PROJECT PARTNERS

Fachhochschule Wiener Neustadt frWirtschaft und Technik Ges.m.b.H. Campus Wieselburg http://www.wieselburg.fhwn.ac.at/ AUSTRIA Higher School "AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE" http://www.agricollege.com/ BULGARIA iv venkov o.s. www.greenmarketing.cz CZECH REPUBLIC Biotehniki center Naklo http://www.bc-naklo.si/ SLOVENIA INTEGRA Institut za razvoj cloveskih virov www.eu-integra.eu SLOVENIA Ultimo Consulting and Training http://www.ultimoruralconsulting.co.uk/ NORTHERN IRELAND WIN - Wissenschaftsinitiative Niederoesterreich www.wissenschaftsinitiative.at AUSTRIA

CONTACT
KTP Association for Quali cation at the Labour Market www.ktp-quali cation.eu beata.hola@ktp-quali cation.eu

Project coordinator

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 requirements. 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 organisations in the respective countries.

e-ECOFARMING

EQF E-learning Courses for Eco-Farming

Project number: CZ/09/LLP-LdV/TOI/134006

This 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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e-Ecofarming

BACKGROUND
The highly successful Leonardo da Vinci pilot project EcoJob-AP - Training on European standards for ecological agricultural production has anticipated future development in organic farming 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 ecofarmers) 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 situations in these countries.

PROJECT OUTCOMES 1. Two on-line distance learning courses to

acquire professional quali cations and competences in ecological agriculture, for the EQF level 3 Eco-farmer containing the following modules: Modul 1 Organic Principles Modul 2 Organic Standards Modul 3 Marketing Organic Produce Modul 4 Legislation Modul 5 Soils Modul 6 Organic Crops Modul 7 Organic Animals and Fodder Crops

PROJECT OUTCOMES

and 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

Learning outcomes relevant to Level 3: Knowledge Skills

Knowledge of facts, principles, processes and general concepts, in a eld of work or study. A range of cognitive and practical skills required to accomplish tasks and solve problems by selecting and applying basic methods, tools, materials and information

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.

TARGET GROUP
Level 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.

2. Handbook to acquire key competences for

Accountability

Level 5 - Eco-expert

Take responsibility for completion of tasks in work or study. Adapt own behaviour to circumstances in solving problems

the professional quali cations eco-farmer and eco-expert on European standards

Teachers 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.

3. Business skills self-assessment 4. Documents for recognition of these professional quali cations (Europass portfolios)