<< Objectives >>The main purpose of the ClimateFarming project is to design and implement innovative methods that help making farmers more climate-resilient. The objective is that farmers, consultants and trainers learn how agriculture can respond to climate-related challenges and thereby create a stable ecosystem and enhance food security.<< Implementation >>The project will design the CimateFarming Consultation comprising innovative consultation and training material on Climate Mitigation & Adaptation Measures (WP2). With the delivery of our CimateFarming Training-of-Trainers (WP3), we equip VET educators, teachers and farm advisers with the capabilities to use all materials and tools created as well as with the skills to explain them to and guide farmers. The creation of our VLE allows interested stakeholders self-study and individual application.<< Results >>ClimateFarming ConsultationConsultation Framework Consultation Curriculum Consultation CatalogueConsultation MaterialClimateFarming TrainingTrain-the-Trainer Framework Train-the-Trainer CurriculumTraining Session PlansTrainer HandbookEvaluation Reports of Training-of-TrainersClimateFarming ImplementationFarmer Workshop Handout Farmer Workshop ReportPartner Farm Analysis Report Farmer HandbookClimateFarming Online LearningVLE SpecificationsVLEOnline Learning Material

The project VETEntre, targets two key challenges: (1) The need to improve the attractiveness and quality of Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Europe and the competences of VET educators to engage their students in meaningful learning. (2) To promote entrepreneurship education across European education systems. The project will develop an innovative set of tools and resources to empower VET trainers and educators to nurture the entrepreneurial mindset of their learners. One of the fundamental premises of the project is that, for educators to teach entrepreneurship, the educators themselves first need to develop an entrepreneurial mindset. The entrepreneurial mind-set is one of the competences included in the European framework for key competences. European VET systems face problems and challenges, such as poor skills acquisition, limited use of digital tools, skills mismatches, and the quality and relevance of education. High quality VET can be an attractive option for young people if it offers a clear route to the labour market.EU recognizes entrepreneurship as one of the main drivers of job creation and acceleration of economic activity. The Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan, published in 2013, identified entrepreneurial education as one of three areas for immediate intervention. Some European education systems have entrepreneurship education in their curricula (e.g. Estonia, Spain, Slovenia). The Entrepreneurship Competence Framework, also known as EntreComp, offers a tool to improve the entrepreneurial capacity of European citizens and organisations. Entrepreneurship and digitalization can boost the quality of VET, enhancing the employability and personal development of learners. The European Framework for the Digital Competence of Educators (DigCompEdu) covers the skills and competencies teachers need to integrate technology in teaching and learning. The project combines EntreComp and DigCompEdu and focuses on developing entrepreneurial skills and competencies to empower VET educators and providers to create ecosystems of entrepreneurial learning through the creation of tailored entrepreneurship training programs.Research shows that one of the most important factors influencing the quality of education, is ongoing professional development of teachers and educators (OECD, 2005; UNESCO, 2017). Our project has a primary focus on offering quality and engaging professional development to VET educators, which will have a direct impact on the quality of education VET learners receiveOBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECTThe project objectives are fully aligned with the EU priorities and the needs documented above:•Build the entrepreneurial competences of VET educators•Support VET educators to design programs and activities promoting the entrepreneurship mindset of learners•Promote entrepreneurship education through the use of alternative pedagogical resources and digital tools•Enhance the employability and entrepreneurial skills of VET students and graduates The innovative aspects of the project are:1.It is the first project that integrates two European Frameworks for competencies, to improve the quality and image of VET. The project proposes to use the EntreComp framework in conjunction with the DigCompEdu to support VET educators to develop innovative engaging programs for young learners and build their entrepreneurship competencies. Fostering entrepreneurship in VET provides an innovative framework for improving the image and quality of VET.2.The project is using digital tools and a gamified approach to build the competences of VET educators in the areas of entrepreneurship.OUTPUTSIO1: Entrepreneurship Toolkit for VET – A toolkit with resources for integrating entrepreneurship in VET, and for supporting VET educators develop entrepreneurship competencies. This will be mapped to the national and European frameworks for VET and Entrepreneurship.IO2: eLearning space and VET entrepreneurship gamified environment – An online gamified learning space with a series of scenarios/missions will be designed, intended for VET professionals, trainers, mentors, VET organizations/institutions, in order to support them in teaching entrepreneurial skills.IO3: VET and Entrepreneurship curricula. Training modules and learning activities for infusing entrepreneurship in VET.IO4: Policy recommendations. A report will be prepared providing evidence based policy and practice recommendationsTARGET GROUPSThe VETEntre project is expected to reach directly and indirectly at least 2000 VET educators/trainers through the project’s outputs, implementation and dissemination activities (news on social media pages, e-learning space, newsletters, websites). Additionally, at least 2,000 VET students and graduates will be reached directly/indirectly through the project’s activities and implementation.

<< Background >>We live in the Anthropocene. Four of the nine planetary boundaries scientists introduced, referring to processes that regulate the stability and resilience of the Earth System, have now been crossed as a result of human activity: climate change, loss of biosphere integrity, land-system change, altered biogeochemical cycles (Stockholm Resilience Centre, 2015.) While agriculture plays a vital role in every aspect of our lives, and it holds answers to challenges facing people and planet, it is directly linked to the four aforementioned problematic threat sectors. Agricultural sector is acknowledged as one of the most important sectors in the transformation of the EU economy and society towards a long-term sustainable future. For Europe to avert the worst effects of environmental change, assure ecosystem benefits and to accomplish the ambitious goals of the pillars of sustainability a collaborative, transformative action should be taken, with farmers playing a key role, as they are strategically positioned to be part of the solution. Sustainable agriculture is at the heart of the 2030 Agenda and the EU Green Deal. The Farm to Fork Strategy states clearly that EU needs to redesign the food systems which today put huge pressure on the environment and do not allow fair economic returns and livelihoods for primary producers. The new CAP indicates that farmers need to act as managers of the countryside, meet the consumers’ demands and comply with the new EU regulations and strategies. So, EU farmers are faced with several challenges, as they continue to supply food and non-food products and at the same time, are asked to contribute to the transition towards a sustainable future. The Skills Panorama mentions that as agricultural practices are central to promoting environmental sustainability, there is a growing need for skilled agricultural workers to understand how environmental sustainability is integral and applicable to their everyday practice and to be aware of pertinent market regulations and EU and national level regulations. The “Farmers of the Future” report (EC, 2020) suggests that farmers need to be upskilled and reskilled so as to be creative, curious, resourceful, agile, networked, service- and society oriented, emotionally intelligent and open-minded, for the sustainable transformation of agriculture to be achieved. The NEXT Food project (2020), in the Inventory of the skills needed for a transition to more sustainable agriculture identified among other the following skills for the future for farmers: interdisciplinarity, holistic knowledge, lifelong learning, applying tools for sustainable farming, digital and soft skills. Finally, the 2021-2027 Digital Education Action Plan addresses how the deployment of digital technologies, such as blended learning, can be used to improve and extend education and training in rural areas. Unfortunately, certain limitations have made it difficult for farmers to fulfil the expectations as promoters of sustainable development. As they live in rural areas, they are often lack access to reliable information and training opportunities based to their specific learning needsKnowledge and innovation have a key role to play in helping farmers and rural communities meet substantial challenges. Although there is already a substantial amount of knowledge available to answer these challenges, it tends to stay fragmented and insufficiently applied in practice. The insufficient or too slow uptake of new knowledge and innovative solutions in farming, in particular by small and medium-sized farms, hampers a smooth transition towards a more sustainable agriculture as well as the farm sector's competitiveness and sustainable development (Preparing for Future AKIS in Europe, 2019.) Therefore, farmers, as well VET actors involved must simultaneously step up their efforts across the EU to develop new applied knowledge to achieve the CAP objectives and deliver on international commitments.<< Objectives >>Farm4SD purpose:Farm4SD aims at developing a holistic, innovative and inclusive approach to farmers’ and especially to medium and small farm holders’ training on the pillars of the sustainable agriculture–The Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, EU Green Deal, From Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies and the new CAP – combined with entrepreneurial and soft skills, so as farmers and C-VET educators to upskill and reskill, in order to become true factors of change and contribute to environmental protection, to the sustainable growth of our planet and to rural development. Target groups:• Farmers, especially medium and small farm holders• VET providers, Teachers and Trainers• Advisors, Researchers and Farmer Organisations, HEIs, adult education institutions, local authorities, policy makers, NGOsFor these target groups the project aspires to:• Develop a culture of sustainability and innovation among EU farmers and empower them by providing a set of cutting-edge training resources building on skills intelligence, available in digital and open media• Foster the capacity building of C-VET educators in sustainable agriculture, advanced training methodologies and skill’s recognition approaches, to be able to meet the needs of the agricultural labour market. • Support the development of micro-learning, digital based VET resources well aligned to evolving working methods and key competences in the subject area• Enable the green and digital transformation of agricultural sector and C-VET provision by offering policy recommendations• Support inclusion and accessibility in VET by reaching farmers in rural areas and C-VET educators faced with geographical and socio-economic barriers• Utilize the EQF, the updated ECVET, ECTS and micro-credential approach to facilitate transparency and recognition of competences, learning, advocacy, and employability in the sustainable agricultural sector• Increase the capacity of participating organisations to collaborate at transnational level and adopt new methods and best practices in their everyday operations that can be transferred all over Europe and beyond<< Implementation >>Project Activities• Project Management activities that include all the management actions that will be implemented to support the successful delivery of the Farm4SD project, such as implementation of 5 face-to-face transnational project meetings; the development of contractual agreements with all partners; Erasmus+ financial & administrative guidelines, documents, and templates; Meetings’ agendas and minutes; interim and final reporting activities; Operation of a project management platform (BaseCamp); Establishment of a Project Management Committee to ensure that agreed project objectives and results will be achieved on time, within scope and budget, meeting all stakeholders’ needs. • Dissemination and Exploitation activities that include the development of the project logo and the branding strategy; document and presentation templates; project leaflet; dissemination and exploitation plan; dissemination reports; project website; social media pages; project's video; press releases and e-Newsletters. In addition, 4 promotional events/multiplier events named “Farm4SD Info-Day” will be implemented in each partner country and one Final Conference. • Quality Assurance and Impact assessment activities that include the development of the Quality Assurance plan; implementation of Quality Assurance Surveys and development of the corresponding reports; development of the Impact plan and implementation of Impact and risk assessments• Jointed Staff Training Activity (LTTA): The Farm4SD LTTA has as an aim to bring together vocational educators/trainers, staff or associates of partner organisations in order to reskill and upskill on sustainability in the agricultural sector, on key competences regarding agriculture entrepreneurship, funding opportunities, advanced VET learning methods and techniques and the implementation of the updated ECVET, ECTS and Micro-credential approach in validating learning outcomes. • Development of the following Results:R1-Farm4SD Methodological Framework on the Pillars of Sustainable AgricultureR2-Farm4SD Modular Training CourseR3-Farm4SD Train-the-Trainers Programme for VET EducatorsR4-Farm4SD Multifunctional and Interactive Platform R5-Farm4SD Recommendation & Good Practice Booklet<< Results >>The Farm4SD project is expected to have the following outcomes provided in all partner languages:1) Results R1-Farm4SD Methodological Framework on the Pillars of Sustainable Agriculture: an innovative methodological framework about the sustainable agriculture’s pillars teaching and farmers’ skills upgrade. It will discuss the gaps in these fields, the peculiarities and needs of the target groups in each partner country, the best practices in farmers’ C-VET provision, as well as the skills’ recognition paths based on established European VET tools and approaches: EQF, updated ECTS or/and ECTS, Micro-credential approachR2-Farm4SD Modular Training Course: a needs-oriented blended-learning curriculum and training modular package for farmers to equip them with knowledge and skills regarding: the pillars of the sustainable agriculture, business skills that are needed so as farmers to become real entrepreneurs and transform their business in order to continue to exist in the new “sustainable” era, specific soft skills such as creativity, emotional intelligence, communication, networking and agility, and EU funding opportunities for the sustainable transition of the agricultural sectorR3-Farm4SD Train-the-Trainers Programme for VET Educators: a training programme to ensure that VET educators are fully trained to harness the potential of the Farm4SD suite of resources (R2) to support farmers to build key hard and transversal high-value skills sets and are well-educated regarding advanced training methodologies, online and offline, as well as the EU qualification validation tools.R4-Farm4SD Multifunctional and Interactive Platform and Delivery of the Farm4SD Modular Training Course (MOOC): a multifunctional online learning platform, linked also to the project’s website, that will support and supplement the activities pursued, including the implementation of R2 and R3, and facilitate the exchange of knowledge between members of the platform and the broader target audience.R5-Farm4SD Recommendation & Good Practice Booklet: recommendations and good practices that capture all the project’s lessons-learned and the insights derived from stakeholders’ consultation, which can be taken up by local, regional, national and EU institutions and policy makers, so as the quality of C-VET provision and policies, regarding farmers’ education on the pillars of sustainable agriculture, entrepreneurship, funding opportunities and soft skills, to be improved and better practices to be supported. 2) Tangible outcomes:· Contractual agreements, Erasmus + financial & administrative guidelines, documents and templates, Meetings’ agendas, minutes and attendance lists, project reports, Quality Assurance, Risk and Impact Plan, assessments reports.· Dissemination and Exploitation Plan, Dissemination reports, e-Newsletters, Facebook and Instagram pages, Project Website · Project logo, branding framework and leaflet, Documents’ and Presentations’ templates, Project’s presentation3) Intangible outcomes:· Implementation of one LTTA (C1)· Implementation of 5 face-to-face partner meetings and at least 4 online· Creation of networks of cooperation at local, regional, EU and international level consisted of the partner organisations, the associated partners and members of the local communities and their networks.· Increased knowledge and awareness on the themes of the project and its outputs through the “Farm4SD Info-Day” multiplier events and the final conference, reaching 150 individuals and stakeholders · At least 350 stakeholders will be reached via the implementation of R1· At least 220 farmers and VET educators will be trained via the implementation of the LTTA, R2, R3 and R4· Engage at least 30 stakeholders in the process of developing the policy recommendations (R5) · Reach more than 2.000 stakeholders, through dissemination actions

BACKGROUNDThe main purpose of our project is to design an innovative vocational curriculum on Regenerative Agriculture, which will provide learners skills and knowledge to implement sustainable cultivation methods, therewith giving impetus to transform agricultural practices and landscapes.In the EU, more than 90% of the fields are cultivated conventionally. This type of cultivation creates serious problems for human health, the climate, biodiversity, soils’ fertility, freshwater bodies and the ecosystem as a whole. (UNEP Foresight Brief, 013, May 2019)Regenerative Agriculture with its subtopic Permaculture, responds to all above-mentioned problems as it is a conservation and rehabilitation approach to farming systems focusing on topsoil regeneration, increasing biodiversity, improving the water cycle, supporting bio-sequestration, increasing resilience to climate change and enhancing soil fertility.OBJECTIVESOur overarching objective is to promote, facilitate and accelerate the global transition to regenerative food, farming and land management in order to restore climate stability, increase biodiversity, rebuild soil fertility and produce healthy food.Therefore, the project aims to: 1) close the skills gap in agriculture education by providing a web-based training on Regenerative Agriculture. The course will enable learners to apply alternative cultivation methods, therewith equipping them with the competences to respond to the challenges the agricultural sector is experiencing.2) Inform VET authorities and policy makers about regenerative agriculture thereby giving impetus to include teaching contents on the subject into national framework curricula.3) Integrate the course into curricula of agricultural VET providers, training companies and HEIs.4) Conduct an awareness raising campaign on national and European level giving policy makers, VET providers, farmers and the general public a coherent picture of the state of the art of regenerative agriculture and help improve the perception about alternative farming, its benefits and the possibilities to upscale measures.TARGET GROUPSThe RegAgri4Europe VOOC will empower a new generation of farmers. The course is ultimately targeted to apprentices and other interested persons with an agricultural background (end users). Furthermore, the project targets two additional groups:a) Persons, who actively participate in the development of training curricula and examination queries for agricultural vocation on national level. These include public authorities for vocational education, members of national VET (sub)committees, members of specialist groups, representatives of training networks and policy makers. By including VET representatives and policy makers, the project gives impetus to include contents taught in the project course into the national framework curricula for agricultural education. In doing this, the consortium ensures the achievement of highest possible impact and sustainability of its outputs.b) VET providers in agriculture, training companies and higher education institutions offering agricultural education. By engaging training providers, the consortium ensures the integration of the course content into curricula of independent education bodies and therewith achieves optimal exploitation results.RESULTS IO1: Status Analysis on Regenerative Agriculture in today's agriculture, education sector, public awareness and industrial demand. The major aim of the status analysis is to gain a comprehensive understanding of the present situation of Regenerative Agriculture/Permaculture in today’s agriculture, education sector, public awareness and industrial demand.IO2: Development of RegAgri4Europe Training ProgrammeThe RegAgri4Europe training programme includes: Course catalogue and handbook, reading material, video lessons, learning activities, a virtual library, assessment exams, certificate in all partner languages and English. IO3: RegAgri4Europe Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) - creating an accessible Vocational Open Online Course (VOOC) containing the training and assessment material developed. It also contains a Virtual Community space to support community interactions among learners, professors and teaching assistants.IO4: RegAgri4Europe International Accreditation and TransferabilityThe project also includes a Learning Teaching Training Activity on the Permaculture farm Schloss Tempelhof providing work-based learning experience to participants. IMPACT•Learners' acquisition of important skills and knowledge on Regenerative Agriculture•Improved digital competences of educators and learners•Integration of RegAgri4Europe course content into national VET programs and curricula•Improved perception, awareness and understanding of Regenerative Agriculture by all stakeholders and the general public•Influencing political approaches and measures towards a sustainable agricultural turnaround