•28.02.2012 EDUFOOD Project institutional organisation Gunnhild Oftedal, HiST HERD Programme in Higher Education, Research and Development in the Western Balkans under the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Programme 4: Programme 1: Programme 2: Programme 3: Development Maritime Agricultural Energy Studies Sector Sector Sector •1
•28.02.2012 HERD – EDUFOOD The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs HERD Agriculture Board HiST UNTZ UNNS HiST Project leader: Nils V. Juul Steering Committee •2
•28.02.2012 Development of education and transfer of knowledge in the area of food technology - EDUFOOD – by Nils V. Juul Balkan partners: • University of Tuzla, Faculty of Technology (main Balkan partner) • University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technology Lead institution in Norway: • Sør-Trøndelag University College, Faculty of Technology • Project period 2011 -14; - HERD funding 3,155 mill. NOK (ca. EUR 400 000) EDUFOOD; main goal - - is to build capacity and competence of Western Balkan Universities to be resources for local producers and processors of fruit and wild berry through university – enterprise cooperation in education and development and by providing continuing education •3
•28.02.2012 EDUFOOD sub-goals • Map challenges and potentials of improvements in production technology and hygiene of the cooperating fruit and wild berry producers and processors • Establish learning forms for campus students that will ensure education that is relevant for employment in industry. This will include practical placement and projects for and in co-operation with local enterprises • Map the needs for and establish continuing education, courses and workshops for enterprises and possibly authorities in the sector • Establish Centre for Knowledge Transfer in Tuzla • Establishing systems of cases from innovation- /development projects as projects for campus students as well as for students of continuing education Triple helix activities to provide BiH operation plan for agriculture and food processing • Through the university – enterprise (-authority)- cooperation they will - – educate candidates that will be better prepared for positions in the industry and public sector – be able to offer applied research and campus student projects for and together with enterprises – offer continued education and seminaries for employees in industry and public sector – partly different and complementary advantages in knowledge and lab facilities UNTZ/UNNS • The concept and methodology for university–enterprise cooperation will be similar for – and thus transferrable for other types of food production and processing • HiST staff will combine their expertise with the experience and expertise of their West Balkan colleagues •4
•28.02.2012 Cooperation partners outside University in BIH • Four types of non-university organizations – firms dealing in primary agricultural production – firms dealing in food processing and production of drug – NGO (non- government) institutions – government institutions • Companies in primary agricultural production and food processing companies participate will make available technological equipment and organizational resources • Government institutions will make available their organizational resources EDUFOOD exchange • Exchange of staff from Balkan and Norway – discussion and education on instruments and equipment – triple helix activities – building of internal communication and relations – opportunity for meetings • Exchange of students from Balkan – instrument exercises – practical experiments of student thesis – Student thesis collaboration with Norwegian students? •5
•28.02.2012 EDUFOOD overall activities • Workshops – one at each locations (UNTZ, UNNS, HiST) – inviting members of collaborating projects • Videoconferences – shorter and more focused meetings – prepare for using video later for distance learning • Project web site • Dissemination of experience and results – Workshops, seminars, Tuzla Summer University, articles for relevant country journals A project website will in a couple of weeks be active •6
•28.02.2012 EDUFOOD Kickoff-meeting • Presentation of project goals and plans • The very beginning of the three year project work • Making relationships • Creative workshop on project goals and subgoals – I look forward to listen to your ideas on how we may collaborate in the very best way to make success according to the goals of our project work • Specifying areas and ways of collaboration between - – industry and universities – the tree university partners •7
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