Project Summary

Innovative practical action learning sets are well established and proven methodologies in the UK. They enable practitioners and activists to explore a range of   tools and techniques how they complement their own specific requirements and, through analysis and testing, assess transferability - ultimately informing good practice. The reason for this proposal is to provide a unique opportunity to transfer this innovative approach across the EU, specifically targeting new and accession states who historically have a low  level of understanding and participation in these types of approaches and methodologies Through this we wish, across the EU, to build the competencies into the non formal and informal vocational training and development of regeneration, planning and community development practitioners and activists - thereby supporting the growing sustainable communities’ agenda.  To achieve this overall aim we have designed a series of interrelated objectives:-

The proposal is led by OAKE.  Our aim is to enable local people to play a full and active part in planning and implementing effective regeneration and longer-term service provision in their own neighbourhoods. We have a number of existing vocational training products that use highly participative, visual tools and techniques. PALS encompasses the key skills and principles of the most widely used and well proven community planning and interactive consultation techniques in use in the UK today.  Regeneration professionals and community activists throughout the U.K. have successfully used our wide portfolio of vocational skills development and training courses for many years.