¿Cuál fue el desafío/problema abordado??
Recent EPA Water Quality Report for 2013-2018 show that water quality in Ireland has declined slightly in that period. ASSAP is a change in philosophy to move away from regulatory based ‘one size fits all’ approach, towards being more collaborative, and identifying and implementing ‘the right measure in the right place’, whilst supporting local communities to get involved in protecting their water resources.
An industry and stakeholder collaboration resulted in the Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO) supporting the ASSAP to deliver farmer focused advice in 190 priority areas for action (PAA’s). ASSAP is supported by the DHPLG, DAFM, Local Authorities, Dairy Processing Co-ops, Farming Organisations and Teagasc.
The ASSAP programme is collaborative, inter agency and public private partnership with funding and support received from DAFM, DHPLG and the dairy industry. It enables local landowners to engage positively in seeking solutions to local problems with the support of a confidential advisory service. Support from the farming organisations for the programme has been very strong and this is vital in communicating and informing farmers about the ASSAP programme and its key messages. En 2019 the first year of the programme 30 advisors from Teagasc and the dairy co-ops completed 1,160 individual farms assessments with 96% of farmers engaging and 89% agreeing to complete the actions.
¿Cuáles son los factores de éxito para resolver el problema??
willingness of state agencies and dairy processors to support the approach and to recognize the value of having skilled advisors on the ground who were interested and willing step into this role.
The idea of working in a specialized but inclusive way with the other regular advisors who help these farmers mean that they were not threatened or afraid of loosing business.
Irelands economy depends on Agricultural exports and tourism, the green image is important and most farmers know this , but the don’t know precisely what they can do better to improve water quality. The value of an advisor who can point out simple things to help is appreciated.
¿Cuáles fueron los principales desafíos durante el proceso de innovación??
Getting everyone onto the same page at the start.
¿Qué papel juega el asesor o servicio de asesoramiento con el caso práctico??
Conciencia de conocimiento e intercambio, Consultivo, consultoría y respaldo dirigido a resolver problemas complejos, que se proporcionará durante el proceso de innovación y se basa en las demandas de los actores y la co-construcción de soluciones, Articulación de la demanda, para permitir que los actores tengan acceso a nuevas ideas, Identificar sus necesidades, Definir sus objetivos y expresar demandas claras a otros actores, Facilitación y corretaje de redes, para ayudar a organizar o fortalecer las redes, Mejorar las relaciones entre los actores clave y alinear los servicios para poder complementarse entre sí, Capacity building, aimed at increasing innovation actors’ capacities in order to play their roles in the innovation process, Mejorar/apoyar el acceso a los recursos facilitando el acceso a las entradas, Instalaciones y financiación, Facilitar el acceso a nuevas redes y actores, Escalando la innovación para aumentar la absorción de un grupo más amplio
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Noel Meehan
noel.meehan@teagasc.ie