Harmonization and Innovation in PhD Study Programs for Plant Health in Sustainable Agriculture Erasmus Project

Project Title

Harmonization and Innovation in PhD Study Programs for Plant Health in Sustainable 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 : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

The need for highly educated professionals with deep understanding in plant health for sustainable agriculture is high at both, program and partner countries. This project has the ambition of harmonizing and modernizing doctoral education in this field and to create a network of researchers that is capable to respond to current challenges in plant health. The specific objectives are: to harmonize, improve and modernize the doctoral study programs in plant health among partner universities in order to increase the competences and skills of PhD candidates to respond to the global plant health issues; to develop a draft of curriculum of International Joint PhD study program in Plant Health; and to foster regional integration in the field of plant health research and education among WBC and between WBC and EU countries. The unique platform for PhD education in plant health issues will be set up among partners. PIs will adapt the best practices related to management and conducting PhD study programs. Scientific content and learning outcomes of different courses will be improved and harmonized. Teachers will be trained in new educational methods and for mentoring of PhD students. Creation of scientific network among scientists, mobility periods and exchange of students and staff, together with establishment of diagnostic and training hubs in PIs will improve human capacities of the candidate countries to adapt EU policy in plant health to develop and to introduce the new non-pesticide methods in agricultural practice and to conduct and/or participate in research in the field of plant health at international level. Proposed activities will allow for the international recognition of the proposed courses and will enable education of young scientists in plant health ready to cooperate and participate in scientific research at regional and international level. The draft of the curriculum will be created and ready to be submitted to accreditation.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 967614 Eur

Project Coordinator

SVEUCILISTE U ZAGREBU AGRONOMSKI FAKULTET & Country: HR

Project Partners

• GEOPONIKO PANEPISTIMION ATHINON
• UNIVERZITET U NOVOM SADU
• UNIVERSITETI BUJQESOR I TIRANES
• UNIVERSITETI FAN S NOLI KORCE
• SVEUCILISTE JOSIPA JURJA STROSSMAYERA U OSIJEKU, FAKULTET AGROBIOTEHNICKIH ZNANOSTI OSIJEK
• JAVNA USTANOVA UNIVERZITET CRNE GORE PODGORICA
• UNIVERZITET U BEOGRADU