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Work Packages

Climate Smart Advisors workload is divided into 10 Work Packages, with mission to achieve all project goals during 7 years of project duration

Work Package 1

Networking CSA to foster peer learning and knowledge exchange

Lead: EV ILVO

Work Package 2

Training advisors to deliver targeted climate smart advice

Lead: TEAGASC

Work Package 3

Strengthening the role of advisors in CSF multi-actor innovation projects

Lead: UAL

Work Package 4

Monitoring, evaluation, and learning

Lead: EV WR

Work Package 5

Development of training materials & climate smart farming toolkit

Lead: IDELE

Work Package 6

Reinforcing national AKIS actors to support CS advisory services

Lead: LKO

Work Package 7

Link and coordinate with other projects, initiatives, and policymakers

Lead: CONSULAI

Work Package 8

Dissemination, Exploitation and Communication

Lead: BIOSENSE

Work Package 9

Project coordination and management

Lead: EV ILVO

Work Package 10

Ethics requirements

Lead: EV ILVO

Work Package 10

Ensuring compliance with the ‘ethics requirements’ set out in this work package. 

Work Package 9

Ensuring that the project meets its objectives, delivers on expected results, and feeds the expected impacts in a timely manner. 

Tasks

T9.1 Administrative, logistics, financial management, and periodic reporting
Lead: EV ILVO

T9.2 Project activities, scientific and technical progress monitoring, and impact coordination
Lead: LLKC

T9.3 Data management plan and data interoperability
Lead: BIOS

Work Package 8

Developing a strong C&D strategy to ensure that knowledge and project results are communicated and disseminated to the EU agricultural advisory community and all other relevant actors and stakeholders across the EU & AC.

Tasks

T8.1 Plan for Dissemination, Exploitation, and Communication
Lead: BIOS

T8.2 Dissemination and communication activities at the project level
Lead: BIOS

T8.3 Communication and dissemination at National level
Lead: EUFRAS

T8.4 Capacity building on ClimateSmartAdvisors results
Lead: BIOS

Work Package 7

Building a network of PIPs, at EU and national levels, to create project visibility and cooperation, integrate research and knowledge from other projects, produce common policy and operational recommendations, and prepare a sustainability strategy for the whole CSA network.

Tasks

T7.1 Projects, initiatives, and Policy (PIP) Strategic Plan
Lead: BEC

T7.2 Shaping the PIPs links and preparing and assessing Dynamic Action Plans
Lead: FSH

T7.3 Preparing and participating in PIP activities
Lead: CONS

T7.4 Collaborating with “sister” climate smart demo projects
Lead: EV ILVO

T7.5 Strategy for self-sustainability of the network
Lead: EUFRAS

Work Package 6

Engaging and empowering key actors within regional/national AKIS and across MS in supporting CS-AS and creating an enabling environment for its implementation.

Tasks

T6.1 AKIS-Stakeholder Activation and Engagement Methodology and Tools
Lead: ISP

T6.2 Identification, activation, and engagement of CS-AKIS at the regional/national level
Lead: SZE

T6.3 Best practice AKIS governance models for CSA transnational level
Lead: LK-STMK

T6.4 Cross-fertilisation with other AKIS-centred projects and SCAR AKIS WG
Lead: LKO

Work Package 5

Building a supportive toolkit for CSCs & CSAs and for the wider advisory community. This should consist of good farm practices, assessment tools, advisory, training, and teaching methods, adapted to CSF and carbon topics and to the diversity of EU situations, embedded in an interactive repository.

Tasks

T5.1 Analysis of barriers and levers for farmers and advisors
Lead: IDELE

T5.2 Good practices, tools, advisory and teaching methods for CSF advice
Lead: IDELE

T5.3 Building and feeding a knowledge, practice, tools, and methods repository
Lead: AUA

T5.4 Testing in CoPs of selected tools and methods
Lead: IDELE

Work Package 4

Monitoring and evaluating the capacity building and learning within the CSA network and improving its functioning and impact in strengthening advisors to accelerate the adoption of CSF practices.

Tasks

T4.1 Framework, approach, and training for ME&L
Lead: OU

T4.2 Coordinate ME&L and organise learning in the CSA network
Lead: WR

T4.3 Analysis and synthesis
Lead: WR

T4.4 CSA award
Lead: TAEG

T4.5 Translation to actionable knowledge and practical tools
Lead: WR

Work Package 3

Understanding and supporting the role of advisors in CSF MIPs and CS-AKIS across Europe, to identify and address gaps in CSF advisory activities in MIPs, and to deliver tools and materials for a wide range of CSA types to better participate in CSF innovation activities.

Tasks

T3.1 Connect to Multi-actor Innovation Projects
Lead: BEC

T3.2 Analysis of MIPs, lessons learned, and white spot analysis
Lead: UAL

T3.3 Set up and support of CoDIEs
Lead: UAL

T3.4 Integrated Assessment, Recommendations, and Learning Materials
Lead: UAL

Work Package 2

Delivering a CSF Train-the-Trainer (TTT) type training module, and support the delivery of CSF training seminars across partner countries, resulting in an enhancement of the capacity of both current and future farm advisors to empower EU farmers in climate action.

Tasks

T2.1 Understanding the climate action training needs of agricultural advisors
Lead: IDELE

T2.2 Design of ClimateSmartAdvisors training modules
Lead: FueAk

T2.3 Delivery of ClimateSmartAdvisors training module to CSCs
Lead: TAEG

T2.4 Supporting and facilitating annual ClimateSmartAdvisors training workshops
Lead: SRUC

T2.5 Engaging and training future farm advisors
Lead: SZE

Work Package 1

Connecting advisors and ASP across EU MS and associated countries to the CFD pilot demonstration farm network, to grow the network and support peer learning between advisors, both on impactful advisory methods and CSF practices.

Tasks

T1.1 Understanding motivation, expectations, barriers, and drivers for CSAS
Lead:
ProAgria

T1.2 Set-up, management & coordination of the CoP network
Lead: BIOS

T1.3 Peer-to-peer learning and knowledge exchange on a national level
Lead: EV ILVO

T1.4 Peer-to-peer learning and knowledge exchange on a European level
Lead: ProAgria

T1.5 Understanding the outcomes of the CoPs in ClimateSmartAdvisors
Lead: EV ILVO

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