Joint Staff training in Plovdiv, May 8-12, 2019
Between 8th and 12th of May University of Agribusiness and Rural Development in Plovdiv will host joint staff training under the ViVET project - an electronic platform for education in the field of vocational training. The platform is aimed at users who want to increase their qualification and their career opportunities through training and courses entirely in an interactive environment backed by rich video material.
A major milestone in the partner meeting in Plovdiv is the final press conference where the results of the project will be presented and will be widely sought among the interested parties.
ViVET at the moment
ViVET platform offers 19 trainings, including 217 courses and 10073 videos to support their practical application. The main areas of the developed content are agriculture, business, environmental protection, health and healthcare, IT and software, media, politics, tourism and interdisciplinary science, but the platform is open to teachers who would like to develop new courses according to their competences. One of the unique features of the platform is that each course can be automatically translated into ten languages.
Vocational Education and Training in Environmental Protection
The training development in Environmental Protection is a subject of the project Intellectual Output (IO7) on which the University of Agribusiness and Rural Development (UARD) is the leading organization. According to the purpose of this IO, the UARD team works on the tasks related to choose, check and inset training materials, establish themed sites and learning units. The units are developed in regards to the specific needs of refugees with examples that fit their experience – their level of knowledge, their level of language, their personal experience and interest. The intention is that UARD will give access to an existing virtual platform that has been created in connection with the National project “Development of electronic forms of distance learning in the University of Agribusiness and rural development”. There are teaching materials on the subject from other national and international projects that have already been elaborated and can be utilized to create the learning material.
Why should I enroll in the training on "Environmental protection?
The purpose of the VET in Environmental"Protection is to raise young people’s awareness that the environmental neglect will lead to scarcity of resources and general deterioration of their quality of life. Integration of environmental topics into VET is with growing importance. Since the knowledge concerning the environment is with international importance, the development of modules covering environmental issues is with big significance. In the field of water protection, recycling and energy efficiency new skills are needed. Besides, the occupations with environmental focus are gradually recognized by the business organizations. Most of the topics are directly related to business and economic activity, such as reduction of pollution, waste management, energy management and the development of a sustainable agriculture. Other items on the list demand their deeper integration into the educational system, such as better environmental management, information systems and the improvement of environmental awareness.
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