Education in rural entrepreneurship through producing and valorising of medicinal and aromatic plants Erasmus Project

Project Title

Education in rural entrepreneurship through producing and valorising of medicinal and aromatic plants

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education; Rural development and urbanisation

Project Summary

The Strategic Partnership for implementing the project “Education in rural entrepreneurship through producing and valorising medicinal and aromatic plants” has brought together the private sector represented by the social enterprise Eco Herbal Romania, as coordinator, NGOs by the Association of Consultants and Experts on Social Economy Romania (ACE-ES RO), researchers from The Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research Germany (GA) and public education institution as Latvijas Lauksaimniecības Universitāte/ Latvia University of Agriculture (LLU). This consortium was the greatest mix of knowledge, background and experience in the project area, also in implementing international Strategic Partnerships through Erasmus+ Programme.
In almost two years of its working time, the project managed to complete all the tasks and Intellectual Outputs the partner consortium agreed on in the early stage of application and submission.
This Erasmus+ project was set up to provide innovative training materials in rural entrepreneurship through producing and processing of medicinal and aromatic plants. This project has provided innovative training materials as 2 Intellectual Outputs: one manual and one curriculum for rural entrepreneurship through producing and valorising of herbs that are endangered or available only from spontaneous flora. Both Intellectual Outputs registered great success and they have been highly appreciated among academic area.
This Intellectual Outputs are used in present and will be used for long term in future as great materials for adult education in 4 public educational institutions from Romania, Latvia, Poland and Sweden. The Manual have been awarded with the third place in the category “Best teaching material” in the LLU’s annual contest regarding best books and teaching materials developed by LLU academic staff.
Our Intellectual Outputs have been disseminated through 3 multiplier events, organized in all 3 countries of which consortium partners belong: Romania, Latvia and Germany. These multiplier events have summed up 268 participants, from which 169 were local and 99 foreign participants.
The activities were accompanied by five transnational project meetings where the expertise and ideas were exchanged, the observation of work plan and time schedule monitored as well as the next tasks and responsibilities agreed.
The Intellectual Outputs have been disseminated to 634 beneficiaries through direct interaction through theoretical and practical training, multiplier and other events and to 2273 contacts, scientists, practitioners, adult educators and other people interested in the subject through indirect interaction.
Furthermore, the partnership has achieved a real success with its transversal tasks of Evaluation and the Dissemination of results. Various useful management tools were applied in order to constantly monitor the project progress as well as to evaluate its success, like Project Management Procedure, Quality Management Plan and Risk Management Procedure. Also, all partners have been implemented various dissemination activities in their countries in order to spread and publicize our project’s results.
This project and the partner cooperation, the transnational meetings and multiplier events have generated excellent learning opportunities, exchange of good practice and professional experience, including exchanges and trade partnerships between different private entities from different European countries.
The Final Report at hand documents all the project´s activities and results as well as evaluates its success. This project has fulfilled the Erasmus+ Programme objectives and is still contributing to the implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy for growth, jobs, social equity and inclusion. The project is related to Erasmus+ both horizontal and specific priorities, aims to reach large scale of people, to improve competitiveness and to bring added value at EU/international level.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 134198 Eur

Project Coordinator

S.C. ECO HERBAL I.S. S.R.L. & Country: RO

Project Partners

• Asociatia Consultantilor si Expertilor in Economie Sociala Romania
• Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research
• LATVIJAS LAUKSAIMNIECIBAS UNIVERSITATE