Organisation of a National SUMP Technical Training Event Eltisplus SUMP Technical Training Workshop Cologne, 21-22 November 2011
Mar 26, 2015
Organisation of a National SUMP Technical Training Event
Eltisplus SUMP Technical Training WorkshopCologne, 21-22 November 2011
Technical Training Workshop Cologne, 21-22 November 2011
Overview
• Training formats• Checklist exercise• Practicalities• Training material• The national moderator• Feedback from awareness raising events
Technical Training Workshop Cologne, 21-22 November 2011
Action 1 — Accelerating the take-up of sustainable urban mobility plans•EC will support local authorities in developing sustainable urban mobility plans covering freight and passenger transport in urban and peri-urban areas. •It will provide guidance material, promote best practice exchange, identify benchmarks, and support educational activities for urban mobility professionals. •EC could take further steps, for example through incentives and recommendations.•Whenever possible, the Commission will encourage Member States to provide platforms for mutual learning and sharing of experiences and best practices that would foster the development of sustainable urban mobility policies. •The Commission will also introduce an urban mobility dimension in the Covenant of Mayors in order to promote an integrated approach linking energy and climate change with transport. It will encourage the incorporation of transport and mobility issues in the Sustainable Energy Action Plans to be prepared by the cities participating in the Covenant.
Action Plan on Urban Mobility (2009)
Technical Training Workshop Cologne, 21-22 November 2011
Eltisplus aims to accelerate the large scale take up of SUMPs by local and regional authorities in Europe
•Need for a differentiated training strategy•Responding to the training needs and requirements of local and regional authorities in 31 European countries
Training formats•Awareness raising events•Technical trainings•Experience exchange events
Training formats
Training-of-the-future-trainer workshops
Technical Training Workshop Cologne, 21-22 November 2011
Aims
Raising awareness on SUMP among influential decision and opinion leaders of the target country or region
Improving the technical capabilities of local developers and implementers of SUMPs in cities and regions of the host country
Providing an opportunity to exchange experiences and knowledge among representatives from advanced SUMP cities from different countries
Technical Training Workshop Cologne, 21-22 November 2011
Aims
Raising awareness on SUMP among influential decision and opinion leaders of the target country or region
Improving the technical capabilities of local developers and implementers of SUMPs in cities and regions of the host country
Providing an opportunity to exchange experiences and knowledge among representatives from advanced SUMP cities from different countries
Enabling individuals from target countries to moderate a national awareness raising or technical training workshop, respectively, in their own country and language
Technical Training Workshop Cologne, 21-22 November 2011
Aims
Enabling individuals from target countries to moderate a national awareness raising or technical training workshop, respectively, in their own country and language
Technical Training Workshop Cologne, 21-22 November 2011
Target groups
Awareness raising events
•Representatives of national ministries•Professional associations•National network of cities•Other “high-level“ representatives and “multipliers“
Technical trainings•Local implementers of SUMPs, primarily representatives of urban planning and land use departments
Experience exchange events•Representatives from advanced SUMP cities, primarily local implementers, but with an option to also target political decision makers
Technical Training Workshop Cologne, 21-22 November 2011
Technical training Aim Improving the technical capabilities of local developers and implementers of SUMPs
in cities and regions of the host country Target group Local implementers of SUMPs, primarily representatives of urban planning and land
use departments Target countries
All countries possible. For UK and France, only experience exchange events for selected cities are planned; In Block-3 countries, an awareness raising event has to precede the technical training event
Set-up Workshop hosted by a city administration over two days, including plenary sessions, parallel workshops and a site visit
Duration 1 - 1.5 days limiting the participants’ time out-of-the-office to maximum two full working days
Content / Workshop elements
Introduction Aims of the Workshop Kick-off presentation with emotional appeal SUMP video presentation Introduction of participants
Core modules Overview of SUMP concept and its benefits Plan implementation phase presenting real cases of implemented SUMPs Citizen and stakeholder involvement; possibility for case study and group
exercises / role plays to anticipate stakeholder involvement processes
Optional modules based on the needs and requirements of the host country SUMP preparation process explaining the initial SUMP planning phase;
possibility to include case study on “how to get started” in particular city SUMP planning phase “rational and transparent goal setting”, explaining in
particular importance of strategic planning and vision building Plan elaboration phase with emphasis on evaluation and monitoring
requirements Transport modelling; presentation of models which could be used in
sustainable urban mobility planning Working with the media; introductory presentation of different media and
group exercise anticipating different situation working with the media
Site visit of an interesting urban mobility hot spot in the venue city as an optional agenda item
Question and answer session Tools Presentations, SUMP video, case studies, group exercises, site visits (if applicable),
question and answer session Moderation and support
Moderator from the ELTISplus consortium or project-external moderator trained in Train-the-Trainer event; In case of a project-external moderator, an ELTISplus consortium member should support the event (making consecutive translation necessary); presentations given by moderator or supporting consortium member, in some cases, invited case study speakers will present their experiences
Language National language for national workshops; English in case of international events Realisation Between June 2011 and December 2012
Technical Training Workshop Cologne, 21-22 November 2011
Check List Exercise
• Session in small groups to brainstorm about the national SUMP technical training events
Agenda Target Groups
Promotional Material
Venue Date
Cost
MediaConstraints
and Obstacles
Support
Host
Technical Training Workshop Cologne, 21-22 November 2011
Check List Exercise:Pairs
Pair 1 “Under the Sun”: Kerstin Burckhart, Mário Alves, Cosimo Chiffi
Pair 2 “Hellas“: Stratos Papadimitriou, Karl Reiter
Pair 3 “BeNe“: Marcel van Lieshout, Friso Metz, Jan Christiaens
Pair 4 “Éire“: Graham Lightfoot, Tom Rye
Pair 5 “Magyar“: András Ekés, Sebastian Bührmann
Pair 6 “Red and White Dynamite“: Annette Kayser, Robert Pressl
Pair 7 “Youngest EU“: Ana-Maria Baston, Frank Wefering, Lucia Ilieva, Ivo Cré
Pair 8 “Baltic“: Kristina Gaučė, Ingrida Bremere, Lauri Hooli, Sylvain Haon, Hannes Luts
Pair 9 “Western East, Eastern West“: Danuše Strnadová, Udo Becker, Aljaž Plevnik, Marcin Wolek
Technical Training Workshop Cologne, 21-22 November 2011
Timing•Between December 2011 and December 2012
Moderation•Project partner or subcontractor•Individually agreed subcontracts (December 2011)
Language•National language•English for international events
Practicalities:Workshop Organisation
Technical Training Workshop Cologne, 21-22 November 2011
Support•Project partner for organisational support•In some cases, back-up support during workshop•Support letter by EACI
Synergies•Possibility to organise SUMP training seminars in cooperation with EPOMM+•Back-to-back events
Practicalities:Workshop Organisation (II)
Technical Training Workshop Cologne, 21-22 November 2011
• Train-the-Trainer Workshop:Travel and subsistence cost for project-external trainers
• Room rental (ideally no cost due to self-interest of national host organisation)
• Catering• Subcontracts
Practicalities:Cost coverage
Technical Training Workshop Cologne, 21-22 November 2011
Practicalities:Translation requirements
As agreed in individual trainer contracts•PowerPoint presentationsowerPoint package for translation:
•Invitation text (~500 words)
•SUMP brochure text (~1000 words)
•Elements table
During technical training events
•In exceptional cases (f.e. guest presentation in English)
Technical Training Workshop Cologne, 21-22 November 2011
• State-of-the-Art Report on SUMPs in Europe• SUMP Guidelines on Develoing and Implementing SUMPs• Video (in three parts and as continuous version)• Brochure• PowerPoint presentations• Moderator Guide
Practicalities:Training material
Technical Training Workshop Cologne, 21-22 November 2011
Roles•Ambassador and multiplier of the SUMP approach•Co-organiser of national SUMP events (in cooperation with the Eltisplus team)•Moderator – Trainer – Facilitator
Expectations•Participation in train-of-the-future trainer event•Networking and support of invitation process to national SUMP event•Translation of key training material to national language •Moderation of national SUMP event in national language•Prepration of workshop follow-up report (template) •Contribution to SUMP Community
The national moderator
Technical Training Workshop Cologne, 21-22 November 2011
Marcin Wolek•Northern Polish Awareness Raising Workshopin Gdansk, 20 October 2011
Frank Wefering•German City Association, Traffic Planning Committee Meeting in Strasbourg (FR), 13-14 October 2011
Kristina Gaučė •Preparation of Lithuanian awareness raising event
Feedback from awareness raising events