European Dry Stone Issues
Office Environnement De La Corse |
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OCRE – Associação para a Valorização do Ambiente, Cultura, Património e Lazer |
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Conseil de Majorque (département environnement) |
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Cornish Hedge Research and Education Group (CHREG) |
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APARE – Association pour la Participation et l’Action Régionale |
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Development Corporation of Local Authorities of Cyclades S.A. |
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Université de Palerme – Département d’histoire et projet - Faculté d’Architecture |
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Solway Heritage is one of nine organisations participating in a dry stone walling learning partnership project
funded by the lifelong learning programme through Grundtvig. The programme enables organisations delivering adult education
to be part of exciting partnerships to share innovation and good practice.
The EU have stated an ambition to become a world economic centre for excellence based on knowledge and skills.
With this in mind the partners of this project are developing a European network which recognises the need to support rural
crafts such as drystone construction which is threatened by the loss of traditional skills.
The European Dry Stone Issues project will enable Solway Heritage to work with partners from across Europe to share practice,
discuss problems and compare solutions on dry stone walling training in Dumfries and Galloway. The project will allow
adult learners, staff, volunteers and trainers from a wide variety of organisations to meet on exchange visits, share experiences
about existing training and exchange ideas about how informal learning as well as formal learning could be improved.
In December 2008 an initial meeting in Corsica provided the opportunity for each organisation to make introductions and
present the training schemes available in their particular regions. A meeting in March 2009 was led by OCRE in Portugal
who brought trainers together from France, Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom to debate the best methods to make training
relevant to adult learners. Jimmy Scott, who has undertaken training on behalf of Solway Heritage, was the trainer representing
South West Scotland.
Future exchange meetings include a learner’s event hosted by the Cornish Hedge Research and Education Group (CHREG)
in Cornwall during September 2009 and another in Sicily in spring 2010.
People who are involved in dry stone walling adult education, can participate in the project and Solway Heritage would
be pleased to discuss the project with learners interested in taking part.
All projects involve working with European partners and offer a great learning and personal development experience for
staff and learners.
