As part of the program which links the Regional Multi-Actor Networks (RRMA) and La Guilde, the objective of which is to promote and support the actions of associations carrying out microprojects, the teams from the RRMA and the Microprojects pole of La Guilde have gathered on March 21 and 22 in Angers. This meeting, organized by the RRMA Pays de La Loire Coopération Internationale (PDLCI), aimed to discuss support practices and methods for microprojects.
Throughout these two days, the participants were able to discuss the position of support, the typologies of associations present in the territories, and adapted support offers. The new challenges that associations face during their international action, and the adaptation of our support offer to these challenges, were also key subjects of this community of practices.
To do this, different workshops were set up during these two days. The participants had a comparative restitution of the studies carried out in five regions of France with the local international solidarity associative fabric, and understood the regional specificities and those of the associations according to their sizes and missions. Scenarios were also carried out so that everyone could think about the practices to adopt and tools to use in sometimes complex contexts. Finally, discussions on support pathways, based on the specific needs of associations, took place to provide a more qualitative response to associations requesting support.
This sharing of experience, good practices and reflections is at the heart of the dynamic of the partnership between La Guilde, the RRMAs and the CIRRMA (Interregional Conference of the RRMAs). The objective, through this expanded partnership, is to strengthen synergies between the actors involved in the field of international solidarity micro-projects in all territories.
The missions of the thirteen RRMAs present across a large part of France overlap with those of La Guilde: to promote, expand and improve the quality of micro-projects set up by civil society organizations. Our common missions therefore consist of supporting French international solidarity associations in setting up projects, structuring micro-projects or even proposing an increase in skills on a set of themes linked to international solidarity. One of the challenges today is to ensure that associations carrying out international solidarity micro-projects and their partners can benefit in all regions from reinforced support upstream and downstream of allocations and have the possibility of accessing financing.
These two days were thus a key moment for the teams, who were able to meet or reunite, and share their experiences but also their questions and questions around the support of associations carrying out micro-projects, but not only that.
Looking forward to starting again…
