Project “Sustainable Livestock Production and Animal Welfare”

 

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“Sustainable Livestock Production and Animal Welfare” (SuLAWe)
 
Funded by the European Commission within the Erasmus+ Programme

Key Action: Capacity-Building in Higher Education (E+CBHE)

Project reference number: 101083023 — SULAWE — ERASMUS-EDU-2022-CBHE

 

Start of the Project: 01.01.2023

End of the Project: 31.12.2025

Project website: www.sulawe.org
 
 
 

Project summary

 

The project addresses the demand of educating professionals in Animal Breeding and Livestock

Production on high quality and international standards to provide solutions for sustainable livestock production, animal welfare and combating climate change towards achievement of climate neutrality according to the European Green Deal 2050.

A combination of innovative and practice-oriented higher education of young livestock and veterinary specialists, along with a Lifelong Learning (LLL) concept for practicing livestock producers shall provide the requirements necessary for introducing knowledge based solutions into Ukrainian livestock sector.

 

 

The consortium puts special emphasis on the cooperation between HEIs, business sector and political and social stakeholders. Therefore, the specific objectives are as follows:

 

  • To modernize Master’s curricula in Animal Breeding, Livestock Production and Veterinary Sciences via joint development and implementation of innovative contents on animal welfare and sustainable livestock production, capacity building of teaching staff and introducing innovative didactic methods.
  • To strengthen cooperation between HEIs and agricultural business sector via cooperation on
  • students’ practical training, LLL and knowledge-transfer activities to provide labor-market oriented education and improve employability of graduates.
  • To establish four innovative centers of excellence for LLL at Ukrainian HEIs in (i) Sustainable Cattle Breeding and Milk Production, (ii) Sustainable Poultry Production and (iii) Sustainable Pig Farming together with an (iv) Information and Knowledge Transfer Center for Sustainable Livestock Production and Animal Welfare.
  • To promote dialogue with policy and civil society to ensure successful implementation of animal welfare standards into the Ukrainian legislation.
  • To facilitate national and international academic exchange via introducing physical and virtual mobility for students among participating HEIs.
 
 
 

 

List of participating organisations:

 

  • Hochschule Fuer Wirtschaft Und Umwelt Nuertingen-Geislingen De - Coordinator
  • Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet - Partner
  • Univerza V Ljubljani  - Partner
  • National University Of Life And Environmental Sciences Of Ukraine - Partner
  • Stepan Gzhytskiy National University Of Veterinary Medicine And Biotechnologies Lviv - Partner
  • Poltava State Agrarian University - Partner
  • Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian University - Partner
  • Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders - Partner
  • Association of Milk Producers - Partner
  • Ukrainian Corporation for the Production of Meat on an Industrial Basis "Tvarinprom" - Partner
  • Scientific and methodological center for higher and pre-higher education - Partner
  • Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Ukraine - Associated partner

 

 

 

 

Working group

 

 

 
 
Oleg Gorb

Vice-Rector for scientific-pedagogical,
scientific work, Associate Professor

 
 
 
Anatolii Shostia

Dean of the Technology of Production and Processing of Livestock
Products Faculty, Professor

 
 
 
Oksana Kravchenko

Professor at the Department of technology of livestock products production,
Professor

 
 
 
Svitlana Usenko

Head of the Department of animal productivity biology
named after academician O.V. Kvasnytskyi

 
 
Larysa Kuzmenko

Professor at the Department of animal productivity biology
named after academician O.V. Kvasnytskyi

 
 
Maksym Petrenko

Associate Professor at the Department of infectious pathology,
hygiene, sanitation and biosafety

 
 
Inna Lavrinenko

Associate Professor at the Department of infectious pathology,
hygiene, sanitation and biosafety

 
 
Yuliia Vakulenko

Head of the educational and scientific center of information and
communication educational technologies and adult education

 
 
Pavlo Vashchenko

Professor at the department Production technologies of
Livestock products

 
 
Serhii Kulynych

Faculty of Veterenary Medicine,
Doctor of Veterinary Sciences, Professor

 
 
Tetiana Kapitalova

Head of International Relations Office, Project administrator

 
 
Olena Smirnova

specialist of International Relations Office

 

 

Project activities