Governance For Sustainable Development

1. Governance For SustainableDevelopment 2nd Meeting May 11th & May 12th London Institut d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et environnement Clermont-Ferrand / Lyon

2. Agronomic Campus in Clermont Veterinary Campus in Lyon VetAgro Sup An Institute of higher education and researchfor food, animal health, agronomic and environmental sciences GAVA – 2nd meeting – London – VetAgro Sup Clermont/Lyon

3. VetAgro Sup – Agronomic Campus in Clermont National Graduate School • delivers under-graduate (Bachelor) and graduate courses (Master) in Agronomy, Food sciences and Territorial development • holds National and European accreditation*, and international recognition *Last accreditation assessment by the National Commission of Engineering Titles: October 2008 GAVA – 2nd meeting – London – VetAgro Sup Clermont/Lyon

4. VetAgro Sup : 4 main fields • Agriculture and environment: agronomic sciences, animal husbandry, production systems, ecology, landscape management • Food quality and economics: food technology, sensory analysis, microbiology, food quality, agrofood marketing, agribusiness management • Territories and society: territorial development, rural space management, new land-based activities, rural heritage and tourism. • Animal health and veterinary medicine GAVA – 2nd meeting – London – VetAgro Sup Clermont/Lyon

5. VetAgro Sup • The core of the training focuses on a balanced approach between theory and practise of the agronomy, husbandry, and rural development. • Long internship periods with many partner companies and internships in foreign countries. GAVA – 2nd meeting – London – VetAgro Sup Clermont/Lyon

6. Engineers’ training Professional orientation Specialized training Preparation to the first job 10th semester Master Thesis 9th semester Option-based courses 8th semester opening Common-core syllabus Acquiring fundamental knowledge 7th semester basic courses, 6th semester multidiscipli-nary courses, and training periods 5th semester GAVA – 2nd meeting – London – VetAgro Sup Clermont/Lyon

7. Engineers’ training Master Thesis 6 months pre-option training period 2 months training period in agro-food enterprise – 1 to 2 months training period on a farm 4 x 2 weeks GAVA – 2nd meeting – London – VetAgro Sup Clermont/Lyon

8. Links withprofessional world:Type of employer Publicand Paragovernmental Sector 29 % Governmental Administration (12%) Territorial Administration (5%) Other (12%) PrivateSector 71% Private Entreprise (46%) Association (22%) Self employed (3%) GAVA – 2nd meeting – London – VetAgro Sup Clermont/Lyon

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10. Masters’ degreeaccreditation in France GAVA ERASMUS Project

11. French Regulation for (international) Master Programme • For national master programme : Sub-decree 2002, 25 April – Ministry of Higher Education • For international master programme : no specific rules but a few requirements released by the CDEFI (board gathering all the French graduate schools deans) • Graduate School / Higher Education College in Engineering are able to deliver international Master’s degree GAVA – 2nd meeting – London – VetAgro Sup Clermont/Lyon

12. Accreditationprocess in France for joint masters’ degree • Accreditation is managed under the authority of the Ministry of Higher Education • With a co-supervision in the case of VAS by the Ministry in charge of Agriculture • If the proposal is submitted by Oct 2011, the master programme could start from Sep 2012 GAVA – 2nd meeting – London – VetAgro Sup Clermont/Lyon

13. Accreditationprocess in France for joint masters’ degree • Suggestion : • 2012 : experimentalyear • 2013 : 31st of March: Erasmus Mundus Deadline for submission • Co-accreditation? Co-graduation? Requires a MoUbetweenpartners (consortium agreement) • To beplanned: consortium agreement includingdeveloping countries as well (SoutheastAsianpartners for VAS for example) GAVA – 2nd meeting – London – VetAgro Sup Clermont/Lyon

14. Standard maters’ curriculum in France • 120 ECTS (European Credit Transfert System) • 2 years or 4 semesters : S7, S8, S9 and S10 Recommandation: 18h/week of teaching (max) • S7&S8: courses • S9: specialization • S10: A six month training period carried out on/in a farm/firm or NGOs or local public authorities (in France or abroad) GAVA – 2nd meeting – London – VetAgro Sup Clermont/Lyon

15. Admission Fees • International masters programme : between 5k€ and 10k€ (for instance in Agronomy in Montpellier SupAgro around 7.500€/year) • Standard curricula • Master’s degree in Engineering : 1350€/year • Master’s degree in Veterinary Medecine 2000€/year GAVA – 2nd meeting – London – VetAgro Sup Clermont/Lyon

16. Additionnalrequirements/recommandations from CDEFI • Soft skills like learning French as a foreign language… • Students’ life conditions: food, accommodation (dormitories…) • Inter-cultural aspects GAVA – 2nd meeting – London – VetAgro Sup Clermont/Lyon

17. WordPress Blog GAVA • www.gavaproject.wordpress.com Login: gavaproject Password: world2011 • Everybody can contribute • Two methods to post : • Directly on the blog (site administrator) • By e-mail (very quick and simple) GAVA – 2nd meeting – London – VetAgro Sup Clermont/Lyon

18. To post by e-mail • Send the email at the secret address: kiwa607tovu@post.wordpress.com • Your email can be plain text or formatted • You can add attachments : • A file • An image • A video… • Special shortcodes can be embedded in your email to configure various aspects of the published post GAVA – 2nd meeting – London – VetAgro Sup Clermont/Lyon

19. List of the shortcodes • [category x,y,z] • [excerpt]some excerpt[/excerpt] • [tags x,y,z] • [delay +1 hour] • [comments on | off] • [status publish | pending | draft | private] • [password secret-password] • [slug some-url-name] • [title Your post title] • [end] – everything after this shortcode is ignored (i.e. signatures) • [slideshow] – replaces the auto-gallery with a slideshow • [nogallery] – disables the auto-gallery and displays all images inline • [more] – more tag • [nextpage] – pagination • [geotag on | off] – override your geotagging privacy defaults to enable or disable the showing of geo information • [publicize off|yahoo|twitter|facebook] – change Publicize options (see below) • [poll]question and answers[/poll] – insert a Polldaddy poll into your post (see below) GAVA – 2nd meeting – London – VetAgro Sup Clermont/Lyon

20. WP5 Development of teachingmaterials and course structure (1) First proposals : Sustainable Agriculture, Food and Health… • Comparison between European policies regarding rural sustainable development • Dairy farms management and sustainability : Case studies : local agrifood systems e.g. PDO cheese’s supply chain in the EU GAVA – 2nd meeting – London – VetAgro Sup Clermont/Lyon

21. WP5 Development of teachingmaterials and course structure (2) • Agricultural practices and landscape management • Agri environmental management • Rural heritage and rural tourismenhancement • SWOT analysisat a rural territoryscale GAVA – 2nd meeting – London – VetAgro Sup Clermont/Lyon

22. WP5 Development of teachingmaterials and course structure (3) • Risk management in the fields of veterinary, agronomic and medicalhealth.  Theoretical and methodological basis (2 weeks)  Field trip in the international organizations (Paris, Brussels, Geneva) • Wild fauna management and itseffects on stock breeding. GAVA – 2nd meeting – London – VetAgro Sup Clermont/Lyon