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* **Become aware and make use of networks** | * **Become aware and make use of networks** | ||
Today, almost all networks are accessible and provide information via internet. Become aware of the relevant expert and stakeholder networks in your field, access the information they provide and check the presentation on the internet, not only at your regional and national level but also in the neighbouring regions or across the border. Looking beyond one’s own nose can be the first step to get new ideas for your own work and tasks. Sometimes information from other countries may offer highly relevant information. Explore the websites of the relevant networks in your field and make use of the provided contacts. | Today, almost all networks are accessible and provide information via internet. Become aware of the relevant expert and stakeholder networks in your field, access the information they provide and check the presentation on the internet, not only at your regional and national level but also in the neighbouring regions or across the border. Looking beyond one’s own nose can be the first step to get new ideas for your own work and tasks. Sometimes information from other countries may offer highly relevant information. Explore the websites of the relevant networks in your field and make use of the provided contacts. | ||
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* **Participate in networking events and build your personal contacts** | * **Participate in networking events and build your personal contacts** | ||
Even if time is always short do not underestimate the personal exchange from face to face. There is a lot of unwritten background information which might support your understanding and decision making and which is only available through personal contacts. | Even if time is always short do not underestimate the personal exchange from face to face. There is a lot of unwritten background information which might support your understanding and decision making and which is only available through personal contacts. | ||
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* **Expand your own network** | * **Expand your own network** | ||
- | As a policy / decision maker you are already involved in a network (in your political party, with other policy makers on different spatial levels) be it with focus on the Alps or not. Expanding your network also over administrative borders can offer new insights and give new ideas. The idea of “functional areas” as described in of the recommendations on [[Governance and participatory planning]] | + | As a policy / decision maker you are already involved in a network (in your political party, with other policy makers on different spatial levels) be it with focus on the Alps or not. Expanding your network also over administrative borders can offer new insights and give new ideas. The idea of “functional areas” as described in of the recommendations on "Governance and Participatory Planning" |
As civil servant it can be useful to exchange experiences with other civil servants working on similar tasks. This can either be a direct neighbour at the same spatial level (municipality, | As civil servant it can be useful to exchange experiences with other civil servants working on similar tasks. This can either be a direct neighbour at the same spatial level (municipality, | ||
In a further step you could widen your network in the territorial sense and find contacts which might be spatially distant, but face very similar challenges. | In a further step you could widen your network in the territorial sense and find contacts which might be spatially distant, but face very similar challenges. |
wiki/networking.txt · Last modified: 2014/12/15 15:38 by claudias