Kaj je bil obravnavani izziv/problem?
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. V 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.
Kateri so dejavniki uspeha pri reševanju 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.
Kateri so bili glavni izzivi med inovacijskim procesom?
Getting everyone onto the same page at the start.
Kakšno vlogo ima svetovalec ali svetovalna služba pri praktičnem primeru?
Zavedanje in izmenjava znanja, Svetovanje, Svetovanje in zaostanek sta bila namenjena reševanju zapletenih težav, zagotoviti med inovacijskim procesom in na podlagi zahtev akterjev in so-konstrukciji rešitev, Demand articulation, to allow actors to have access to new ideas, identify their needs, define their objectives and express clear demands to other actors, Omogočanje omrežja in posredništvo, za pomoč pri organizaciji ali krepitvi omrežij, izboljšati razmerja med ključnimi akterji in uskladiti storitve, da se lahko dopolnjujejo, Capacity building, aimed at increasing innovation actors’ capacities in order to play their roles in the innovation process, Izboljšanje/podporo dostopa do virov z olajšanjem dostopa do vhodov, Objekti in sredstva, Facilitating access to new networks and actors, Povečanje inovacije za povečanje vnosa s širšo skupino
Za izmenjavo izkušenj praktičnega primera, prosim kontaktirajte
Noel Meehan
noel.meehan@teagasc.ie