WORLD WIDE OPPORTUNITIES ON ORGANIC FARMS CEEweb Academy Budapest, 18 October 2016
Tamas Varga tamas@wwoof.hu Federation of WWOOF Organisations (FoWO) Vice Chair & WWOOF Hungary National Coordinator
WWOOF World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms Educational program about organic agriculture and sustainable living Living and Learning To promote cultural and educational experiences based on trust and non-monetary exchange, helping to building a sustainable global community.
WWOOF World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms
WWOOF World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms reconnect to the soil, get your hands dirty and get grounded re-skill and help revitalise ancient knowledge gain first hand experience of organic and biodynamic farming, growing and animal husbandry rediscover the relationships between local food production, social community and spirit taste totally fresh produce walk the talk - try it out for yourself find inspiration in like minded people
Getting started 1971 Sue Coppard first Working Weekend on an Organic Farm at Emerson College, Sussex From Working Weekends to Willing Workers to World Wide Opportunities
Federation of WWOOF Organisations - FoWO Mission To unite, promote, protect and support the WWOOF movement around the world Bringing people to a more sustainable way of life
WWOOF National Groups
WWOOF Independent Members
WWOOF Facts & Figures World Wide 110 countries in total 17,500 hosts organic growers 43 110,000 WWOOFers 67 Most recent group - WWOOF Malawi (2016) Currently in talks - Rwanda, Palestine, Azerbaijan National Groups Independents
WWOOF Facts & Figures Europe 40 countries in total* 3,320 hosts organic growers 14 26,550 WWOOFers** 26 Most recent group - WWOOF Netherlands (2016) Currently in talks Finland National Groups Independents * including Israel and Turkey ** All figs are approximate as memberships fluctuate from day to day and not all groups submit data (some consider it confidential/are not members of FoWO).
WWOOF Facts & Figures Number of hosts Number of WWOOFers 16% 19% 84% 81% Europe WW Europe WW
FoWO Activities Help to legalize, protect and represent the WWOOF movement Management of the trademarking issues Management of minimum WWOOF standards Support and promotion of the various existing national organisations (including grants) Management of WWOOF in countries without a national WWOOF organization Management of www.wwoof.net & common platform Other services for members Paypal, organisation of international meetings, networking, etc.
FoWO & Global Sustainable Goals (UN)
FoWO & Europe 2020 The Europe 2020 strategy is about delivering growth that is: SMART, through more effective investments in education, research and innovation; SUSTAINABLE, thanks to a decisive move towards a low-carbon economy; INCLUSIVE, with a strong emphasis on job creation and poverty reduction.* * http://ec.europa.eu/europe2020/europe-2020-in-a-nutshell/priorities/index_en.htm
FoWO Challenges Opportunities Volunteering in some countries Visas Limited development of organic agriculture in some countries Give producers a voice Future organic farmers Global / regional cooperation Diverse and flexible Good reputation
FoWO Intentions cooperation opportunities to support organic agriculture and farmers to inspire the next generation of (organic) farmers/growers to create an eco conscious generation to network more with like minded organisations to promote organic and sustainability messages...
LLOOF project cooperation example To develop and promote a Learning Guide, an online open educational resource for adult learners about organic food production, entrepreneurship, volunteering and cultural exchange on farm enterprises. 8 EU partners + Serbia & Turkey LLOOF Guide in 8 EU languages www.youtube.com/livingandlearningonorganicfarms www.lloof.eu - Moodle learning www.edvorg.weebly.com Based on the Educating adults about volunteering and organic food production on farm enterprises (EDVORG) Project funded by EU Erasmus Plus Strategic Partnership programme
FoWO Open for networking & cooperation! Bringing people to a more sustainable way of life www.wwoof.net www.facebook.com/wwoof contact@wwoof.net