The main target groups of the project are: organizers/animators potentially involved: resuming intellectual women; Employees of LEADER organizations; already existing market organizers; rural development NGO; restaurant suppliers; rural tourism organizers/providers, producers and restarters in rural areas.

1. The essence of the project is to assess the current real demand for competencies to be acquired (competence needs research in partnership): e.g. organizational skills, legislation, food safety, processing, marketing, logistics, communication (IO1- SOTA and Competence catalog)
2. Subsequently, the project partners will find out what rural development and business conditions are needed for these qualified specialists to be employed and earn their wages on a market basis (IO2-BUSINESS ROADMAP PREPARATION).
3. Depending on local needs and capabilities, project partners prepare a joint learning material by integrating the adaptable points of the already existing knowledge basis (IO3-HANDBOOK)
4. Channeling their knowledge from similar fields into our training, the French partner performs a Joint Staff Training (training of trainers). (Part of IO3)
5. Based on the Handbook and results of IO1, pilot training will be implemented involving trainers who gained knowledge through the joint staff training. A curriculum and supplementing training tools will be elaborated (IO4- Curriculum and course)
6. Multiplier events are foreseen to spread the results of the project in each country towards the end of the project. (Part of IO4)

• identifying rural facilitators in the partner countries
• studying the necessary knowledge, competencies and circumstances of rural facilitators
• enhancing social innovation by developing new curricula and handbook
• fostering European food rural heritage due to small farming development
• decreasing unemployment in rural areas
• supporting access to healthy and trust foods for consumers.

Partners will ensure the availability of project results for at least 5 years and will focus their efforts and means in order to, after the project completion, mainstream and multiply results, by creating handbooks and curricula in their countries and Europe.