History of the Workshop
In the 1950s, many European leaders of rural youth associations expressed the desire to establish a permanent training centre for the mutual exchange of experiences and ideas. Finally at a meeting of representatives of FAO, UNESCO and WAY (World Assembly of Youth) on 22 July 1960 in Paris, Germany agreed to organize an international seminar for rural youths.
Participants of the 2013 workshop
Source: BLE
Under the patronage of the FAO countless important ideas for initiatives to improve rural youth work have been put into practice over the past decades. Leaders of rural youth associations receive useful inputs at the workshop, which is organized by the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) and set up under the conceptual guidance of the Education and Training Centre of the Bavarian Farmer’s Union in Herrsching.
Permanent Secretariat
In the Secretariat's function of the Workshop, the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) is in charge of the budgetary, organisational and technical implementation and of the workshop. For questions please contact in BLE the division "International Cooperation and Global Food Security" (division 323).