E-Learning for Organic Retail

The Institute equalita started in October 2010 a transfer of innovation project under the Leonardo da Vinci program of the European Union. The aim of the project is to establish a European e-learning platform for professional training and qualification in the organic retail sector. Twelve basic modules on the main issues and product areas are to be set up with the appropriate learning tools and adapted to the specific conditions in the partner countries. The main target groups are the organic retail sector and educational institutions that offer training and qualification for the sector.

More information can be found at the link E-Learning for Organic Retail

ECO-QUALIFY III

Quality assurance for education on organic trade in Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania

The Institute equalita continues his activities for quality assurance in organic trade with the project "ECO-QUALIFY III". The aim of the Innovation Transfer Project is to transfer the in the previous project "ECO-QUALIFY II" developed quality assurance system for further education in organic food retailing in the partner countries, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania. The project started in October 2010 in the Lifelong Learning Programme Leonardo da Vinci of the European Union and is coordinated by the Greek partner University of Thessaloniki.

More information you will find at the project website "Eco-Qualify III"  and on this website at "ECO-QUALIFY"

Eco-Qualify II is selected by European Commission network QALLL as a good practice project

In January 2011 ECO-QUALIFY II is selected from all ‘Lifelong Learning Projects’ that focused on quality assurance in vocational education & training (VET) and adult education (AE) carried out in the years 2003 - 2009 as good practice project by experts of the European thematic network QALLL (“Quality Assurance in LifeLong Learning with a Focus on Vocational Education and Training and Adult Education” - a thematic network a group of national Agencies for Lifelong Learning - more information at the website ).

Integration of the quality assurance system ECO-QUALIFY in EQF und ECVET

In a partnership project in the program Leonardo-da-Vinci, the European quality assurance system ECO-QUALIFY shall be integrated to the European Qualification Framework EQF and its eight reference levels with respect to knowledge, skills and competencies. In addition it will be analyzed how ECO-QUALIFY qualifications standards can be translated in the European ECVET rating system. A third objective of the project is the development of translation methods that allow for linking these skills with the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) and systems of the participating partner countries.

More information you will find also at the link "ECO-QUALIFY"

Sustainability for professional cooking

In October 2010 Institute equalita has started a new partnership project within the EU program Leonardo da Vinci.

The aim of the partnership is to develop in collaboration between European educational institutions, special consultants and practitioners from gastronomy and tourism a concept for the implementation of sustainability goals as personal key skills of cooks in the education, training or as additional qualification "sustainability-trained cooks", analogous to the nutritionally trained cooks.

More information you find at the link Sustainability for professional cooking

Culture and peer-learning

Cultural approaches and peer-learning are more and more accepted pedagogical methods, especially in the informal education. They have proven themselves e.g. for the integration of disadvantaged youth and young adults who are faced with the risk of social disintegration and exclusion.

From 2009 to 2011 Institute equalita carried a project for evaluation of these approaches with young people and partner organizations from Bulgaria, Slovenia, Slovakia, Austria and Denmark; the results were subsequently published in a compendium.

The project was supported as part of a Grundtvig Learning Partnership in the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union.

Further information you can find at the Project Blog and on this website under the link Culture and peer-learning for integration.