Swedish Rural Network: Assessment and Development Initiatives

The Swedish rural network is engaging in self-assessment to enhance organizational learning and effectiveness. Thematic groups focus on green business, youth development, rural services, and more. Challenges in setting specific objectives and measuring results are being addressed. Efforts include common meetings, bush trips to increase knowledge of pasture lands, and inquiries to member organizations. The network is also expanding into nature tourism under the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth's guidance.

• Swedish Rural Network
• Organizational Learning
• Thematic Groups
• Rural Development
• Nature Tourism

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1. Self assessment of the Swedish rural network

2. Overview External evaluator Priorities, evaluation of needs, individual learning -> organizational learning Impacts Results Outputs The Finnish access database

3. Thematic groups Green business Youth in rural development Service in rural areas The NRN Coordination group for CLLD Integration Fisheries and aquaculture EIP-Agri Ecotourism Network for proffessional rural developers

4. Self assessment already in planning Intervention logics in activity plan and working plans of thematic groups. Expected results / specific objectives Overall objectives Needs Method for assessing results discussed when larger activities are arranged and addressed in working plans of thematic groups.

5. Easier in theory The specific objectives are often hard to measure decision makers should experience that undefined target group should be performed in a good way good way not defined It is difficult to find a good level specific objectives for every activity => too many goals Results have not always been assessed

6. Common meeting thematic groups Specific objectives Result assessment Increase knowledge of other groups Inspire cooperation Increase knowledge of fishery and aquaculture Inspire cooperation fishery and aquaculture

7. Bush trips Specific objectives Result assessment Increase knowledge of values of pasture land

8. Inquiry to all member organisations Three times during the program period

9. Nature tourism Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth has, on the advice of the Working Group, decided to complete the ongoing survey of educational programs and needs in the tourism industry with parts related specifically to nature tourism. The working group's proposal that the Swedish tourism strategy should contain a sub-strategy for nature tourism has taken root, and the tourism industry collectively stands behind the proposal.

10. What happens next? Self assessment of thematic groups, communication, events arranged by NSU etc. Have specific objectives been reached? Why/why not? New activities (needs, specific objectives and relation to overall objectives) Initial discussion with steering group, think-tanks in November, workshop in December

11. The future is bright The external evaluator will follow the process forming a new activity plan for 2017 2018. The steering group request that the progress report should be structured after specific objectives.