Innovative school management: pro-ENTREPRENEUR AND pro-labor market approach: V4 & EU
Summary:
The paper provides an overview of AGRI VET flexible rural micro-entrepreneurship and self-employment support modules. Drive toward “locality”, bio-production, SFSC, rural tourism and further niche services etc. requires peculiar and cross-cutting skills and inspirations, ideas, business acumen, local knowledge, know-how and support on access to finance, regulatory frameworks, certification, networks already operating in the area, excellent soft skills and self-learning abilities, including languages. Disused modules and open schemes operate similar to the rural micro-business labs or incubators: the students are taught how to launch own business, produce, sell and strive in conditions of competitive customer market. Emphasis being put a growing niche emerging market of individual and B2B oriented rural services and low starting capital mixed services-production formulas e.g. gourmand & DIY, gardening classes, biodiversity & adventure & heritage & culinary tourism, kids or corporate events or customized bio/agri machinery adjustment and maintenance services.
Agricultural High School in Le Quesnoy
Location: 17 rue des Tilleuls - 59530 Le Quesnoy, Nord Department, France
Google maps: bit.ly/2ksjelv
Dairy products’ boutique at the Agricultural High School in France: lyceedes3chenes.net/boutique/
The school has its farm with a place for milk production and a cheese factory. There are 2 breeds of cows on the farm in mixed farming. The school’s boutique sells dairy products such as different kinds of local cheese and yogurts. It offers an opportunity to order the products on-line and to pick them up at the school’s boutique. Different kinds of local cheese and fruity yogurts are offered at the shop.
The school farm meets three main objectives: education, production and boost to the rural development. Educational: it is an essential support for all the courses offered at school. Thanks to the farm, the teachers are able to provide practical lessons on animal production, plant production and maintenance of agricultural equipment. Thanks to the cheese factory, training in the processing and the marketing of dairy products, and therefore the development of services in the rural areas. Production: The farm is an example for the students, and it tends towards a functioning close to a classic farm in the area. Economic and financial data are used during the classes. Boost to the rural development: Because of its particular position in agricultural education, this structure is used in the area for experimentation and demonstration but also serves as an educational tool to the territory actors and the agricultural profession. The farm offers the workshops and services in dairy processing for producers and the experimental fields on feed grains and grassland biodiversity.
Horticulture School in Gorzów Wielkopolski
Location: ul. Poznańska 23, 66-400 Gorzów Wielkopolski, Lubuskie Province, Poland
Google Maps: bit.ly/2hRNxkq
Fairs, garden race and internships in the Horticulture school zsogorzow.pl/kiermasz/
The school periodically organized fairs in order to sell items such as horticultural equipment, seeds, seedlings, flowers, fruit trees, ornamental bushes as well as horticultural services. There are trainings for allotment gardeners as well as culinary services to be chosen from. The additional attractions are performances of music band, sports and games. The event takes place regularly throughout the year. The school also organizes a paid obstacle race called Garden Race in order to promote physical activities as a way to live a healthy lifestyle.
The school guarantees internships to its students in the companies developing landscape projects along with implementation and maintenance of landscape architecture, municipalities’ departments dealing with landscape architecture, as well as local government administration, in the faculties of geodesy and cartography, environmental protection, shaping and care of greenery, monument conservation and nature conservation at the companies of the landscape facilities, in nurseries of trees, bushes and ornamental plants.
British Artisan school
Location: Lower Motor Yard, Welbeck S80 3LR, the United Kingdom
Google maps: bit.ly/2wBegV3
Culinary courses
The School of Artisan Food exists to teach all aspects of artisan food production. It offers a unique opportunity for people of all skill levels to expand their knowledge through a wide range of short courses, and a one-year Advanced Diploma.
Based in the heart of Sherwood Forest on the Welbeck Estate in North Nottinghamshire, the school is housed in the former fire stables, dating back to 1870. Newly refurbished training rooms are specially equipped for the teaching of breadmaking, cheesemaking, brewing, butchery, charcuterie and preserving. More recently business and entrepreneurship courses have been added to the short course schedule and new course subjects are in development. The School has an outstanding reputation for the quality of training it provides with courses being taught by some of the most skilled and experienced artisan producers and practitioners in the UK, Europe and beyond.
The School is a registered charity and, as a not-for-profit institution, is committed to providing the widest possible access to its facilities. The school fundraises to support its general activities and for bursaries to assist Advanced Diploma students with course fees. Several hundred thousand pounds has been raised and awarded to students since the school opened in 2009.
Technical Agricultural College
Location:Hatzendorf 110, A-8361 Hatzendorf, Styria, Austria
Google maps: bit.ly/2ghgLFY
Vast school production at the technical agricultural college -
The school is a teaching and experimental zone for animal breeding and animal nutrition. The livestock consists of 30 dairy cows, 10 meat cows, young cattle raising and oxen, 10 sheep and 10 cows. The school also possess its bakery. The pastry is stuffed with sweet and salty filling. The assortment is expanded on a seasonal basis with nuts, fruits and herbs. the school kitchen and the sale in the farm shop make it 11500 kg of pork, 5000 kg of beef and 300 kg of lamb meat, which are processed each year to produce fresh meat, raw ham and sausages.
Another direction of production at the school farm is Limburg-style cheese, Gouda, baked cheese, semi-hard and hard cheese, Camembert, Brie, Murtaler Steierkäse, Ennstaler Steierkäse, Jersey Cream, and other dairy products - Butter Yoghurt, Kefir, Styriacotta and more.The products from organic agriculture such as cereals, flour, bread, cheese, yoghurt, fruit and vegetables, juices, noble fires, wine, meat, sausages and more are sold in the school shop. The school also offer food products from other organic farms in the region. Automatic milk dispenser is available 24 hours a day.
Moulton College
Location:Moulton College, West Street, Moulton, Northamptonshire
the United Kingdom
Google Maps: bit.ly/2wCdGqc
Machinery courses
The machinery workshops and mechanization area is well equipped, with both machinery used commercially for the farm and a wide range housed in modern workshops for teaching purposes. The workshops are also fitted with specialist fixed equipment for the maintenance of machines and for arc, MIG, TIG and oxy-acetylene welding.
Equipment available includes tractors, forklifts, all-terrain vehicles and excavators, plus a variety of powered equipment for horticulture and countryside management. Machines used on the farm are maintained and repaired as part of practical classes, while additional machines are regularly brought in from local machinery dealers to provide opportunities for further skills development.
Secondary Beekeeping School
Location: Pszczela Wola 9, 23-107 Strzyżowice, Poland
Google maps: bit.ly/2hSeF2V
Beekeeping courses
The school offers courses to adult professionals named insemination process for bee queens, agriculture as an additional, non-agricultural activity and honey-based cuisine. The first course is offered in cooperation with National Board of Livestock Breeding from Warsaw. The school offers the course once per year to participants from the whole country. The second and third course are offered to local inhabitants who want to gain additional qualifications in agritourism and honey-based cooking.
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