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{{European policy
|Name=Education programme for herb collectors
|Year=1994
|Affected actors=Picker/harvester/hunter
|Products=Herbs/plants
|Regions=Šumadija and Western Serbia
|Description='''Brief description of the instrument and its modus operandi'''

Medicinal Herbs Association “Dr. Jovan Tucakov” each summer organises 4-day trining course for herb collectors. Also, they are publishing book and guidebooks on herbs collection, production, processing, certification...

'''Which problem the instrument is supposed to solve?'''

Lack of herb collectors in the area where this activity use to be very popular and where exists tradition on herb collecting.

'''Purpose or main objective / overall goal of the instrument?'''

To educate local people on herb collecting methods and promotion of this activity

'''Side objectives/goals of the instrument?'''

Tourism development

'''Innovation content or potential of the instrument?'''

No

'''Which laws and regulations support the implement of this instrument?'''

none

'''The initiator/promoter of the instrument?'''

Medicinal Herbs Association “Dr. Jovan Tucakov”

'''Which organizations are involved in the operationalization of the instrument?'''

Medicinal Herbs Association “Dr. Jovan Tucakov”

'''How the monitoring is ensured?'''

no monitoring

'''How the compliance is ensured?'''

not ensured

'''How is the overall performance of the instrument?'''

Each summer, for the past 19 years, Association organises education training on herbs collection. In 2013, there was around 50 participants


'''Brief description of the context for the emergence of the instrument'''

Lack of well-educated herb collectors, unemployement in the region, tradition of conducting this activity in the region created a need for starting these trainings.

'''Have any of the items mentioned above changed since the instrument entered into force?'''

No

'''Is there any qualitative or quantitative study of the impacts of the instrument?'''

No
|Scope=National
|Class=Instrument
|Response set=Serbia Instrument B1 - Agent 1 Pickers
}}
Affected activity	Harvesting/Production +
Affected actors	Picker/harvester/hunter +
Class	Instrument +
Countries	Serbia +
Encodedname	Education_programme_for_herb_collectors +
Focus	Direct +
Full reference	Traditional event "Herb collector" +
Geographical scope	National +
Initiator	Private +
Instrument type	Information +
Lcname	education programme for herb collectors +
Legal status	Non-binding +
Name	Education programme for herb collectors +
Policy area	Agriculture and Rural Development +, Biodiversity and endangered species policies + and Forestry +
Products	Herbs/plants +
Reference ID	579 +
Regions	Šumadija and Western Serbia +
Response set	Serbia Instrument B1 - Agent 1 Pickers +
Subject	NWFP +
Year	1994 +
Zone	South East Europe +