Project ERASMUS+ "Ag-Lab"

European Union Erasmus+ Project, Higher Education Capacity Building, ‘Improving Laboratory Skills among Specialists in the Agri-Food Sector in Eastern Europe’
586383-EPP-1-2017-1-SI-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP
Acronym (short name of the project): Ag-Lab
Project start date: 15 October 2017
Project end date: 14 May 2022
Project coordinators from the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine – Prof. Andrii Hetia, Assoc. Prof. Serhii Hryshchenko
Project objective: To improve the quality of agri-food products in countries that have become associate members of the European Union by improving the training of specialists.
Project tasks:

To create specialised master's programmes in laboratory practice for specialists in the agri-food sector;

To create specialised courses for postgraduate training of laboratory staff;

To update the training provided by laboratories;

To develop new practices for cooperation between laboratories and universities on the basis of mutual benefit. 

Project objectives:

Develop specialisation standards for ‘Laboratory Practice’ for master's degrees 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 study plans: existing programmes supplemented with new subjects defined in accordance with the recommendations;

Prepare groups of trainers from university lecturers and laboratory specialists;

Develop courses for postgraduate training of employees of laboratories in the agri-food sector;

Use tools for ongoing cooperation between universities and existing labs: get lab experts involved in the learning process, organise practical courses by labs with visits to their departments and companies, and create an international platform for ongoing info sharing between lab experts and higher education teachers.

Project consortium:

University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) – coordinator

Lyon Veterinary School (France)

University of Life Sciences in Wrocław (Poland)

University of Teramo (Italy)

ISLE (International Association for Innovation, Learning and Promotion of Sustainable Development in Europe and Worldwide)

Ukraine:

National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine;

Agroosvita Scientific and Methodological Centre;

State Institute of Laboratory Diagnostics and Veterinary and Sanitary Expertise;

State Centre for Certification and Expertise of Agricultural Products;

Sumy National Agrarian University;

Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University;

Odessa National Academy of Food Technologies;

Lviv National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology named after Gzhytsky

Georgia:

Georgian National Agricultural Laboratory

Tbilisi State University

Caucasus International University

Moldova:

National Diagnostic Centre

Comrat State University

State Agrarian University of Moldova (Chisinau)

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