BREED

Project title: Empowerment of VET system through sustainable entrepreneurial initiatives in quality pig breeding

Project acronym: BREED

Project number: 2019-1-IT01-KA202-007785)

Original website: https://www.pigbreedtraining.eu/partneriai/?lang=lt

Erasmus+ KA202 project

Duration: 2019-09-01 – 2022-08-31

The project “Promoting empowerment of VET system through sustainable entrepreneurial initiatives in quality pig breeding” (BREED) will offer to VET learners the learning opportunity to confront a sustainable business in quality pig breeding.

The project is promoted by expert partners in the European countries Italy, Poland, Greece, Portugal and Lithuania proposes outdoor quality pig breeding as area for sustainable VET entrepreneurial initiatives. Pig farming in Europe has to face three major challenges of sustainability: economic, social and environmental. The BREED project addresses aspects of all these three areas of sustainability, as a basis to improve productivity and competitiveness of pig production systems as well as environmental sustainability, and to enhance consumer acceptability by addressing animal welfare and product quality. Pig breeding is suitable for VET also for other aspects. Despite the importance of economic aspects, pig breeding requires nowadays high-quality work, good job satisfaction and a positive image of livestock production. These sectoral requirements of quality fully match with the identified target of quality VET work as lever for the improvement of VET system. The project BREED aims at fostering the resilience of the pig industry from local to European level, by training new and existing breeders, via an integrated action addressing all the three pillars of sustainability (animal welfare, profitability and environmental impact) equally in an inter- and transdisciplinary approach. The action proposed will furthermore promote empowerment through the integrated and multidisciplinary method, fully exploiting the possibilities offered by the digital area and the socials, hence sharing and participation.

The project BREED ‘Empowerment of VET system through sustainable entrepreneurial initiatives in quality pig breeding’ will offer VET learners the opportunity to confront a sustainable business in quality pig breeding. BREED proposes quality pig breeding as area for sustainable VET entrepreneurial initiatives and in the meanwhile chance for overall sectoral improvement, aligned with the EU Development Policy.

OUTPUTS

Each activity will produce its specific outputs. All partners will participate in the creation of the BREED outputs providing specific contributions according to their most relevant expertise. The BREED intellectual outputs will be:

O1 Guide to quality pig breeding for VET trainers
O2 OER BREED VET toolkit for sustainable entrepreneurial initiatives in quality pig breeding
O3 BREED motivation guide to quality pig breeding

MBITES (Lithuania) operates in exploring and comparing VET systems and the skills and requirements to facilitate employment. Within BREED, MBITES will have the opportunity to experience for the first time an European cooperation while contributing with its expertise in motivation guidance.

Project partners:

DINAMICA SCRL – Italy, projekto koordinatorius
SZKOLA GLOWNA GOSPODARSTWA WIEJSKIEGO – Poland
PANEPISTIMIO THESSALIAS – Greece
Istuituo di istruzione superiore”Antonio Zanelli” – Italy
ENTE PARCO NAZIONALE DEL GRAN SASSO E MONTI DELLA LAGA – Italy
EPRALIMA – ESCOLA PROFISSIONAL DOALTO LIMA – COOPERATIVA DE INTERESSE PUBLICO E RESPONSABILIDADE LIMITADA – Portugal
Asociacija MINTIES BITES – Lithuania

PROJECT BREED NEWS

On August 11, at Šiaulių kultūros centras, Asociacija MINTIES BITĖS held the multiplier event for the Erasmus+ project “Empowerment of VET system through sustainable entrepreneurial initiatives in quality pig breeding” (BREED) No: 2019-1-IT01-KA202-007785.

The three-year project brought together seven organizations from Italy, Poland, Greece, Portugal and Lithuania for a common goal: to create The BREED Toolkit for VET.

Toolkit includes:

THE GUIDE TO QUALITY PIG BREEDING FOR VET TRAINERS
THE BREED ONLINE TRAIN
ING COURSE
BEST PRACTICES
THE BREED MOTIVATION GUIDE TO QUALITY BREEDING

During the conference project goals, partners’ organizations and the BREED Toolkit were presented. It was explained to the guests how to use this Toolkit.

After the presentation, guest from Joniškis žemės ūkio mokykla shared good practices from his school and commented that he will be using BREED Toolkit with his students. During the discussion, the guests also talked about the problems and challenges that pig farmers in Lithuania are facing these days.

We remind you that you can find the Toolkit on the official website of the BREED project here

https://www.pigbreedtraining.eu/

We invite you to visit it now!

Asociacijos MINTIES BITĖS ERASMUS+ projekto Nr. 2019-1-IT01-KA202-007785 ,,Profesinio rengimo sistemos gerinimas pasitelkiant tvarų verslumą kiaulių veisimo procese - BREED“ viešinimo renginio programą rasite apačioje

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After a very long break, the BRRED project partners were finally able to meet again face to face. The two-day international partner meeting took place in Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal.

During the meeting, we were shown the updated project website. Partners also agreed to do final translations needed for the last website updating. Project coordinator Tiziana Tartari from Dinamica S.r.l presented the guidelines for organization of upcoming dissemination events. She also remined us about the remaining works which need to be done till the end of the project. Moreover, partners agreed on the date of upcoming final transnational project meeting and the final project conference in July which will be held in Italy.

We would like to thank partners from EPRALIMA for warm welcome and well-organized meeting.

Visit updated BREED official website here: https://www.pigbreedtraining.eu/

The BREED project conference in Greece and transnational partners' meeting took place last week.

On March 16 partners from the University of Thessaly in Greece hosted an online conference. During the conference all the activities and intellectual products of the BREED project were presented:

• “Guide to quality pig breeding for VET trainers”,

• “BREED online learning course”,

• “BREED motivation guide to quality pig breeding”.

On 16-17th of March project partners also had a transnational meeting.

They discussed the conference, piloting of intellectual products, multiplier events, and the upcoming meeting in Portugal this May.

We invite you to visit BREED official website here: https://www.pigbreedtraining.eu/

The last short-term joint staff training events held by a partner from Greece, the University of Thessaly, have

finished. These 4 days were full of interesting presenters and we learned a lot of new things. Presenters

talked about free-range pig farming in Greece, current trends in pig nutrition at intensive or organic-farms

and many more topics related to pig breeding. On the last day, partners discussed the training and as

always talked about the next steps of the project.

We would like to thank the University of Thessaly for organizing this amazing training.

On the 14th of February we had the first day of the short-term joint staff training event of project BREED. This time event is organized by a partner from Greece - the University of Thessaly. This last training of project BREED will last for 4 days. On the first day, trainees were shown two videos of farmers who talked about intensive and extensive pig production farms. Also, Mr. Thanasis Garsen (Ministry of Rural Development) talked about research in pig production, with emphasis on the improvement of indigenous races. Moreover Mr. Konstantinos Vilanakis, Agronomist – Researcher talked about Extensive pig production aspects. These are only a few presenters whom we listened to on the first day.

Yesterday, was the first day of a short-term joint staff training event called “Quality pig breeding techniques

in Central Italy”. As usual online training events will last for 4 days. On the first day, presenters talked about

morpho-functional characteristics, free-range farming, and the quality of fresh meat from Black Pig. Also, two

producers shared their experience about the history and production of “Porchetta”. Moreover, a young farmer

Alessandra Azzariti talked about her farm and animal welfare. The last presenter of the day was a producer

Gianfranco Castelli from " Sano Salumi" who talked about cured meat.

Yesterday, was the first day of a short-term joint staff training event called “Quality pig breeding techniques

in Poland”.

Online training events will last for 4 days. On the first day, presenters talked about native polish

pig breeds, animal welfare at free-range pig farms, also about innovative pigs’ feeding practices from

Switzerland and more.

July 9, 2020 Employees of the Association MINTIES BITĖ carried out a regular group session of the project “Choose, Achieve, Keep” at the Pakruojis Association of the Disabled, during which they presented the ongoing project: "Empowerment of VET system through sustainable entrepreneurial initiatives in quality pig breeding / BREED" (2019-1-IT01-KA202-007785)

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2019 The first meeting of the project "Improving the Vocational Training System through Sustainable Entrepreneurship in the Pig Breeding Process" (BREED) (No. 2019-1-IT01-KA202-007785) took place on 30-31 October in Bologna, Italy.

On the first day, the partners got acquainted and presented their organizations, their activities and expectations. Following the presentation of the partners, Tiziana, a representative of the coordinating organization DINAMICA SCRL, substantially reviewed the project objectives, expected results and the project management plan. Each responsible organization also presented the expected intellectual results. Also, the project coordinators organized excellent cognitive activities in the Reggio Emilia region. Here we visited the Institute, where one of the training programs is didactic breeding and farming. Teachers and students participated together, so we had a great opportunity to share the experience! Thanks to the coordinators and partners for a great and productive time!

Projekto partners:

DINAMICA SCRL – Italy, project coordinator
SZKOLA GLOWNA GOSPODARSTWA WIEJSKIEGO – Poland
PANEPISTIMIO THESSALIAS – Greece
ISTUITUO DI ISTRUZIONE SUPERIORE“ANTONIO ZANELLI“ – Italy
ENTE PARCO NAZIONALE DEL GRAN SASSO E MONTI DELLA LAGA – Italy
EPRALIMA – ESCOLA PROFISSIONAL DOALTO LIMA – COOPERATIVA DE INTERESSE PUBLICO E RESPONSABILIDADE LIMITADA – Portugal
Asociacija MINTIES BITES – Lithuania