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Vocational Education and Training in Agriculture - Phase 2
summary
With funds from the Government of Switzerland, UNDP assists Georgia in establishing a modern system of vocational education and training in agriculture and introducing an extension system for farmers. The project draws on a close partnership with the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture and the Ministry of Education and Science, and successful collaboration with educational institutions, civil society, and the private sector.
what we do
- Promote training and professional development of vocational teachers, extension officers and agricultural specialists.
- Upgrade educational standards and curricula of the VET colleges.
- Elaborate and implement the modular programmes in agriculture.
- Provide farmers with the high quality training and extension services.
- Improve access to resources, infrastructure and best practices for the regional and local agriculture entities.
- Boost coordination and enhance policy planning at the national level.
- Promote the new training methods in agriculture, such as work-based learning. Facilitate cooperation between the public and private sectors.
- Develop institutional partnership between the Georgian and European VET colleges. Facilitate students/teachers exchange programmes, knowledge-sharing and collaboration.
results so far
- Development, piloting and introduction of the new educational standards and programmes, including up to 100 new training modules.
- Training of up to 2000 farmers offered by 8 vocational colleges.
- Extension/advisory support for more than 10,000 farmers in 16 public agricultural information and consultation centers.
- Public/private cooperation and partnership in the field of work-based learning.
Contact information
Project address
3 Tarkhnishvili Street
Tbilisi 0179 Georgia
+995 32 2250106
Contact persons
Elene Tskhakaia
Project Manager
elene.tskhakaia@undp.org
George Nanobashvili
UNDP Economic Development Team Leader
george.nanobashvili@undp.org
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