Last modified: 2015-10-13
Abstract
The wider objective of the EDUECO: Education of Teachers in the field of Ecological Food Production and Management - a project financed by TEMPUS Program of the European Commission, is to build up educational capacities in educational institutions in Western Balkan countries (WBC) in the field of organic farming and management. Along with staff development workshops, the activities concerning university staff development include individual expertise development programs on content specific knowledge for educational capacities development. This paper considers the importance of sector development and presents the results from an individual training program implemented in May 2014 in Bulgaria focused on the risk management in organic farming.