Co-funded by ERASMUS+ programme of the European Union

 

 

 

 

 

Co-funded by ERASMUS+ programme of the European Union

Capacity building of higher education

Project “Improving skills in laboratory practice for agro-food specialists in Eastern Europe” (Ag-Lab)

586383-EPP-1-2017-1-SI-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP

The web portal of the project : http://ag-lab.org

Acronym: Ag-Lab

Start date: 15.10.2017

Duration of the project: 36 months

End date: 14.10.2020

Aim of the project: Improving the quality of agro-food products in countries that have become associate members of the European Union through improved training of specialists.

Tasks of the project:

– Elaboration of specialized Master programmes dedicated to the laboratory practice for agro-food specialists;

– Elaboration of specialized courses for postgraduate training of laboratory staff;

– Updating of training carried out by laboratories;

– Developing of new collaborative practices between laboratories and universities on the basis of mutual benefit.

Objective of the project:

– To elaborate references for the specialization “laboratory practice” for Masters of specialties: veterinary medicine, agronomy, animal husbandry, food technology, developed in cooperation between universities and laboratories on the basis of mutual benefit;

– to elaborate curricula and training plan: existing curricula will be completed by new subjects, defined in accordance with the recommendations.

– to train the teams of teachers from every HEI and laboratory staff

– to elaborate courses for post diploma training of laboratory staff of agro-food sector;

– to Incorporate tools of sustainable collaboration between universities and acting laboratories: the inclusion of laboratory specialists in the educational process; the organization of practical courses by laboratories with visiting their units and enterprises; creation of an international platform for the constant exchange of information between laboratory specialists and university professors.

Consortium of the project:

• National University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) – coordinator

• Lyons Veterinary School (France)

• Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences

• University of Teramo

• ISLE  (Association for Innovation, Teaching and Promoting Sustainable Development in Life Sciences, Applied Sciences and Social Sciences in Europe and worldwide.)

Ukraine:

• Smc “Agroosvita”

• State Scientific and Research Institute of Laboratory Diagnostics and Veterinary and Sanitary Expertise

• State Centre of Agricultural Products Certification and Examination

• Sumy National Agrarian University

• Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University

• Odesa National Academy of Food Technology

• National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine

• Stepan Gzhytsky National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies, Lviv

Georgia: 

• Laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture

• Tbilisi State University

• Caucasus International University

Moldova:

• National Diagnostic Centre

• Comrat State University

• State Agrarian University of Moldova