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European City-Farm-Workers Conference 2015
European City-Farm-Workers Conference 2015
Start date: Sep 1, 2015,
End date: Oct 31, 2016
PROJECT
FINISHED
The 'Federatie van Kinder, Jeugd- en Gezinsboerderijen', the EFCF (European Fedaration of City Farms) and the partner organisations are working together to organise this 'European City Farm Workers Conference 2015' to involve and move Youth Workers, as well volunteers or paid staff, working at City Farms or other organisations who are active in organising acitivities for children and young people outdoor. The visits within this conference will be projects involved in 'sustainable local, small-scale agriculture and food production' and how to use in educational or other activities at city farms and Community Gardens.
A city farm/ Community Garden, a link between urban and rural life.
City farms/Community Gardens are environmental and agriculture projects, working within a framework of sustainable development, where children, young people and adults can learn about the urban and rural environments and their inter-relationship with plants and animals, the importance of the seasons and the relationship between these.
City farms bring visitors in touch with animals, nature, their environment and each other. They achieve this by offering practical activities, training and information, a social meeting point, recreational facilities and animal ''therapy''.
The most City Farm Workers are certified youth workers, age between 20 and 50, who are in a constant process of learning and improving their skills and competences to set up activities at their projects.
Not only those skills and competences we want to improve by this conference, but we hope to bring together youth workers of different countries who are willing to organise a youth exchange between the young people of their projects and bring their learned skilss and competences into practise.
50 participants, divided over 5 countries, gives opportunities to meet and get in contact with comparable projects all over Europe.
We want to offer activities where the participants can 'Learning by Doing', that means they will be asked to participate active in gathering information, ideas, contacts and presenting their own projects.