Sector: Curriculum Development
Unibo structure involved: Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Unibo Team: Francesco Orsini ,Giorgio Prosdocimi Gianquinto, Giuseppina Pennisi
Website
http://bugi.unsa.ba/
Project Duration in months: 36
Start Date: 15/10/2017
End Date: 14/10/2020
Budget: 838.398,00 euro
Unibo Budget: 70.000,00 euro
Coordinator: UNIVERZITET U SARAJEVU - SARAJEVO - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Partners:
- UNIVERZITET DZEMAL BIJEDIC U MOSTARU SA SUPSIDIJARNOM ODGOVORN – MOSTAR- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- UNIVERZITET DONJA GORICA PODGORICA – PODGORICA - Montenegro
- UNIVERSITETI I PRISHTINES – PRISTINA - Kosovo * UN resolution
- UNIVERSITETI HAXHI ZEKA – PEJE-Kosovo * UN resolution
- ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA – Bologna - Italy
- FACHHOCHSCHULE SUDWESTFALEN – ISERLOHN - Germany
- UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI – LJUBLJANA - Slovenia
Description
Small agriculture households in WB countries (B&H 48% and MN 30.5%) play considerable economical and social role providing food security for households’ members. Their level of vegetable self-consumption in agricultural households is high (potatoes 32.2%, onions 25.8%, beans 20.1%). Surplus is sold at the green open markets utilizing short food supply chains. While percentage of municipal agricultural land is high (Sarajevo 35%, Podgorica 42.9%, Pec 51.83%), concept of urban farms doesn’t exist in national registries thus urban planning, UA strategies, business models and revenues potentials are unexplored. This emerging agricultural production has high economic potential and requires a set of new skills that are more related with social competences (cross cultural communication, social inclusiveness) and social role of agriculture (poverty reduction, increase of quality of life) rather than with pure technological skills. This economic activity is based on new business concepts and it is both (smart) work and knowledge intensive.
This project will develop new UA master study curriculum and LLL program, based on national strategies, farmers and entrepreneurial sector needs analysis, develop new city-adjusted farm strategies, provide modern teaching tools and foster the transfer of knowledge, skills and technologies to 5 WB HEIs. New, competence based curriculum will be interdisciplinary, foster HEIs internationalization process and provide learning flexibility and mobility. By doing so, project will increase capacities, sustainability, visibility and attractiveness of WB HEIs while diversifying employment opportunities and social inclusiveness. Project will contribute to students/trainees employability, develop new networks and alternative food supply chains for farmers and conduct campaigns targeting important stakeholders. Project outcomes will enhance urban sustainability and green economy development in WB countries with inclusion of entrepreneurial sector.
