Proposed SUSDEV project aims at development of Lifelong Learning training programmes fostering the green skills of different target groups and for three different subject areas closery related to quality of life at large (ecology, food science and land management). Wider project objective is “Enhancement of the role of Higher Education Institutions in ensuring sustainable development of industry and society, support of national “green policies” in Partner Countries and promotion of "green culture" by means of Lifelong Learning” and three specific objectives are: 1.Development of modules to foster green skills for different target groups and qualifications levels, 2.Enhancement of access of target groups to open education resources, promotion of LLL,3.Enhancement of green culture and continuing education through training of teaching staff, external stakeholders and public administration.Project will make use of the analysis of sectoral qualification frameworks worked out in previous TEMPUS projects and parallel desk research on green skills related materials. Three "green training modules", concerning food science, ecology and land management, will be designed, tested and implemented. The modules - besides sector-specific parts - will also contain generic parts on Lifelong Learning, Open Educational Resources (OER) and sustainable development issues. The OER Repository will be created and its sustainability ("life after life") will be ensured through appropriate regulations and support mechanisms. A Green OER Network will be created to provide mutual support and feedback platform for project beneficiaries. Synergy with other European initiatives will be sought, due to participation of consortium members in various European networks and organizations (Coimbra Group, EURASHE, FREREF etc.) and links to other organizations active in the project areas (EUCEN, EADTU, EUCIS-LLL).
The main project objective was enhancement of the role of Higher Education Institutions in ensuring sustainable development of industry and society, support of national “green policies” in Partner Countries and promotion of "green culture" by means of Lifelong Learning. Three specific objectives were: 1.Development of modules to foster green skills for different target groups and qualifications levels, 2.Enhancement of access of target groups to open education resources, promotion of LLL,3.Enhancement of green culture and continuing education through training of teaching staff, external stakeholders and public administration.The project promoted green skills among different target groups and for three different subject areas closely related to quality of life at large (ecology, food science and land management). Project used the analysis of sectoral qualification frameworks worked out in previous TEMPUS projects and parallel desk research on green skills related materials. A set of "Green training modules", concerning food science, ecology and land management, was designed, tested and implemented. The modules concerned sector-specific issues as well as more general ones A large collection of sustainability-related documents was gathered and made available to the consortium members in Dropbox and One Drive platforms. The main SUSDEV web page was designed and launched; its sustainability is guaranteed by the host (Jagiellonian University in Krakow). Partner Countries institutions have also created their own SUSDEV-related web pages."SUSIMPACT" Network was proposed together with the consortium of ECOIMPACT project.Structural character of the project was ensured bya) development of Policy Recommendations which have been forwarded to national authoritiesb) development of a set of transferable good practices concerning various aspects of sustainability and green skills c) fostering cooperation with local authorities and stakeholders, resulting - inter alia - in development of two applications for Regional Centers of Expertise under the auspices of the United Nations University, Tokyo.From the very beginning of the project the synergy with other European initiatives was sought, due to participation of consortium members in various European networks and organizations. Outputs and outcomes of SUSDEV are currently used in new projects, such as MODEST (Modernization of doctoral studies); and SUSDEV partners are getting involved in new initiatives.