ERASMUS+ project "Ag-Lab"

    European Union Erasmus+ Higher Education Capacity Building Project "Improving laboratory practice skills of agri-food sector professionals in Eastern Europe" 586383-EPP-1-2017-1-SI-EPPKA2-CBHE- JP

     Acronym (short name of the project): Ag-Lab

     Project start date: 15.10.2017

     Project end date: 14.05.2022

     Project coordinators from NUBiP of Ukraine - Prof. Andrii Getya, Associate Professor Serhii Hryshchenko

    Project objective: To improve the quality of agri-food products in the countries that have become associate members of the European Union by improving the training of specialists.

     Project tasks:

• Creation of specialized master's programs in laboratory practice for specialists in the agri-food sector;
• Creation of specialized courses for postgraduate training of laboratory workers;
• Updating the training provided by the laboratories;
• Developing new practices of cooperation between laboratories and universities based on mutual benefit.
• Project objectives:
• To develop standards for the specialization "Laboratory Practice" for masters in veterinary medicine, agronomy, animal production and processing technology, and food technology, developed in cooperation between universities and laboratories on the basis of mutual benefit;
• Develop curricula and syllabi: existing programs are supplemented with new subjects identified in accordance with the recommendations;
• Prepare groups of trainers from university professors and laboratory specialists;
• Develop courses for postgraduate training of agri-food laboratories;
• To use tools for sustainable cooperation between universities and existing laboratories: inclusion of laboratory specialists in the educational process, organization of practical courses by laboratories with visits to their units and enterprises, creation of an international platform for the constant exchange of information between laboratory specialists and university professors.

     Project consortium:

• National University of Ljubljana National University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) - Coordinator
• Veterinary School of Lyon (France)
• University of Life Sciences, Wroclaw (Poland)
• University of Teramo Teramo (Italy)
• ISLE (International Association for Innovation, Learning and Promotion of Sustainable Development in Europe and the World)
• Ukraine:
• National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine;
• Scientific and Methodological Center "Agroosvita";
• State Institute of Laboratory Diagnostics and Veterinary and Sanitary Expertise;
• State Center for Certification and Expertise of Agricultural Products;
• Sumy National Agrarian University;
• Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University;
• Odesa National Academy of Food Technologies;
• Lviv National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology named after Hzhytskyi

    Georgia:

• Georgian National Agricultural Laboratory
• Tbilisi State University
• Caucasian International University

     Moldova:

• National Diagnostic Center
• Comrat State University
• State Agrarian University of Moldova (Chisinau)

      Project website: htp://ag-lab.org/en