Objective 2.1: Education and lifelong learning

Feeding the Future: Empowering Food Science Professionals through Lifelong Learning for Bridging Borders

In accordance with the need for lifelong learning, the Feeding Future project focuses to the development of direct trainings through a complete educational program and work-based training for our main target groups: students and inspiring entrepreneurs. 

Basic Data:

Acronym: Feeding Future

Project Title: Feeding the Future: Empowering Food Science Professionals through Lifelong Learning for Bridging Borders

Project ID: HUSRB/23R/21/046

Total Project budget: EUR 216 751.00

EU contribution (IPA): EUR 185 122.35

Start Date: 01 June 2024

End Date: 31 May 2026

Lead Partner: Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad (RS)

Other Partners: 

P1: Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Csongrád-Csanád (HU)

Partners without budget:

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Vojvodina (RS)

Európa Kollégium (RS)

Ecopanonia Cluster for eco-energy and eco-culture (RS)

Contact:

Email: zitas@tf.uns.ac.rs

     
Project Description:

Education, healthy lifestyle, entrepreneurship and food science are the keywords of our training course that was designed for students and entrepreneurs.
Courses and the related "aperitif series" are the following:

  • Soft Skill – Communication and Branding (C1), 
  • Greening the Future: Digital Solutions for Circular Food Systems (C2), 
  • Modern Tools and Digital Solutions (C3), 
  • Food and Nutrition Care Process (C4). 

The second part of the education is Work-based training (WbT)  “Aperitif series” with 4 thematic units:

  • Women in business–Soft skills and Mindset–best practices (WbT1), 
  • Best practices of sustainable solutions (WbT2), 
  • e-Solutions in Food Sector (WbT3), 
  • Mindful eating (WbT4).

Already established SCITE-FOOD centre, TFNS (BEE-Student project, HUSRB/1903/43/0012, co-financed from the previous financial perspective of the Hungary - Serbia CBC programme) will be upgraded to “Regional Vocational Training Center”. Within the project framework, a “Strategy for the development of the modern food sector” will be prepared.


 

(Expected) Results:

  • Four courses: training action that will improve the soft and digital skills of the lecturers at TFNS;
  • Four work-based trainings - direct trainings through a complete educational program and work-based training for project users (students and inspiring entrepreneurs);
  • Already established SCITE-FOOD center, TFNS (BEE-Student, HUSRB/1903/43/0012, co-financed from the previous financial perspective of the Hungary - Serbia CBC programme) will be upgraded to “Regional Vocational Training Center”. The educational program "FeedingFuture" will also be implemented in CSKIK during the project.
  • Within the project framework, a “Strategy for the development of the modern food sector” will be prepared, with an analysis of the situation, the needs and measures for staff training and the modernization of teaching content in educational institutions in the region.