Training, educational actions

Organizacja Kobiety w leśnictwie (KiS) została założona w 1986 roku przez kobiety, które studiują i pracują w sektorze leśnym. Celem stowarzyszenia jest podnoszenie świadomości kobiet na temat ich prawa do dziedziczenia lasu rodzinnego, zachęcanie kobiet do aktywności i zdobywania kwalifikacji w zakresie gospodarki leśnej oraz zbudowanie silnej sieci wsparcia wśród kobiet. Dziś czonkami KiS są studentki, pracownice zatrudnione w sektorze leśnym, właścicielki lasów oraz inne osoby wspierające i różne organizacje zajmujące się leśnictwem lub prawami kobiet.

Stowarzyszenie zajmuje się zarówno kwestiami leśnictwa, jak i równości płci. Jego działania obejmują budowanie wiedzy i kontaktów między członkami i innymi kobietami poprzez działania takie jak intensywne kursy leśnictwa dla kobiet, dni terenowe dla imigrantek i coroczne konferencje leśne na różne tematy. Organizacja ma również na celu upowszechnianie wiedzy w społeczeństwie i leśnictwie, między innymi poprzez udział w nowelizacji norweskiego standardu gospodarki leśnej PEFC, w celu zapewnienia równości płci, zarówno na poziomie grupy roboczej, jak i na poziomie znowelizowanego standardu, a także udział w innych projektach krajowych i międzynarodowych. KiS kontaktuje się ze swoimi członkami i innymi odbiorcami za pośrednictwem Facebooka i Instagrama, a także własnego podcastu „Dźwięki leśnictwa”, w którym gośćmi są głównie kobiety tłumaczące zagadnienia zwiazane z gospodarką leśną w sposób przystępny także dla osób niebędących fachowcami w tej dziedzinie. Organizacja jest finansowana ze składek członkowskich, projektów, dotacji rządowych, sponsoringu i sprzedaży usług doradczych.

Онлайн Школа лісового господарства – результат співпраці норвезьких асоціацій лісовласників, державного лісового сектора та Інституту підвищення кваліфікацій фахівців лісового господарства.

Мета полягає в тому, щоб спільно розробити курси для підвищення рівня лісогосподарських компетенцій на всіх етапах лісового господарства.

Курси відкриті для всіх, хоча основна цільова група – це працівники організацій-учасниць. Система дозволяє кожній організації вносити індивідуальні доповнення та коригування в курси.

На платформі буде представлено кілька курсів, в основному на тему лісівництва, посадки дерев і підготовки ґрунту.

Зміст курсів може використовуватися всіма організаціями з їхніми власними індивідуальними доповненнями і пристосуваннями. 

Women in Forestry (WiF) was established in 1986 by women studying and working in forestry. The purpose was to increase awareness among women to claim their right to inherit the family forest, and to work for women to be an active and skilled part of the forestry, as well as to build a strong and supportive network between women. Today, the members of WiF are students, forestry workers, forest owners - including former and future owners - supporters and various organisations within forestry or women's rights, and the organisation works with both forestry and gender equality. The activities include building both knowledge and network among the members and other women, by activities such as women crash courses in forestry, field days for immigrant women and annual Forest Conferences with various topics, as well as activities aimed at building knowledge in the society and the forestry, e.g. by participating in audit of the Norwegian PEFC Forest standard to ensure gender equality in both the working group and the revised standard, and other projects on both national and international scales. WiF reaches out to their members and other audience through the use of Facebook and Instagram, as well as their own podcast "Sound of Forestry", where the guests are mainly women, with an "everyday language" to reach also people without knowledge of forestry. The organisation is funded by membership fees, project fundings, governmental grants, sponsorship and sales of consulting services.

Established 75 years ago, Solør VGS Sønsterud has since been a national leader in training for forestry operations. The campus is currently part of Solør VGS with around 500 students aged 16-18 years and 135 employees. Teaching takes place both indoors and outdoors and allows pupils a practical approach to forestry. The curriculum follows the yearly season with planning, forest culture and logging. 

Drones are used as a supplement to teaching, where they film objects and stock as a basis for work in teaching. This is to visualize select challenges or to show before/after an activity. When training operation of forestry machines, drones allow students and teachers to see the work from a birds-eye perspective. Used correctly, this may lead to increased learning both for those who observe, but especially for those who are observed and who get to see themselves at work. The time every pupil can spend operating forestry machines is limited, it is therefore important to make good use of the time available. By filming every student operating a forestry machine, the learning outcome will be increased for the students by allowing them to see themselves and get positive and constructive feedback. Drones allow prioritization of areas for improvement.

The online School of Forestry has been established in collaboration between the Norwegian Forest owners' associations, the State Forest, and the Forestry Extension Institute. The aim is to jointly develop the course content to increase the level of forestry expertise in all stages of forestry. The courses are open for everyone, although the target group are the organisations' employees. The system allows each organisation to make individual additions and adaptations to the courses. Several courses will be presented on the platform, mainly in the topics of silviculture, planting and soil preparation. The course content may be used by all organisations, with their own individual additions and adaptations.

The qualification course delivers a Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS). It is a part-time professional training course designed for company managers and engineers to build up management competences regarding newest economic and engineering procedures and leadership activity competences regarding forestry operations and forestry administration. It amounts to 360 hours or 12 ECTS. Good feedback from former participants about usability of the professional education training.

In KomSilva, tools for a goal-oriented and efficient discourse with forest owners are being developed. Target groups are stakeholders and organizations who activate and address forest owners. Mostly forestry associations should profit from the project, but also service providers and other stakeholders. Communication with forest owners is a key asset towards mobilization. Existing instruments are being adjusted and new tools like online-training, online-consulting concepts and social media strategies for consulting and communication are being created and already successfully tested.

Existing instruments for approaching forest owners and communicate with them are being investigated and evaluated according to their effectiveness. Thereby, a collaborative approach is being pursued. It comprises an advisory committee with experts from practice and an active involvement via interviews, a large-scale online-survey and workshops. Experiences in activating forest owners and in public relations are being collected and practicable factors of success are being identified. Arguments for the activation of forest owners are being developed to sensitize forestry associations also for the new task fields.

The marteloscope plots have exact defined surfaces with each tree numbered and measured for long-term studies. Using software and mobile devices, the demo concept allows direct feedback on silvicultural decisions and related ecological and economic effects during training. Evaluation of different management strategies and their consequences can be objectively discussed by forest practitioners, authorities, decision makers, scientists or other interested groups directly on site. Silviculture is based on scientific principles. With well-documented observation plots and marteloscopes, we provide instructive visual and practice objects and also learn ourselves from their development. The aim is to preserve silvicultural knowledge and make it accessible for practice.