Improving skills in laboratory practice for agro-food specialists in eastern Europe Erasmus Project

Project Title

Improving skills in laboratory practice for agro-food specialists in eastern Europe

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 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

The project is foreseen for 36 months. Its activities are aimed to creation of specialized courses dedicated to laboratory practice for specialists of agro-food sector. Four specialized courses will be created at faculties: veterinary medicine, agronomy, animal husbandry and food technologies. One transversal course will be developed as well. The courses will be also developed for the post-diploma training.Project activities iclude: Consultations, round tables for definition of needed competences.; Elaboration of references for specialization “laboratory practice” in collaboration between HEIs and laboratories.; Elaboration of curricular and training plans: Elaboration of special courses for post-diploma courses; Students mobility among partner and programme institution. For this teachers teams will be created. Universities teachers and laboratory specialists will be members of these teams; their training will be done through six training sessions in EU and in partner countries; Pilot courses will be launched; At every faculty the group specialized on laboratory practice will be create -Creation of pedagogic support: guides, manuals, films, e-learning. The MOODLE platform for distance learning will be used for launching distances courses. The organizational innovation hub Lab TECH for coordination of innovative academic and post-diploma training will be created. The tools for collaborative teaching between universities and laboratories will be implemented.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 962007 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI & Country: SI

Project Partners

• IVANE JAVAKHISHVILI TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY
• INSTITUT D ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR ET DE RECHERCHE EN ALIMENTATION SANTE ANIMALE SCIENCES AGRONOMIQUES ETDE L ENVIRONNEMENT VETAGRO SUP
• NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LIFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES OF UKRAINE
• ODESSA NATIONAL ACADEMY OF FOOD TECHNOLOGIES
• UNIVERSITATEA AGRARA DE STAT DIN MOLDOVA
• LABORATORY OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
• INSTITUTIA INVATAMINT UNIVERSITATEADE STAT DIN COMRAT