Meeting of the AFISHE program working group at ISEC
May 8, 2023
On May 8, the International Scientific-Educational Center of NAS RA hosted a working group meeting of the program "Development of Aquaculture and Fisheries Education for Green Deal in Armenia and Ukraine: FROM EDUCATION TO ECOLOGY" (AFISHE) Erasmus+ CBHE, jointly implemented by International Scientific-Educational Center of NAS RA, Armenian National Agrarian University and Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology of NAS RA. The meeting's objectives were to discuss and outline the curriculum of the joint Master's degree program in "Fishery," taking into account benchmarking studies and recommendations made as a result of dialogues with employers, as well as to compile a list of appropriate subjects, a brief description of the program modules, and their desired outcomes.
As a result of the meeting, the general structure of the educational process was drawn up by the working group, encompassing the performance results of the joint Master's program in "Fishery", the arrangement of research practice and scientific internship and its regulations, the requirements for the teaching staff, the tools and technical resources needed for the implementation of VET, the components of the specialty’s educational program and the competencies developed.
It should be noted that the above-mentioned Master's program is designed to combine the essential educational modules and outcomes, which are necessary to train both advanced specialists of the field and those who will develop and maintain aquaculture and fisheries.
The newly created Master's program is implemented by the joint efforts of the International Scientific-Educational Center of RA and the National Agrarian University of Armenia, on the basis of the Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology of NAS RA, which will be followed by the awarding of a joint diploma.
The overall goal of the projects is to decrease the negative impact of aquaculture and fishery industry on the environment in Armenia and Ukraine through the designing and development of Master’s degree programs in aquaculture and fisheries, that is benchmarked to high-quality similar programs in Europe and responsive to national and regional needs, and strengthening the university-enterprise-research cooperation (concept "from education to ecology"). The latter will create a platform for collaborative educational and research initiatives in aquaculture and fisheries that will generate ecologically based strategies and programs in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the EU Green Deal.
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