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The current European socio-economic situation and Agricultural Policy requires skilled individuals to work efficiently and ecologically in the various fields of agriculture. It is also well documented that there is no common (European) vocational education and training (VET) approach and certification, at a non-university level, for farmers who are or intending to start agricultural business.
www.agro-net.eu see also the agro-MAC VET key outcomes
Following the developments of the financial crisis leading to a social and societal crisis, there is an urgent need to restore confidence and references to citizens and consumers.
The vocational training Hermes-OSR project supported under the European program Leonardo da Vinci had anticipated this need. It aims at supporting the development of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) through a training and coaching offer to the Human Resources stakeholders in SMEs.
EUE-Net, the European University-Enterprise cooperation network, is an ERASMUS Thematic Network approaches the transversal theme of the university role in a knowledge-driven society.
The project aims to create a European network of universities and industrial partners in the field of education, research and services.
The e-Dairy Farm project was a 2 years European project accepted under the Leonardo da Vinci programme started on the 1st October 2006.
The full title of the project is:
"e-VET (Vocational Education & Training) for sustainable development of dairy farmers in multi-actor cooperation & terroir environment".
Initially supported by the European Programme Leonardo da Vinci, AFI-MAC offers a real pan European network of resources focused on start-up Incubators and Entrepreneurship.
- MAC stands for Multi Actors Cooperation and includes many types of stakeholders.
- AFI stands for Accompaniment and support For the creators of companies in Incubators.
AFI-MAC has been set up by a wider informal network of networks the MAC-Team aisbl (International NGO).
www.afi-mac.net or www.e-incubator.eu. See also the AFI-MAC key outcomes