LIVET project – contribution to the education system

On January 2, Ina Kalėdienė, Head of the Project Management Department of the Chamber of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania, and consultant Dr. Edvardas Gedgaudas, participated in the Erasmus + LIVET international symposium in Rouen (France) on the topic – “One Health approach: what are the practical applications in livestock farming?” The symposium organized by Unilasale University. Together with the representatives of the Chamber of Agriculture from Lithuania, representatives of the Aukštaitija Vocational Training Center – Gedvilė Vinslauskaite and Justina Levenauskienė also participated.

Briefly about the project

“One Health” is a concept that was initially promoted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Organization for Animal Health and the World Health Organization and aims to join forces in combating threats to public health arising from the interaction of animals, humans and the environment. The COVID-19 pandemic has once again highlighted the importance of the interaction between animals, humans and health in the emergence of infectious diseases. Although not all zoonoses (diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans) cause pandemics, most pandemics are of zoonotic origin, and knowledge of the factors that determine them and the factors associated with them must be the basis for prevention strategies. However, until now, this approach has only been applied on a wider scale, at policy level and in academia, and research is lacking, with a lack of information on vocational training in agriculture and on the workers who should actually benefit from this ‘One Health’ concept when working with animals and the environment. The LIVET project aims to develop and test an innovative vocational training programme, corresponding to EQF level 5, which focuses on the practical application of ‘One Health’ principles in the livestock sector.

The project will develop a massive open online course on the application of the One Health principle in the livestock sector, three specialization courses on animal welfare, zoonosis and antimicrobial use and resistance; an autumn school on the application of the One Health principles, resilience skills and integrated risk management and an integrated work-based learning period for 60 learners. The project will also develop a new One Health-based curriculum, a qualification profile for consultants and a vocational training programme related to this profile.

The target groups of the project are graduates of agricultural schools, students of vocational education institutions, undergraduate students in agricultural or veterinary sciences, farm advisors, consultants, technicians or supervisors of livestock farms and specialized employees in the livestock sector.

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