The main objective of the project is to contribute towards up-to-date skills development of the target beneficiaries (students, potential students, agricultural producers) by introducing and promoting the concepts of Circular agriculture and Green Growth, as well as to boost the modernization of the curricula at the Faculties of agriculture by making them more attractive for the future students. Additionally, SKILLS puts to opening employment opportunities and widening the perspectives of jobs in the green skills and CA by boosting the skills of the target group. Eventually, SKILLS project promotes the concept of Circular Agriculture as a sustainable, resilient branch. SKILLS consortium aims at enhancing and speeding up the awareness for Circular Agriculture through elaborating a Baseline study in typology and training material composed of practical know-how and a well structured set of tools, modules and digital courses that agricultural practitioners can go through and change their mindset and rethink their activities.

Project coordinator: University of the Aegean, Greece

Project partners: Association for Internationalization of Education and Science (North Macedonia), Distretto Agroalimentare Regionale (Italy), Vytauto Didziojo Universitetas (Lithuania), Asociatia de Dezvoltare Intercomunitara Harghita (Romania).

The project is co-funded by the Erasmus + program.

Project ID: 2021-1-EL01-KA220-HED-000023289