Mikä oli haaste/ongelma, johon puututtiin?
The project aims to support farmers in the sustainable management of the Wicklow & Dublin Uplands, covering approx. 35,000ha of upland area. The SUAS project was developed by local stakeholders, and focuses overcoming local challenges, which hassled to good bur-in from local farmers. This is the first time commonages are being dealt with as a collective in Ireland as opposed to individual farmers and requires the formation of formal Commonage Groups to allow farmers make collective decisions and follow a single management plan for the whole commonage. The project will deliver a template for future agri-environment schemes for upland areas, with an emphasis on rewarding farmers actually delivering habitat management.
Mitkä ovat menestystekijät ongelman ratkaisemisessa?
Idea was developed from the bottom up over a long number of years which generated good bu-in from prospective participants and other stakeholders. A large element of trust and solidarity was built up during this process.
Mitkä olivat tärkeimmät haasteet innovaatioprosessin aikana?
Introducing new management concepts (collective farm management)
Working around existing agri & agri-environmental schemes
Changing farmer attitudes towards environmental management
Mikä rooli neuvonantajalla tai neuvontapalvelulla on käytännön tapauksessa??
Tietotieto ja vaihto, Neuvonta, Konsultointi ja backstoping pyrkivät ratkaisemaan monimutkaisia ongelmia, Tarjotaan innovaatioprosessin aikana ja perustuen toimijoiden vaatimuksiin ja ratkaisujen yhteisrakentamiseen, Vaatia artikulaatiota, antaa näyttelijöille pääsyn uusiin ideoihin, Tunnista heidän tarpeet, Määritä heidän tavoitteensa ja ilmaise selkeät vaatimukset muille toimijoille, Networking facilitation and brokerage, to help organize or strengthen networks, improve the relationships between key actors and to align services in order to be able to complement each other, Capacity building, aimed at increasing innovation actors’ capacities in order to play their roles in the innovation process, Enhancing/supporting access to resources by facilitating access to inputs, facilities and funding, Scaling up the innovation to increase the uptake by a broader group
Käytännön tapauksen kokemuksen jakamiseen, ota yhteyttä
Declan Byrne
declan.suas@wicklowuplands.ie (00353)877839872