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
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
