InWEnt-Seminar

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	Background
	Opening and Introduction
	Welcome Address
	InWEnt and its Context within the German Development Cooperation
	Presentation of Participants & Staff
	Objectives
	Programme
	Introduction ro Rural Development Concepts (RDC) and Local Development Strategies (LDS)
	Participants' Experiences in LDS / RDC
	Structure of Regional Development Concepts
	Excursion to Skadar Lake
	Assessment of a Local Development Strategy
	Actors and their Roles in the Elaboration Process
	Cross-border Cooperation (CBC) and Transnational Cooperation (TNC)
	Final Evaluation and Closure
	List of Participants and Seminar Team

1 Opening and Introduction
1.1 Welcome Address
The seminar was opened by Thomas Wehinger, one of the two moderators of the seminar. He welcomed all participants on behalf of the German Government and the Chief executive of InWEnt - Capacity Building International, Germany and specially its department 5 - Environment, Natural Resources and Food.		Wishing all participants a pleasant and successful seminar he then continued to introduce and explain InWEnt as an organisation as well as its context within the German Development Cooperation setting. Further information - besides the slides on the following pages - were distributed on leaflets among the participants.

The team of organisers and moderators that was called upon by InWEnt was also introduced by Thomas:
Uwe Krappitz as moderator and trainer for seminar contents and moderation methodologies Thomas Wehinger as moderator and trainer for seminar contents and moderation methodologies Jovana Novakovic in charge of seminar organisation Nicole Fritsch being in charge of documenting the procedure and results of the seminar.