The first half of this year 2025 has just passed and it is now time to take stock of the training courses of recent months at La Guilde and the various partners with whom it works.
Starting point: Integrating agroecology into microprojects:
This semester began with training on the integration of agroecology into microprojects led by Emmanuelle Patetsos, who supports us in various activities within La Guilde. An agronomist who has worked in various organizations (Terre & Humanisme, FERT, GRET, CIRAD, etc.), she presents to the participating associations the different dimensions of agroecology through concrete examples and practical cases that allow them to project themselves into the field.
Learn how to prepare your project:
We also had the opportunity to inaugurate our premises and more specifically our new training room throughout the month of June and early July with the project cycle training. These allow us to review a multitude of tools that will help associations to better prepare and anticipate the projects they will carry out in the future. Whether on aspects of diagnosis, planning, preparing a budget or creating an indicator plan, our modules allow us to cover theoretical but also practical aspects through different case studies based on field situations. It is also a precious moment for associations who meet among themselves and can discuss very concrete situations that they may experience day to day in the field with their local partner.
The few returns from the associations allow us to see the important elements for them in these days: "the training allows us to understand the structuring of a local development project and its development"; "This training explains to us how to plan our activities when carrying out our projects"; "It also allows us to have useful tools for our partners". The last quote is important because these trainings, beyond being moments dedicated solely to the French association, are also a way, sometimes, to equip their local partner, to exchange around similar notions for more effective work in the development and implementation of projects.
To complete this overview, it is important to note the organization of training modules in conjunction with two of our partners: the Seine-Saint-Denis Departmental Council and their international cooperation department, Via Le Monde, as well as Yvelines International Cooperation and Development (YCID). These two partners, through La Guilde, offer training on project management to stakeholders in their area. This allows us to train associations that do not directly contact us for these activities and that are more closely connected to local authorities.
Train in the territories:
The final training program, recently created with the winners of the Spring 2024 call for projects, La Guilde has rolled out a Laureate Support Program consisting of three training sessions for the newly awarded associations. For the Autumn 2024 winners, the sessions took place at the beginning of the year to allow them, initially, to get to know each other, to identify other associations implementing similar projects in common themes and in the same countries, but also to focus on the support and tools that La Guilde can provide for monitoring their initiatives. The following two sessions focus on security management in the field and on monitoring its long-term partnership dynamics.
Our assessment of the start of the year:
In total, over this first half of the year, La Guilde will have participated in the training of 115 people on the various topics mentioned. The main pillar of our training offer, the project management training cycle will have allowed 43 people from 18 associations to come and learn more about solidarity and how to plan and prepare their project. It is also important to mention the importance of training in the objective of obtaining funding. Of the 7 winners funded in the Spring 2025 call for projects in Île-de-France, 3 of them benefited from these thematic and project management training courses, last year or at the beginning of 2025.
And what about the rest of 2025?
The next cycle will take place during the month of November, focusing primarily on project management modules. It will launch on September 26, 2025, with a module on gender integration in microprojects. Don't hesitate to book your places for this new cycle now!