International strategic partnership project " ECVET Units as Initial or Additional Training to the European Veterinary Assistant Diploma" will be innovative way in veterinary education and training in European countries in different education and training level depend of needs of learners and supply of labor market in all Europe. Involved in project are schools from Latvia, Estonia, France, and the Czech Republic, where provides veterinary training programs.The main task in project is development and recognition the European Credit system for Vocational Education and Training (‘ECVET’) in order to facilitate trans-national mobility and the recognition of learning outcomes in VET and lifelong learning in veterinary field.Target groups to be addressed the project will be students or adults who are learning or interesting in different level of animal husbandry, veterinary or pet care program who would like get veterinary education, improve their veterinary skills or get add education.This project should be carried out transnational because education and participants will get possibilities for students in all European countries learn different programs and get ECVET unit in an appropriate program in different country.The main objective is to establish a Europe recognized proper units training that can be acquired in any Member State, its recognize, accumulate and evaluate, facilitating the mobility of Europeans, equal opportunities in the labor market and recognizable acquire Learning Outcomes. Following the Europa Development Plan and separate development plans of involved participants in result of project we promote interest in vocational training, mobility and transfer of knowledge.According the common principles for quality assurance in VET set out in the Council conclusions of 28 May 2004 on Quality Assurance in Vocational Education and Training when using ECVET, particularly in relation to the assessment, validation and recognition of learning outcomes - we would like to develop of national and European partnerships and to trialling, implementing and promoting ECVET in project partner schools as pilot with possibilities for introduction and recognition in European as veterinary program, pet care or animal husbandry training or separate unit in veterinary training.As a result, equivalent learning and training possibilities, recognizing, accumulation and using in different countries around the Europe.It will be developed innovative results, and they will be associated with the newly developed an project results HansaECVET and ideas for dissemination and implementation of activities and results as well. It is designed to enable Organizations to Develop and strengthen networks, raise participants capacity and run at international level, to share and Compare ideas, practices and development of learning process evaluation, identification and recognition across Europe.The results of project will brings added value at EU level through results that would not be obtained by activities be carried out in a single country - the reputation, capacity in international level, professional English, measurable results - specific knowledge and mobility. Understanding of European dimension, differences and needs of labor market in Europe, culture and life style differences. Tolerance in differences.Directly involved in the project will be approximately 24 teachers, 32 students, 16 veterinary doctors and education providers as advisers. In the total project directly and indirectly will be involve approximately 600 participants. Total grant of budgette is 264095,00 EURDuring the project:1. Create theory and practical training program and learning and training materials in specific veterinary units - work books and notes for students and teaches and digital materials as well in each provider.2. Create learning units using ECVET principles, description of the reference of the qualification, area of work tasks, brief overview of the steps, required to fulfill the tasks, description of the reference to syllabi or general training plans of the basic vocational education the work placement should fit in.3. Test the projects units as students practical training in partner schools, collaboration with veterinary clinics, veterinarians and pet shops, during 3 weeks.4. For project dissemenation we will use social networks- Facebook, will be create project web page and information will be distributed in local newspapers. For dissemination of results and sharing with achievements we will organize international Final Conference in Latvia in May 2018. Learning and training materials will be able use for all interesting in veterinary provider institutions in all Europe.Such an approach to acquire training in the veterinary will give possibilities for learners to adapt to labor market needs and start with narrow veterinary learning, accumulate more units and get veterinary assistant Diploma or using separate units.
The main objective of the startegic partnership project “ECVET Units as Initial or Additional Training to the European Veterinary Assistant Diploma” (EU. IATEVAD ) http://www.iatevad.com was to develop a veterinary knowledge training module that can be acquired, recognized, accumulated and used in different countries throughout Europe. The project involves 4 partners - from Latvia - Smiltenes Tehnikums, https://www.smiltenestehnikums.lv/, Estonia - JÄRVAMAA KUTSEHARIDUSKESKUS, www.jkhk.ee, France - LEPRP Jeanne Antide www.lyceejeanneantide.fr and the Czech Republic - Gymnazium a Stredni odborna School, Plasy - www.gsplasy.cz - schools offering veterinary education or similar programs. During the project for to achievement the objectives were: 1. Created website for the project that is publicly available at - http://www.iatevad.com/ 2. An Innovative Approach to Veterinary Education was developed using the 3-week study module of the ECVET toolkit, which is being acquired in another country. It can be used at the stage of qualification acquisition, as an inclusive, additional knowledge or part of a unit as well. 3. For each module - developed Curricula, based on the principle of 30% theory and 70% of practical training 4. Developed Student and teacher training materials , which are the intellectual results of the project and are available on the project website http://www.iatevad.com/ and the Erasmus + dissemination platform http://ec.europa.eu/programmes / erasmus plus / projects / 5. Implementation of participants' training activities for both pedagogues and students - 32 students went to another country to perform module testing. Teachers learned from working with an international team of students, shared their experience in promoting motivation for students, and strengthened English language skills. 6. The results of the project were distributed on all partners' websites, social networks FaceBook and various press releases, on television According to the main objective of the project, 4 different training modules in veterinary education were created and implemented in each partner school: 1. "Surgery assistance in pet clinics" - "Latvia, Smiltene Technical University 2. "Horse welfare and care, health assessment and first aid", Estonia, JÄRVAMAA KUTSEHARIDUSKESKUS 3. "Artificial insemination" , Czech Republic, Gymnasium a Stredni odborna school, Plasy 4. "Exotics Petcare", France, LEPRP Jeanne Antide During the courses students got specific knowledges, skills an competences that can be learned and applied in a relatively short period of time, so you can get a job faster. Accumulation of these skills increases each participant's choice in the future. Impact of achieved results - - Will enable emploies to better integrate into the labor market through the module learning and ECVET instrument. - The aquired skills are understandable, they are valued, they can be accumulated, recognized and used in different European countries. - Facilitating the mobility of participants, enabling different skills to be acquired in other countries, thereby adding value to their education and socialization - Increased popularity of all partner schools and vocational training opportunities - The quality and supply of education, as well as the capacity and popularity of vocational education in general - In the future module training in France, Latvia and Estonia will be implemented. - created materials will be possible to use in veterinary training centers and schools in different countries In total the achievements of the project could be the new way in veterinary learning, motivate the peoples for mobility and new knowlwdges. That way will be possible to achievement of European Development Plans, help to peoples find new possibilities for faster got the job and become active in social life.