EVECSA aims to build strong skills ecosystems through Communities of Practice (CoP), fostering stronger relations and more systematic cooperation among key stakeholders in the agricultural skills ecosystem. By ensuring that agro-VET providers are updated on and work with the newest trends in the sector, EVECSA will empower them to become central participants in Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS), ultimately meeting the evolving needs of the agricultural sector.
Project
EVECSA
European Vocational Excellence for Climate Smart Agriculture
Topics
Date of implementation
Till 1 March 2024
Funding Institution
Webpage
https://climatesmart4agri.eu/
Info & Contact
Margherita Rosi
Beneficiaries
- CoVE/PoVE stakeholders inside and outside the agricultural sector
- Organisations in agriculture (public-private)
- VET organisations and VET staff members
- VET students in agriculture
- Skilled farmers
- Da app: business employees, VET staff member, VET students, CoVE/PoVE stakeholders inside and outside the agricultural sector,governmental policies, and society in general.
Objectives
- Develop and offer innovative learning opportunities for Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA), attracting more learners and promoting cooperation among stakeholders for the green transition in Europe.
- Establish Centers of Professional Excellence (CoVE) in six countries to improve professional learning offerings farmers and farm employees, promoting sustainable agriculture through cooperation via a Platform of Professional Excellence (PoVE).
- Strengthen relationships and cooperation between key stakeholders in the agricultural skills ecosystem through Communities of Practice (CoPs), enabling agro-VET providers to meaningfully contribute to agricultural knowledge and innovation systems (AKIS).
- Enabling current and future employees of the European agricultural sector to take climate-friendly actions, in line with the European Green Deal commitment to promote a green transition in agriculture.
- Establish educational policies and practices to promote sustainable food production, employment opportunities and well-being for all stakeholders involved in agriculture, influencing climate-friendly agricultural education policies and practices at both national and transnational levels.
Actions
- Identify the needs and map the recourses within the agri-food skills ecosystem at regional and transnational level as a basis for tackling current and future challenges related to skills supply for a transition to CSA.
- Present an elaborated understanding of skills set required for future professions operating in a CSA sector.
- Provide 36 tested examples of learning activities for CSA (6 for each CoVE), of which 12 include digital elements in mode of delivery or in content (2 for each CoVE).
- Present 6 tested initiatives for sector-based recruitment of Initial and Continuing Vocational Education and Training (IVET/CVET) learners for CSA.
- Present 6 tested examples of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) (1 per CoVE) targeted knowledge transfer and skills development in relation to CSA.
- Offer 6 transnational knowledge transfer events for staff within enterprise partners and sector representative organizations, hosted by agro-VET partners (1 per CoVE).
- Establish European Vocational Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture, a community of practise providing a varied world class vocational learning offer on CSA.
Impact
- Support the green transition by switching to environmentally friendly agricultural practices and providing targeted education and training opportunities.
- Improve education and training by creating Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) learning programs and attract more participants and improve the quality of professional education.
- Promoting collaboration between multiple partners across Europe to promote the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices and support the agricultural workforce.
- Building skills ecosystems through communities of practice (CoPs), strengthen cooperation between agricultural sector stakeholders, enabling them to address sector challenges effectively.
Results
- Overview of needs, resources and competence profiles of relevance for European agro-VET platform for CSA;
- European Vocational Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture (EVACSA);
- 36 tested examples of learning activities 12 digitalized learning offers for CSA;
- 6 tested models for sector-based recruitment of IVET/CVET learners;
- Online platform.
Partners
- Bygholm – BYGHOLM LANDBRUGSSKOLE, Denmark – Coordinator
- Asmildkloster – ASMILDKLOSTER LANDBRUGSSKOLE, Denmark
- Green Academy – JORDBRUGETS UDDANNELSESCENTER ARHUS, Denmark
- Kalo Organic – VIDEN DJURS, Denmark
- FBCD AS, Denmark
- AU – AARHUS UNIVERSITET, Denmark
- EAMANRESA – Departament d’Acció Climàtica, Alimentació i Agenda Rural, Spain
- BOSCAT FUSTA SL, Spain
- UVic-UCC – FUNDACIO UNIVERSITARIA BALMES, Spain
- CESIE ETS, Italy
- LAND Impresa Sociale, Italy
- CORERAS – CONSORZIO REGIONALE PER LA RICERCA APPLICATA E LA SPERIMENTAZIONE, Italy
- Aeres – STICHTING AERES GROEP, Holland
- AFC – STICHTING AGROFOODCLUSTER, Holland
- KATAPULT – STICHTING PLATFORM TALENT VOORTECHNOLOGIE, Holland
- ProAgria – PROAGRIA KESKI-POHJANMAA RY, Finland
- KPEDU – KESKI-POHJANMAAN KOULUTUSYHTYMA, Finland
- SEDU – SEINAJOEN KOULUTUSKUNTAYHTYMA, Finland
- LUAS – LAPLAND UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES, Finland
- Pow.ZD. – POWIAT ZDUNSKOWOLSKI, Poland
- UPWr – UNIWERSYTET PRZYRODNICZY WE WROCLAWIU, Polamd
- Energia- ENERGIA OZ SP ZOO, Poland
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