Funded by the European Union University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture Svetosimunska street 25, Zagreb, Croatia Contact: Workpackage No. 5 (WP 5) Implementation of pilot activities and on-line courses

Activities in the frame of WP 5 start in september 2015, and finish in september 2016 In the working group 5 of WP 5 there are 11 members at project level which are also working group (WG) coordinators from each partner institution At partner institution level in the working group 5 there are 5 to 7 members – coordinator – teaching staff – at least one student Funded by the European Union

The members of the working group 5 at the Faculty of Agriculture University of Zagreb (Croatia): – coordinator Snježana Bolarić, Ph.D., Plant breeding – teaching staff Zoran Grgić, Ph.D., Finances and investments in Agriculture Dinka Grubišić, Ph.D., Nemathology and Marko Vinceković, Ph.D., Coloide chemistry Nenad Jalšenjak, Ph.D., Coloide chemistry Aleš Vokurka, Ph.D., Plant breeding Vanja Jurišić, Ph.D, Renewable energy sources – student Maja Žulj Mihaljević, Ph.D.-student Funded by the European Union

The main objective of WP 5 is to test pilot activities – Partner institutions will decide on the type of the activity to be carried out in the pilot phase postgraduate specialist study, summer school, short course, on-line course etc. – Partner institutions will carry out the design of each course by selecting the materials and learning activities, the sequence and ways of using them. – The primary outcome of vocational education is expertise student will be able to do things skillfully, within an area that is clearly specified and understood Funded by the European Union

Moreover, vocational education and scope for updating its content and approaches should be relevant to the real needs of employers. After pilot activities completed and student questionnaire evaluated, the final conference on improving educational standards in lifelong learning and review of all project activities will be held. The possible improvements in national strategies will be proposed. Funded by the European Union

Within the frame of WP 5, there are three deliverables parts: – Pilot activities conducted (D5.1) – Participants questionnaire conducted (D5.2) – Conference - improvement of educational standards (D5.3) Funded by the European Union

D5.1 - Pilot activities conducted Delivery date: 30 September 2016 The types of pilot activities (PA) should be defined and differentiated (this is of high priority) – different types of PA will be clearly defined based on the needs of each country labor market – teaching materials for each pilot activity should be prepared – pilot activities will be implemented depending on the curriculum accreditation process – students from each partner countries will participate in courses which will be held in other partner countries Funded by the European Union

D5.2 - Participants questionnaire conducted Delivery date: 30 September 2016 In order to measure the quality of the conducted pilot activities the questionnaire will be created, translated to national languages, and students who completed pilot activities will be asked to fulfill it. Funded by the European Union

D5.3 – Conference: improvement of educational standards Delivery date: 30 November Five participants and one student from each high education institution (HEI) will participate in the conference in Tirana (November, 2016). The possibilities for improving the educational standards will be discussed on the basis of a.] project results with specific topic on experience collected from pilot activities, and b.] results of students surveys Partners will also discuss and conclude on possible improvements to be implemented within already developed strategies on lifelong learning for sustainable agriculture Funded by the European Union University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture Svetosimunska street 25, Zagreb, Croatia Contact: