Objectives: 1. Upgrading of professional competences. Provision of practical training to the participants in a European environment, which motivates them for achievements in their professional development. 2. Improvement of foreign language competences. Provision of opportunities to improve the foreign language competences of the participants, which will enhance their professional development. 3. Improvement of socialization and soft skills. Providing opportunities to improve soft skills in a work environment for teamwork, initiative, adaptability, empathy, case solving. 4. Inclusion to social and cultural European values. Providing positive incentives for socio-cultural inclusion to European values, which will support civic self-awareness. 5. Adaptation of the learning process to an innovative environment for teaching and learning according to the European model. Acquaintance and implementation of good practices and experience in vocational training in Portugal.
Innovative Vocational High School of Agriculture "Stefan Tsanov" town of Knezha is an established educational center for the training of personnel in the field of agriculture, combining the best traditions of secondary professional education with consideration of innovations in the industry and a regulated system of training quality. The training covers several professions and various specialties in the field of agricultural economics, plant protection and agrochemistry, specialized economic and transport equipment, ecology in agriculture, rural tourism, system programming. 462 students study in the high school. The school employs 43 qualified teachers in general education and professional training. The educational and production practice of the students is carried out in real production conditions, with its own equipment, including both the most massive energy means in the country and modern high-tech machines for performing the main operations when growing agricultural crops. Relatively new for the school are the professions Organizer of tourism and agency activity, System programmer, Office manager.