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ИНТЕРНЕТ-БАЗИРАНА СРЕДА ЗА ОБРАЗОВАНИЕ И УПРАВЛЕНИЕ НА ЗНАНИЯТА - ЗП /земеделско производство/ - Версия на български език
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INTERNET-BASED KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT ECO JOB-AP
Dear Beneficiaries,
During process of creation of Internet-based environment for education and knowledge management of EcoProfession-AP (agricultural production), the authors aimed to provide a system that will offer benefits for you in the following way:
1.Improving your education through providing information about Common Agricultural Policy of the EU, and modern agricultural systems.
2.Providing opportunities to manage your newly acquired knowledge to receive professional qualification - EcoProfession-AP (EcoFarmer and EcoExpert-AP).
3.Studying Model-farms and motivating entrepreneurs to undertake organic (biological) agriculture production.
If you wish, through EKME – EcoJob-AP*, you can connect with the project web-site at: http://www.ecojob-ap.org and introduce yourself to additional materials (manuals, brochures, etc.) that have been developed in collaboration with project partners:
- Higher School "Agricultural college", Bulgaria
- Bulgarian Farmers Association
- Hobro-Aalborg Farmers Union, Denmark
- University of Thessaly, Greece
- ComuNET Education Solution, Spain
- University of Padova, Italy
- Stichting IFSAT, the Netherlands
- The Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra
- UltimoConsulting, United Kingdom
We also offer opportunity to assess your knowledge, and assess your motivation for organic (biological) production through the use of “ICT” System for Testing and Assessment, at http://ekme.ecojob-ap.org/questionary/
The authors wish you a successful use of EKME-EcoJob-AP and realisation of benefits gained from it.
- Part one: Introduction
Internet-environment for Management of Education and Knowledge (EKME) is a tool for motivating entrepreneurship in organic agriculture for receiving Qualifications “EcoProfession in agriculture: Ecofarmer and Еcoexpert -AP”
What is EKME – EcoJob-AP?
1. Internet-based environment
for
2. Management of knowledge for acquiring professional competences in qualification EcoJob – AP
in
3. Transnational eco-farming qualification framework
Who are potential USERS (“U”) of EKME-EcoJob-AP?
- Agricultural sector: farmers, managers, specialists, administrators in governmental and non-governmental institutions, extension services, cеrtification bodies, farmers’ unions, associations, foundations, firms, etc.
- Education sector: students, teachers and lecturers in Colleges and Universities, professional schools, vocational training centres, researchers in scientific and research institutes, etc.
Why the USERS would benefit to EKME?
- To receive new knowledge regarding ecological (organic) agricultural production;
- To broaden their knowledge about EU agricultural policy; modern agricultural systems; establishing and managing organic farms; consulting for certification of organic agricultural units, etc.;
- To manage their knowledge in Internet-based environment, which makes easier the continuous vocational education;
- To acquire skills to use acquired knowledge for professional realisation of ‘Ecofarmers’ and ‘EcoExerts-AP’.
What are the aims of promoters of EKME-EcoJob-AP?
- To support the process of management of knowledge of ‘U’ for acquiring competences for realization of professional qualification EcoJob-AP;
- To assist U in acquiring educational levels:
- EcoFarmer– level “3” for farmers with opportunity to acquire level “4”, and
- EcoExpert-AP - “EcoExpert-AP” – level “4” for agricultural experts with opportunity to acquire level “5” in accordance with European Qualification Framework of Ecofarming.
- To support transfer and transparency of application of professional qualification framework Ecofarming in different countries and educational systems in agrarian sector.
- EKME-EcoJob-AP provides opportunities to be used as a model of use in other sectors when acquiring professional qualifications.
- Part two: Information
Units:
1. Qualification Framework
2. European educational environment – levels in the European Qualification Framework (EQF)
3. Common Agricultural Policy of EU
4. Modern agricultural systems
- Part three: Model farms for ecological agricultural production
- Model Farm I – Biological crop production
- Model Farm II – Biological mixed (crop-livestock) production
- Model Farm ІІІ - Integrated fruit production
- Part four: Additional materials for education in European Standards for professional qualification EcoJob-AP developed by the project team
- On-line distance learning course to acquire professional qualification in EcoJob-AP
For more information about conditions and methods for on-line course completion: Assoc. Prof. dr Mariana Ivanova, tel. +35932 960 356, fax: +35932 960 406, vuzkmariana@gmail.com
- EcoJob Pilot on-line Course - Analysis and Evaluation Results
- Handbook to acquire key competences for the professional qualification ‘EcoJob-AP’ on European standards - Handbook BG, Handbook SK, Handbook IT, Handbook GR, Handbook SP
- Transnational Qualification Framework – EcoFarming
- Europass Portfolio
- Appendixs - Europass certificate supplement, Guidelines for filling in the Europass certificate supplement, Eco–Job Business Skills Assessment, Assessing Performance, Development Planning, Key Tasks - Skills, European Qualifications Framework (EQF), Documents for recognition of professional qualification EcoJob-AP
- Business skills self-assessment in EcoJob-AP (Agricultural Production)
- Status of professional qualifications EcoFarmer and Eco-expert-AP in partner countries
- Internal/regional partner network
- Organic agriculture in European countries
- Other materials
- Part Five: Innovative ICT System for Testing and Assessment
Notes:
1.The term “Biological agriculture” adopted in Bulgaria, you may find in the text as “organic agriculture” or “ecological agriculture”, because we accept that the terms have similar meaning.
2.EcoJob-AP is the English abbreviation of the term Eco-Profession – Agricultural Production.
3.ЕКМЕ – it is the English abbreviation of “Education and Knowledge Management Environment”.
4.Internet-addresses for obtaining information materials and documents, and shown as links, are active at 24.11.2008 and upon changes after this date the authors cannot be hold responsible for the links workability.
