The Training of trainers of teachers for the agricultural technician of traditional and organic cultivation was organised in Durres, Albania on 30 and 31 May 2024 within the Enhancements in the quality of education and training in SEE – EQET SEE – VET component by the ERI SEE Secretariat. The training gathered the total of 33 teachers and VET and qualification agencies experts from six EQET SEE participating economies, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia, and the ERI SEE Secretariat project team: Ms Tina Šarić, director of the ERI SEE Secretariat and the EQET SEE project manager Ms Ivana Živadinović, Regional Project Coordinator and Ms Marina Papović, Sector Project Coordinator.

The main goal of the training was to deliver a training for teacher advisors/mentors, appointed by VET agencies, from the agricultural sector on the topics of:

• Agriculture and work-based-learning.
• Social sustainability and gender equity.
• Environmental sustainability.

The main basis for the training was the teaching and learning material and WBL guidelines for the agricultural technician of organic and traditional cultivation developed within the EQET SEE project.

The training material is available here:

• Nikolov Igor: General aspects of teaching in agriculture, process of teaching and work based learning – download
• Prof Dragan Stanojević, PhD: Social sustainability and gender equity: theoretical background, recognising inequalities in a classroom – download
• Prof Ermelinda Mahmutaj, PhD: Environmental sustainability – download

More about the EQET SEE project is available here.

* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status and is in line with UNCSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.