Workshop organisers and facilitators

Alexandros Koutsouris (Head of the Lab of Agricultural Extension, Agricultural Systems & Rural Sociology, Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Agricultural University of Athens; Greece)
Krista Mikkonen (Project Manager of the Association of ProAgria Centres, Finland)
Patrizia Proietti (Senior research at the CREA – Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agrarian, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics; Expert of the Italian National Rural Network; Italy)
Rui Almeida (Chairman of the European Forum for Agricultural and Rural Advisory Services (EUFRAS); Partner & Operational Director of CONSULAI, Portugal)
Simona Cristiano (Senior research at the CREA – Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agrarian, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics; Research Center for Agricultural Policies and Bioeconomy; Italy)

The ESEE conference will host a training day organised by the ATTRACTISS project. ATTRACTISS is a Horizon Europe projects which aims to empower innovation support services as a pathway for a more sustainable agriculture & forestry sector (https://attractiss.eu/)

The ATTRACTISS training is a learning-by-doing training where we will explore how innovation can be supported using real life examples.

Objectives:
Create a shared understanding about what interactive innovation -and its processes!- are, why they are important, and how to make the most of them.
Explore skills and tools that can help you (as part of an ISS!) facilitate and support interactive innovation processes.
Share a space where we will learn, try, practice, experiment and reflect on interactive innovation-related learnings, skills and tools.
Collectively and individually reflect on the common learning process.

By the end of the day you will:
Understand what interactive innovation processes are, why they are important and how to make the most of them.
Be able to identify and support individuals and groups in exploring and honing ideas.
Have a supportive network when developing your training and further exploring the possibilities of interactive innovation!