The last RTITN General Assembly meeting was held in September 2007 in Hungary. This planned meeting will help to re-establish the focus of the network and hopefully find ways for increased cooperation between all members. We have received interest from a number of members in relation to our General Assembly meeting which will be held in the Athlone Institute of Technology, Athlone, Ireland on the 26th and 27th May.
The invitation is open to all current members to attend this meeting. I have outlined some of the activities that have been planned as part of our General Assembly below. This meeting is being organised to coincide with our Leonardo Partnership project meeting and further details about the costs for members will be sent by email early next week.
Draft GA Agenda:
Wednesday 26th May
7.00 to 11.15 Arrive Dublin Airport
11.30 Depart Dublin Airport by coach to Athlone
13.00 Arrive Athlone Institute of Technology (www.ait.ie) where lunch will be served.
13.30 – 14.30 RTITN Board Meeting meeting
13.45 Tour of Athlone Institute of Technology’s Tourism, catering and hospitality department
14.30 – 17.30 General Assembly meeting: details will be sent to members via email.
Note: All members are requested to submit any proposals in respect of new project ideas for inclusion in our workplan / training plan in advance of our GA meeting.
Thursday 27th May
9.00 to 13.00 Training Workshop
- Examples of andragogy tools in practice based on the theme of PART-RTi ‘Train the Trainers’ programme
- Interactive training workshop which will be delivered by trainers from 3 RTITN member countries
- The workshop will be include open discussion about adult training techniques across EU and other member countries (more info on workshop)
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Leonardo Project Partners attend academic standards and quality committee to defend accreditation of ‘Rural Tourism – Trainer the Trainer Course’
15.00 – 16.00 Official Launch of RTITN’s Accreditation of the ‘Rural Tourism – Train the Trainer Course’
We are inviting all RTITN member country Ambassadors who are based in Ireland to attend this launch and we hope to entice a senior Irish Government Minister to launch this training course.
17.00 River Cruise on Shannon followed by dinner
It has taken some time to finalise details for our General Assembly and this could not have been down without the support of Athlone Institute of Technology. This is an excellent opportunity for our network to grow and re-focus our plans for the future.
