ESEE 2019: 24th European Seminar on Extension and Education CREA - Centro di ricerca Olivicoltura, Frutticoltura e Agrumicoltura (OFA). ACIREALE, Italy, June 18-21, 2019 |
Conference website | https://www.reterurale.it/esee2019 |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esee2019 |
Submission deadline | January 10, 2019 |
The ESEE Committee is pleased to invite authors to submit proposals for paper, workshop and poster presentations, to be delivered at the 24th EUROPEAN SEMINAR ON EXTENSION AND EDUCATION: “Agricultural Education and Extension tuned on innovation for sustainability. Experiences and perspectives "
The ESEE 2019 will offer the opportunity to discuss the new roles and functions played by Extension and Education within an interactive innovation framework, the enhancement of relevant skills and capabilities, and the approaches, methods and instruments to guide and assess the effectiveness and impacts of these models and approaches. ESEE will specifically focus on policy and governance frameworks and will explore experiences on strategies and policies aimed at supporting ‘enabling environments’ for innovation.
The ESEE Conference will evolve around four themes (more details at https://www.reterurale.it/esee2019/About):
Theme 1. Education and Extension: roles, functions and tools for boosting interactive approaches to innovation
Contributions in this theme will focus on roles and functions roles and functions played by ISS and AGRED in boosting innovation and supporting farmers’ decision-making processes, in supporting multi-actor approaches for innovation (including EIP-Agri), in fuelling the supply chain integration. Pluralistic ISS and AGRED landscapes/ systems will be also investigated, as well as ICT tools and digitalisation issues.
Theme 2. New skills and capabilities for Extension to achieve innovation policies objectives
Contributions in this theme will focus on new capabilities, approaches and experiences regarding training and guidance of advisors and other intermediaries in rural development.
Theme 3. Enabling policies for Research and Innovation: governance, frameworks and pathways
Contributions in this theme will focus on strategies and policies aimed at supporting ‘enabling environments’ for innovation, particularly through inclusive and supportive approaches towards the extension and education systems. It is also interesting to investigate how the new policies for research and innovation have fostered the reorganization of extension and education services.
Theme 4. The changing role of monitoring and evaluation: approaches, methods and instruments
Contributions in this theme will focus on the theory and practice of the evaluative approaches, methods and instruments to guide and assess the effectiveness and impacts of the R&I models and approaches being used by the EU and others – and the agencies and organisations that provide these services. The focus is on the ‘how to’ best go about M&E for this purpose.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Abstracts can only be submitted online using the Abstract Template’s for paper, workshop and poster presentations available on the conference website
https://www.reterurale.it/esee2019/Callforpapers
Preparing and formatting an Abstract for paper.
- Abstracts must be submitted in English
- The maximum length of abstract is 600 words
- Abstracts should be formatted according to the following (or comparable) headings:
- Title of the paper
- Authors (names, affiliation and contact information)
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- Keywords (max 6)
- Context description; problem domain; conceptual framework; practical and theoretical background;
- Purpose; questions;
- Design; methodology; approach;
- Data collection and analysis; evidence;
- Results and Implications.
- No tables or graphics should be included in the abstract.
- When using abbreviations within the body of the abstract, please spell out the name in full at first mention and follow with the abbreviation in parenthesis.
Preparing and formatting an Abstract for workshop
- Abstracts must be submitted in English
- The maximum length of abstract is 600 words
- Workshop proposals must include:
- Title of the workshop.
- Workshop Organizers (names, affiliation and contact information).
- Rationale of the workshop (Why is the topic current and important?).
- Expected outcomes (What results are expected from the workshop? What advancements are expected compared to the current theoretical framework? Will the discussion produce insights, tips and recommendations?).
- Names of participants (names, affiliation and contact information).
Preparing and formatting an Abstract for poster
Proposals for poster must concern relevant experiences on methods and instruments for strengthening knowledge flows, enhancing learning and scaling innovative solutions within co-operation approaches to innovation (Operational Groups of the EIP for Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability and other Multi-actor projects).
All the participants who want to be considered for a poster presentation are requested to submit an abstract of maximum 600 words describing the substantive problem/opportunity and the innovative solution, with a focus on the approach used to foster the co-innovation process. Also, include a clear explanation about the role of Extension and Education.
CONTACT
All questions about submissions should be emailed to esee2019@crea.gov.it