EDUFOOD Project institutional organisation Gunnhild Oftedal, HiST - - PDF document

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EDUFOOD Project institutional

• rganisation

Gunnhild Oftedal, HiST

HERD

Programme in Higher Education, Research and Development in the Western Balkans

under the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Programme 1: Maritime Sector Programme 2: Agricultural Sector Programme 3: Energy Sector Programme 4: Development Studies

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HERD – EDUFOOD

HiST UNTZ UNNS

The Norwegian Ministry

• f Foreign Affairs

HERD Agriculture Board

HiST Project leader: Nils V. Juul Steering Committee

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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

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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 –

• ffer 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

• ther types of food production and processing
• HiST staff will combine their expertise with the experience

and expertise of their West Balkan colleagues

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Cooperation partners

• utside 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

• rganizational resources
• Government institutions will make available their
• rganizational 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?

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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

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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