Improving skills in laboratory practice for agrо-food specialists in eastern Europe (Ag-Lab)

Improving skills in laboratory practice for agrо-food specialists in eastern Europe (Ag-Lab)

586383-EPP-1-2017-1-SI-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP

Project acronym: AG-LAB

Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Priority – Capacity building in higher education

Project duration: 15.10.2017 – 14.10.2020

EU funding instrument: Capacity building in higher education (Erasmus+:КА2 CBHE)

Erasmus+ (CBHE) grant amount 962007,00 €

Target groups: university students, laboratory staff

Grant holder: University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Coordinator and General Manager: Dr. Klopčič Marija, FESTEU , Researcher of animal department (+386 01 241 85 00, marija.klopcic@bf.uni-lj.si)

Partnership:

University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Association for Innovation, Teaching and Promoting of Sustainable Development in Life Sciences and in Applied or Social Sciences in Europe and in the World, France
Institute for higher education and research in food, animal health, agronomic and environmental sciences (VetAgroSup), France
University of Teramo, Italy
Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Comrat State University, Moldova
Public Institution “Republican Veterinary Diagnostic Center”, Moldova
State Agrarian University of Moldova, Moldova
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia
Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Georgia
Caucasus International University, Georgia
The Scientific and methodological Centre “Agroosvita”, Ukraine
State Scientific Research Institute of Laboratory Diagnostics and Veterinary Expertise, Ukraine
SE “State Centre of Agricultural Products Certification and Examination”, Ukraine
Sumy National Agrarian University, Ukraine
Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University, Ukraine
Odessa National Academy of Food Technologies, Ukraine
National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine (NUBIP), Ukraine
Lviv National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies named after S.Z. Gzhytskyi, Ukraine

Project goals and objectives:

The elaborated courses correspond to labour market needs, as they will provide knowledge and skills which are required by the actual context. The knowledge of working staff will be updated and completed according to actual needs. The teachers will be trained to capable to provide this knowledge. The innovative tools for cooperation between education and industry will be created.

Specific project objectives are:

To create a specialized mater courses dedicated to the laboratory practice for the specialists of the agro-food sector (veterinary medicine, agronomy, animal husbandry, food technologies) ;

To create at the HEIs special courses for the post-diploma training of laboratory staff working in the agro-food sector;
To create new practices of collaboration between universities and laboratories on the base on mutual profitability.

Activities:

The project is foreseen for 36 months. It is aimed to creation of specialized 4 courses dedicated to laboratory practice in agro-food sector: veterinary medicine, agronomy, animal husbandry and food technologies. One transversal course will be developed. The proposed courses will be also developed for the post-diploma training.

Consultations, round tables for definition of needed competences
Elaboration of references for the specialization “laboratory practice” with collaboration between HEIs and laboratories on the base of mutual benefit as a core condition
Elaboration of curricular and training plans: existing curricula will be completed by new subjects. They will be elaborated during workshops preceded by preparation work described here above and will be followed by video-conferences for curricula harmonization.
Pedagogic teams will be created with universities teachers and laboratory specialists.
Creation of didactic support: guides, manuals, films, e-learning courses. The publications will be electronic.
First pilot courses will start since second year of project.
The students mobility will be realized in 3 ways

Expected results:

Elaborated training courses and obtained necessary competences for students and laboratory staff;
Trained teacher’s teams;
Pedagogical supports;
Created tools for cooperative teaching with the participation of universities and acting laboratories staff.

Project coordinator in Ukraine

The Scientific and methodological Centre “Agroosvita”;

www.agroosvita.com

tel.: +380 44 242 35 68,fax: +380 44 242 35 68

Responsible person: Olga Getya, chief of international relations department

Contacts: e-mail: o_getya@ukr.net