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Hands-on training in the countryside
Continuing education

Continuing education to meet the challenges of the rural sector

We promote lifelong learning as a way to build capabilities, drive innovation and respond to the challenges of a constantly changing rural sector.

What we offer

Practical tools that drive productivity and sustainability

Our continuing education offer brings together courses, diplomas, bootcamps and refresher programmes designed to strengthen technical, productive and human skills. Through experiential methods and real learning settings, we create new opportunities for people, organizations and territories.

Bootcamp portfolio

Intensive, high-impact learning experiences

PANACA Bootcamps run as weekend sessions or as 3, 7 and 15-day programmes, offering dynamic, practical and high-impact learning. Each Bootcamp combines experiential methods with real learning settings to build skills, encourage innovation and produce knowledge that applies directly to today's rural challenges.

WeekendIntensive sessions
3 daysShort immersion
7 daysMedium immersion
15 daysFull immersion

Four lines of training

Development of the SELF

Experiences focused on building the human and social-emotional skills that strengthen leadership, emotional intelligence, communication, living well together and the building of purposeful life plans.

Innovation in Agriculture

Programmes that update knowledge on sustainable agriculture, environmental education, conscious eating, food processing and innovation applied to farming and livestock development.

Human Well-being

Sessions designed to promote physical, emotional and social well-being through tools for mental health, conflict resolution and a conscious connection with nature.

Foundation Courses for Professional Training

Guidance and academic preparation programmes that strengthen core knowledge in agriculture and livestock, opening the door to technical, technological or professional training.

The 15 Bootcamps in the portfolio

Each Bootcamp can be taken on its own or combined into a route tailored to your organisation. Open the one you're interested in to see the detail.

Innovation in Agriculture

01 Technologies for Urban Agriculture (AgTech)

A hands-on experience to get close to the new technologies applied to urban agriculture and learn about tools that make it possible to grow food efficiently, even in small spaces.

AimTo bring agricultural innovation closer to city dwellers, promoting knowledge and use of tools that grow food more efficiently and with less environmental impact.

What you'll learn
  • Introduction to AgTech
  • Automated irrigation systems
  • Sensors and basic crop monitoring
  • Hydroponics and aquaponic systems
  • Alternative energy applied to farming
Key details
Who it is for
Open to everyone
Duration
1 to 3 days, depending on requirements
Group size
Minimum 8 and maximum 15 participants
Includes
Park entry, training, certificate, refreshments and lunch
Request information
02 Urban Gardens and Vertical Farming

An experience to discover how to grow food in small spaces through the design of urban gardens and vertical farming systems.

AimTo promote food self-sufficiency and strengthen the connection with growing food in urban settings.

What you'll learn
  • Designing gardens for small spaces
  • Choosing urban crops
  • Growing media and composting
  • Vertical farming and modular systems
  • Agroecological management
  • Growing for home use and basic selling
Key details
Who it is for
Open to everyone
Duration
1 to 3 days
Group size
Minimum 8 and maximum 15 participants
Includes
Park entry, training, certificate, refreshments and lunch
Request information
03 Home Food Preserving

A hands-on experience to learn techniques for processing and preserving food, making use of surplus and raw farm produce to add value to what the family grows.

AimTo cut food waste and build practical skills for processing and preserving it.

What you'll learn
  • Principles of food preservation
  • Hygiene and handling
  • Jarring and sterilising techniques
  • Making jams, pickles and dried foods
  • Basic labelling and costing
Key details
Who it is for
Open to everyone
Duration
1 to 3 days
Group size
Minimum 8 and maximum 15 participants
Includes
Park entry, training, certificate, refreshments and lunch
Request information
04 Environmental Education

An immersive experience to build environmental awareness through direct contact with the surroundings and PANACA's Living Classrooms.

AimTo shape aware, responsible citizens committed to environmental sustainability, encouraging care for ecosystems through hands-on experience.

What you'll learn
  • Environmental culture
  • Waste management
  • Biodiversity and conservation
  • School gardens
  • Animal welfare
  • Climate change
Key details
Who it is for
Open to everyone
Duration
1 to 3 days
Group size
Minimum 8 and maximum 15 participants
Includes
Park entry, training, certificate, refreshments and lunch
Request information
05 Mindful Eating

An experience to reconnect with where food comes from and understand the relationship between production, consumption, nutrition and sustainability.

AimTo promote healthy, sustainable eating habits based on knowing where food comes from, how it is grown and how it is processed.

What you'll learn
  • Food self-management
  • Basic nutrition
  • Clean production
  • Responsible consumption
  • The environmental impact of what we eat
Key details
Who it is for
Open to everyone
Duration
1 to 3 days
Group size
Minimum 8 and maximum 15 participants
Includes
Park entry, training, certificate, refreshments and lunch
Request information
06 From Garden to Table

An experience that links growing, processing and eating food, to understand the whole agri-food chain in practice.

AimTo bring together the growing, processing and consumption of food, deepening the understanding of its economic, social and environmental impact.

What you'll learn
  • Crop planning
  • Harvest and post-harvest
  • Basic processing
  • Costing and selling
  • Healthy cooking with local produce
  • Circular economy
Key details
Who it is for
Open to everyone
Duration
1 to 3 days
Group size
Minimum 8 and maximum 15 participants
Includes
Park entry, training, certificate, refreshments and lunch
Request information

Human Well-being

07 Conflict Resolution Tools for the Workplace

An experience aimed at building the social and emotional skills to handle conflict at work and foster relationships based on communication, respect and collaboration.

AimTo strengthen the social and emotional skills to handle conflict well and contribute to healthy workplaces.

What you'll learn
  • Types of workplace conflict
  • Assertive communication
  • Active listening and empathy
  • Mediation and negotiation techniques
  • Teamwork and collaborative leadership
  • Positive organisational culture
Key details
Who it is for
Open to everyone
Duration
1 to 3 days
Group size
Minimum 8 and maximum 15 participants
Includes
Park entry, training, certificate, refreshments and lunch
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08 Why Boundaries Matter for Good Mental Health

An experience aimed at recognising why healthy boundaries matter at home and at work, encouraging emotional balance and more conscious relationships.

AimTo develop tools for setting healthy boundaries, preventing burnout and supporting steady, sustainable mental health.

What you'll learn
  • Personal boundaries
  • Self-knowledge and self-esteem
  • Managing time and priorities
  • Preventing burnout
  • Communicating boundaries assertively
  • Healthy relationships at work
Key details
Who it is for
Open to everyone
Duration
1 to 3 days
Group size
Minimum 8 and maximum 15 participants
Includes
Park entry, training, certificate, refreshments and lunch
Request information
09 Whole-Person Wellbeing: Mind, Body and Surroundings

An experience that invites you to understand wellbeing as a whole, linking mental, physical and environmental health with everyday habits and surroundings.

AimTo promote a whole-person view of wellbeing as the basis for a balanced, productive life, strengthening the connection with nature and healthy habits.

What you'll learn
  • What whole-person wellbeing means
  • Managing stress
  • Healthy habits
  • Mindful physical activity
  • Food and energy
  • Connecting with the countryside
  • Work–life balance
Key details
Who it is for
Open to everyone
Duration
1 to 3 days
Group size
Minimum 8 and maximum 15 participants
Includes
Park entry, training, certificate, refreshments and lunch
Request information
10 Nature as a Therapeutic Resource

An immersive experience that uses contact with nature as a tool to support emotional regulation, reduce stress and strengthen psychological wellbeing.

AimTo offer experiences of connection with nature that foster awareness, calm and inner reconnection.

What you'll learn
  • The psychological benefits of contact with nature
  • Mindfulness in natural settings
  • Mindful walks and experiential exercises
  • Animals and nature as emotional facilitators
  • Spaces for reflection and reconnection
Key details
Who it is for
Open to everyone
Duration
1 to 3 days
Group size
Minimum 8 and maximum 15 participants
Includes
Park entry, training, certificate, refreshments and lunch
Request information

BEING Training · Human skills

11 Sowing My Life Plan

An immersive experience that combines farm activities, contact with nature and symbolic exercises to reflect on personal dreams, abilities, values and purpose.

AimTo create a space to recognise one's own abilities and design an authentic, sustainable life plan.

What you'll experience
  • Self-knowledge and personal roots
  • Dreams and a vision of the future
  • Recognising abilities and resources
  • Planning and responsibility
  • Resilience and sustainability
  • Connecting with nature and community
Key details
Who it is for
Open to everyone
Duration
1 day
Group size
Minimum 15 participants
Includes
Park entry, training, certificate, refreshments and lunch
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12 Discovering My Inner Strength

An experience designed to recognise personal worth, talents and individual abilities, building self-esteem, confidence and a sense of direction.

AimTo create an experiential space to connect with who you are, recognise your own abilities and build self-confidence.

What you'll learn
  • Self-knowledge and self-worth
  • Self-confidence
  • The diversity of abilities
  • Individual resilience
  • Personal direction
Key details
Who it is for
Open to everyone
Duration
1 day
Group size
Minimum 15 participants
Includes
Park entry, training, certificate, refreshments and lunch
Request information
13 The Other Side of Conflict

An experience to recognise different ways of facing conflict and to build tools that turn it into an opportunity for individual and collective growth.

AimTo strengthen the ability to understand conflict, manage the emotions that come with it and use communication and mediation strategies.

What you'll learn
  • Recognising conflict
  • Conflict and emotions
  • Assertive, effective communication
  • Mediation and negotiation strategies
  • Everyday peacebuilding
Key details
Who it is for
Open to everyone
Duration
1 day
Group size
Minimum 15 participants
Includes
Park entry, training, certificate, refreshments and lunch
Request information
14 Emotional Intelligence

An immersive experience to recognise, understand and manage emotions, building empathy, communication and resilience through a connection with nature.

AimTo foster the emotional skills that support individual and collective wellbeing.

What you'll learn
  • Emotional self-awareness
  • Self-regulation
  • Empathy and connection
  • Emotional communication
  • Emotional resilience
  • Nature as an emotional mirror
Key details
Who it is for
Open to everyone
Duration
1 to 2 days
Group size
Minimum 8 and maximum 15 participants
Includes
Park entry, training, certificate, refreshments and lunch
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15 Life in Community

An experience that draws on the behaviour of farm animals and the natural setting to strengthen cooperation, trust, respect and a sense of community.

AimTo create experiences that strengthen bonds, cooperation and mutual care as the essentials of living together.

What you'll learn
  • The values of living together
  • Teamwork and cooperation
  • Trust and mutual care
  • Peaceful conflict resolution
  • Cooperative association and natural settings
  • A differentiated approach
Key details
Who it is for
Open to everyone
Duration
1 day
Group size
Minimum 15 participants
Includes
Park entry, training, certificate, refreshments and lunch
Request information
Available formats

Choose the format that suits your team or community

Diplomas

Programmes of 240 to 280 hours with immersion in real learning settings.

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