The use of antimicrobial drugs in animals, including the non-therapeutic use of antibiotics, leads to the multiplication and excretion of significant amounts of antimicrobial resistant bacteria - both as pathogens that can directly and indirectly infect humans and as drugs that can carry transmissible determinants of resistance across species boundaries and reach humans through multiple transfer ways. The ban on food antimicrobial agents has drawn a lot of attention to the use of probiotics to produce safe food and protect consumers' health. With the appearance of new antibiotic resistance strains, probiotic strains are gaining popularity in both medical and livestock sectors. There is no structured curriculum on the issues discussed that will lead to an awareness of the need for decisive action in the direction of health, of both animals and consumers. The main objective of the project is the successful transfer of educational know-how, presented through good practices, which will improve the knowledge, skills and competence of the people responsible for organizing and delivering educational services within the agricultural sector. The project targets are administrative officials, scientists, researchers and supervisory staff responsible for setting up and delivering professional training to farmers, agricultural advisers, high school teachers, and people in close contact with animals as workers on the farm, slaughterhouses, feed manufacturers and feed additives, animal breeders associations. The main beneficiaries of the project are the people responsible for the creation of training, training plans, training programs / curriculum, receiving funds and search for new methods of training. The second objective of the project is to create a network for mutual contact between scientists and staff of partner institutions. The network will provide a seamless flow of information, ideas and inspiration between project partners, as well as potential new members joining multilateral teamwork and will be the basis for future collaborative work on projects and exchange of scientists. The direct target group / staff members of the partner organizations / of project is not large in number, but the activity of these people has a huge impact on the whole livestock sector. As a final result, the recipients of the education services / indirect target group - farmers, veterinarians, agricultural advisers, high school teachers / receive knowledge that meets their needs and expectations. The curriculum and online e-learning platform will provide two training methods - synchronous and asynchronous. There will also be a two-level mobile application for trainers and trainees. The curriculum structure and curriculum content will be innovative and will provide competences to both project participants and the indirect target group. The online platform will enable participants to actively participate in problem identification, discussion and dissemination of best practices. The platform will provide preservation of the presentations and videos of the seminars. As a result of the implementation of the project, they will enhance their skills and enhance international cooperation within a network through institutional and personal contacts. Comparison of experience and methodologies used by partners is a key point in the activities undertaken during the project life. The exchange of practical knowledge, opinions, observations and good practices will lead to mutual progress and we hope to develop new solutions. Although the aim of the project is not developing innovations, but to create a network for the exchange of good practices, cooperation is expected to lead to adjustments and improvements to the processes used in animal husbandry and to increase the knowledge, skills and competence of the staff involved. The transfer of educational know-how by identifying good practices in the field of educational services is the main outcome of the project. The idea for enhancing the qualification and transfer of know-how will be disseminated throughout the project and after the completion of the project. The online platform as the most sustainable impact will be attractive to other scientific institutions and / or advisory structures. It will serve as a smooth flow of information, ideas and inspiration for further work and to realize collaborative research strategies. The online platform with its accumulation of contacts and ideas will also be a target for dissemination among the additional target group of the project, ie. scientific staff of other research and training institutions in the country as well as on international level. The focal point of all activities is the comparison and sharing of the situation in the field of educational services in the livestock sector. The added value of the project will be the new personal contacts, which are always the basis of further successful cooperation.
The main purpose of the project is improving knowledge, the skills and competence of the persons,responsible for organizing and the providing educational services in the agricultural sector, to farmers, agricultural advisers, high school teachers and people in close contact with animals as farm workers, slaughterhouses, manufacturers of feed and feed additives, breeder's associations through the transfer of educational know-how and good practices for use of different probiotic therapies in animal husbandry, to bring awareness of the need for decisive actions towards the health of both animals and consumers. As a result, the participants will improve their qualifications.The second goal of the project is creation of network for mutual contact between scientists and employees of partner institutions for a free flow of information and ideas between project partners, as well as potential new members, which would be a basis for future joint work on projects and exchange of scientists. Regardless, that the direct target group /team members of partner organizations/ of the project is not numerous, the activities of these people can have a significant impact on the entire livestock sector.
The use of antimicrobials drugs in animals, including non-therapeutic use on antibiotics,leads to reproduction and excretion of significant amounts antimicrobial resistant bacteria - as pathogens, which can directly and indirectly infect humans, as well as medicines, which can carry transmissive determinants of resistance across species boundaries and reach people through multiple modes of transfer. The ban on food antimicrobial agents drew attention to the use of different probiotic therapies to produce safe food and protect the health of consumers. There is no structured education programs on the use of different probiotics therapies in animal husbandry, to bring until realizing the need from determined actions towards health, both animals and consumers. A successful one is required transfer of educational know-how between partners, of good practices to improve the knowledge, skills and competence of farmers, agricultural advisers, high school teachers and people in close contact with animals such as farm workers, slaughterhouses, manufacturers of feed and feed additives, breeder's associations on the use of probiotics as an alternative to antibiotics in the livestock sector.