Foundation Agro-Center for Education (FACE)
Looking for Partnership
The Foundation Agro-Centre for Education – FACE is non-profit organization founded in 2006 as a Centre of excellence for development of human resources in the areas of agriculture, food production, environment protection and rural development in Macedonia and the region. FACE’s education services satisfy the needs of the farmers, experts, industry managers, policy makers, civil servants and the NGO sector in Macedonia and in the region in areas of agriculture, food production, environment protection and rural development. The aim of FACE is development of the agriculture in Macedonia and the region, trough capacity building, based on non-formal and formal, especialy vocational education.
FACE contributes towards strengthening the influence of the education over the sustainable agriculture, environmental protection and rural development, trough implementation of advanced educational programs in the non-formal and formal education.
The primary activity of FACE are:
- Trainings (vocational and other types) in various areas related to agriculture, environment protection and rural development, and other fields, designed according to the needs of the target groups;
- Organization of conferences, seminars and workshops;
- Project planning, implementation and management – These activities include the project plan development, including identifying the project goals, the tasks specifications, the required resources, the required budget and the projected time frame for the tasks implementation. Also, this includes the implementation of the project plan, accompanied by a permanent control process, which insures the timely completion of the planned tasks;
- Support for the partnerships between domestic institutions and organizations, as well as between domestic and foreign institutions and organizations, considering our business contacts and database;
- Consultancy and administration of digital database solutions, use of internet and communication technologies, publication and data storage;
- Preparing of studies – research and advisory services;
- Consultancy, administration and publication of educational, promotional and scientific materials;
Within the last 11 years FACE implement over 35 projects in relation to agricultural and rural development, social entrepreneurship, rural tourism and other fields which had strong educational components and more than 120 events (trainings, seminars, round tables, workshops).
Experience in Erasmus+ (KA1 and KA2) Projects as Project leaders (in 5 Projects) and as reliable Partner (in 3 Projects):
- Leading Partner:
1. PLM-Project KBF - Knowledge Based Farming
2. 2014-1-MK01-KA102-000014 (project “Agricultural Entrepreneurship Training-AGENT”)
3. 2014-1-MK01-KA202-000280 (Project:Green Program for Organic Production – GreenPOP)
4. 2016-1-MK01-KA102-021492 (Project: Agricultural Practice and Practical Learning in Europe – APPLE)
5. 2016-1-MK01-KA202-021678 (Project: Social entrepreneurship as an alternative for young unemployed – So-VET)
- As Project Partner:
1. 2016-1-MK01-KA202-021665 (Project: Recognition and validation of learning outcomes and qualifications in nature-based and rural tourism sector in the framework of the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training - ECVET ENS )
2. 2017-1-PT01-KA201-035788 (Project: EUROPE INCLUDES YOU - EU Includes U)
3. 2017-1-HU01-KA202-035964 (Project: Connecting VET Teachers to Agriculture - AgriTeach)