Objectives

The WIDER SCOPE of our project may be defined as strengthening the capacities of the partner institutions to provide state-of-the-art education and training in new emerging topics in horticulture to master students, answering to the actual needs of the labor market.

The general objective of Hort4EUGreen project is to train staff and students of partners organizations in four topics relevant to Europe Green Deal, such as their knowledge and practical skills in using modern (crop) technologies increase enough to respond well to the real context on the labor market.

The specific objectives of our project are:

  • Enhancing the skills and competences of teaching and non-teaching staff of the partner institutions to use new methods and protocols in the fields of analysis of food and agricultural products by participation in three training programs and four staff mobilities.
  • Enhancing the skills and competences of the master students of the partner institutions to use new methods and protocols in the fields of analysis of food and agricultural products by participation in three training programs and two mobilities.
  • Transform the master students and staff of higher education in true factors of change for the sustainability concept, by delivering three educational materials and one digital tool to be implemented in all participating institutions.
  • Implementing a trans-disciplinary approach and innovative pedagogy in three Horticulture master courses by introducing a research-based learning module. This module that supports the acquisition of transferable, forward-looking skills, in the field of Horticulture will be realized through three innovative intellectual outputs to be used by staff of higher education acting in organic production and biodiversity fields.

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