Feeding the World through ECVET in Agriculture Erasmus Project

Project Title

Feeding the World through ECVET in Agriculture

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 vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Agriculture, forestry and fisheries; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; Recognition, transparency, certification

Project Summary

context/background of project;
The worlds population is growing and resources are getting more and more scarce. To feed the growing population, the food production must be enhanced worldwide. Technologies must become more efficient, effective and sustainable. Therefore a smart and skilled labour force is needed, worldwide. Companies are struggling to find well educated and skilled workers in the food producing and processing sectors all over Europe.
Many European countries are seen as front runner in the agricultural sectors. From all over the world, delegations visit European countries to look at local production techniques and post-harvest techniques and activities. Not only the sector itself is seen as exemplary. The education sectors, or more specifically a functioning vocational education sector is seen as a key precondition to a successful agricultural sector. Many regions look at Europe for this system.
objectives of your project;
The project partners aim to enhance food production in Europe. Production methods, processing, transport, logistics and trade should become larger and more efficient. The partners reached these objectives by investing in distributing specialist knowledge and skills from the various partner countries all over Europe. Their key to do this is International Vocational Education in the field of Agriculture.
number and profile of participants;
The project ‘Feeding the World through ECVET in Agriculture’ brings together two ECVET networks in the field of Agriculture: AHENE and AgriECVET. Together with additional new educational partners, qualification, curriculum and learning material specialists, the network partners devoted themselves to the development of international learning modules in specialist fields of food production and related activities. These modules aim at various specialist knowledge and techniques from each partner country: National specialities. The modules were developed and offered to the vocational students of all partner institutions in an international carrousel.
description of activities;
– Teacher training in National specialities and didactics provided by Danish partner Bygholm;
– Development of innovate educational materials about specialist topics related to food production techniques in the participating countries; 12 new modules and a ECVet handbook have been provided
– Exchanged students; 91 students were involved in international courses
– Found improved methods for recognition of learning activities internationally in the home curricula.
methodology used in carrying out the project;
– The partners used the ECVET approach as the leading system in this project, but specify the methodologies used to the specific needs of the partners and their stakeholders (companies from the sector).
short description of the results and impact envisaged:
– 12 educational modules in the field of food production, processing, transport, logistics and trade;
– 1 manual for the recognition of international learning activities in the agricultural sector;
– 25 Teachers trained in the various partners specialities;
– 91 students trained in relevant international agricultural knowledge and skills.
the potential longer term benefits:
Vocational students of today form the labour force of tomorrow. Students will be trained well in the essential sector innovations. This will enable them to be frontrunners in the agricultural companies of the future that will be able to produce more food in a more efficient and sustainable way, taking away food shortages and weak links in the production and logistical chains worldwide. In this way, our students will be feeding the world in the years to come!

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 314321,7 Eur

Project Coordinator

Stichting Lentiz onderwijsgroep, samenwerkingsstichting voor BVE en VO in het Westland en de Nieuwe Waterweg Noord & Country: NL

Project Partners

• Myerscough College
• Vrij Agro- en Biotechnisch Instituut
• Olustvere School of Service and Rual and Economics
• Grans Naturbruksgymnasium/Norrbottens läns landsting
• Smiltenes tehnikums
• STICHTING AERES GROEP
• HBLA Ursprung