EQF E-learning Courses for Eco-Farming

Eee-Ecofarming

e-ECOFARMING

PROJECT PARTNERS

Project coordinatorKTP Association for Quali�cation

at the Labour Marketwww.ktp-quali�cation.eu

beata.hola@ktp-quali�cation.eu

www.e-ecofarming.eu

The adaptations and especially the country speci�c, linguistic and cultural adaptations are

being performed in Slovenia, in the Czech Republic and in Austria in tandem teams of VET institutions in combination with three didactic and pedagogic

expert partners. The three VET providers are all working in the �eld of vocational quali�cation, and know therefore the didactic situation and require-ments. The expert organisations will bring in their

dicdactic and pedagogical know-how and their networking competences with key actors of

agricultural education and e-learning organisa-tions in the respective countries.

Fachhochschule Wiener Neustadt fürWirtschaft und Technik Ges.m.b.H.

Campus Wieselburghttp://www.wieselburg.fhwn.ac.at/

AUSTRIA

Higher School "AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE"http://www.agricollege.com/

BULGARIA

Živý venkov o.s.www.greenmarketing.cz

CZECH REPUBLIC

Biotehniški center Naklohttp://www.bc-naklo.si/

SLOVENIA

INTEGRA Institut za razvoj cloveskih virovwww.eu-integra.eu

SLOVENIA

Ultimo Consulting and Traininghttp://www.ultimoruralconsulting.co.uk/

NORTHERN IRELAND

WIN - Wissenschaftsinitiative Niederoesterreich

www.wissenschaftsinitiative.atAUSTRIA

Project number: CZ/09/LLP-LdV/TOI/134006This project has been funded with support from the European

Commission.This publication re�ects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

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The highly successful Leonardo da Vinci pilot project “EcoJob-AP - Training on European standards for ecological agricultural produc-tion” has anticipated this development in 2006 and created an e-based Learning management environment for acquiring knowledge and skills for ecological agrarian production (organic farming). It developed modules for level 3 (for eco-farmers) and for level 5 (for eco-experts) according to the requirements of the EQF. The project ended in 2008.

The speci�c objectives of this proposal are to transfer the results of the EcoJob-AP project into three European languages where this standardized training concept hitherto does not exist: to the Czech Republic, to Austria and to Slovenia, and to produce these versions with linguistic and socio-economic adaptations that refer to the speci�c situa-tions in these countries.

BACKGROUNDTwo on-line distance learning courses to acquire professional quali�cations and com-petences in ecological agriculture, for the EQF level 3 Eco-farmer containing the following modules:

Modul 1 – Organic PrinciplesModul 2 – Organic StandardsModul 3 – Marketing Organic ProduceModul 4 – LegislationModul 5 – SoilsModul 6 – Organic CropsModul 7 – Organic Animals and Fodder Crops

Learning outcomes relevant to Level 3:

Knowledge Knowledge of facts, principles, processes and general concepts, in a �eld of work or study.Skills A range of cognitive and practical skills required to accomplish tasks and solve problems by selecting and applying basic methods, tools, materials and informationAccountability Take responsibility for completion of tasks in work or study. Adapt own behaviour to circumstances in solving problems

PROJECT OUTCOMES PROJECT OUTCOMESand the on-line distance learning course for the EQF level 5 Eco-expert

Learning outcomes relevant to Level 5:Knowledge Comprehensive, specialised, factual and theoretical knowledge within a �eld of work or study and an awareness of the boundaries of that knowledge. Skills A comprehensive range of cognitive and practical skills required to develop creative solutions to abstract problems.Accountability Exercise management and supervision in contexts of work or study activities where there is unpredictable change. Review and develop performance of self and others.

Handbook to acquire key competences for the professional quali�cations “eco-farmer” and “eco-expert” on European standards

Business skills self-assessment

Documents for recognition of these profes-sional quali�cations (Europass portfolios)

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TARGET GROUPLevel 3 - Eco-farmer Teachers and trainers in agricultural education institutions, educational policy makers. Persons who want to change their farming and production processes to organic agriculture.

Level 5 - Eco-expertTeachers and trainers in agricultural education institutions, educational policy makers. Persons who want to change their farming and production processes to organic agriculture. Persons who want to work in this �eld as consultants.