Advisory Teamin subregion (district)

Advisorin municipality/local community

Branchin Kraków

Branchin Poznań

Branchin Radom

National Network for Innovation

in Agriculture and Rural Areas (SIR)

One of the submeasures of National Rural

Network.

Financing under Technical Assistance.

National Co-ordination – The Agricultural

Advisory Centre in Brwinów.

Regional coordinators – Regional Authorities

with Regional Centers of Agricultural Advisory

Services.

Central and regional advisory services also play a

role of the innovation brokers.

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Tasks of SIR:

• Open forum for all actors interested ininnovation,

• Animation of potential partners for EIP groups,

• Networking in order to connect partners,meetings, workshops, moderation of thematicdiscussions on the internet (thematic web-page, forum, data bases),

• Creation and moderation of the thematicworking groups based on request of the futureparticipants (bottom-up),

• Co-ordination of innovation brokers.

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National Network for Innovation

in Agriculture and Rural Areas (SIR)

National Network of the Innovation in Agriculture (SIR)

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Tasks of the National Center (AAC) for Innovation in

Agriculture

• Identification and cooperation with national and international

partners;

• Coordination of the cooperation and providing access to the

activities of the EIP Network for all partners.

• Promoting innovation in agriculture, food production and

forestry;

• Identification of needs submitted by co-participants of the

National Network for Innovation in Agriculture and Rural Areas;

• Providing networking activities for advisors and entities

supporting the implementation of innovation in rural areas

(SIR);

• Registry of efficiently executed and useful research, advisory,

implementation projects, collecting examples of projects related

to all program's priorities for rural development;

• Development and publication of recommendations on good

practice, project ideas, research, needs, etc., dissemination of

the information on the EIP website and during related events

(seminars, workshops, conferences); 7

Tasks of the National Center(AAC) for

Innovation in Agriculture

• Facilitating the exchange of knowledge between the

stakeholders involved in the network and the exchange

and dissemination of results;

• Facilitating the networking of SIR partners by carrying out

activation, the appointment and organization of the work

of the thematic groups and the management of portal and

online tools to exchange information and facilitate

discussions between Network partners;

• Development and implementation of the SIR action plan

for 2014-2020 and two-year operational plans in

cooperation with network partners and regional entities;

• Creating and maintaining IT platform;

Focus Groups

Focus Groups shall consist of the coordinators - Agricultural AdvisoryCenter's professional staff and the research and developmentrepresentatives, pursuant to the thematic area, advisors andrepresentatives of business organizations, max. 20 people.

Tasks of the Focus Groups:

• Identify the activity areas within the group;

• Identification of strategic priorities and key areas of the NationalInnovation Partnership at the national level;

• Preparation of proposal activities for the Working Group on NationalRural Network.

Thematic areas (beginning):

• Crop production (including integrated pest management - IPM);

• Animal production (including animal welfare);

• Organic farming;

• Environment protection;

• Agribusiness (including small processing).

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IN BRWINÓW

Regional level

Regional Agricultural Advisory Centers (16 ), Tasks :

• Identification of needs submitted by co-participants of regional SIR;

• Promoting innovation in agriculture, food and forestry

• Collecting information (research, innovative projects, new solutions);

• Exchange of information on innovative topics of seminars, workshops,

training courses and conferences;

• Participation and sharing knowledge on specific, practical actions in the

Focus Groups;

• Identification and cooperation with national partners;

• Providing information and promotion of the SIR at the regional level;

• Providing feedback on the science findings and the practical needs;

• Providing brokerage services of innovation

• Development and implementation of the SIR action plan for 2014-2020 and

two-year plans in terms of the tasks carried out at the regional level, in

cooperation with SIR partners (National Rural Network) operating in the

region;

• Advisors participation and cooperation with Operational Groups.

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Thank you for your attention

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