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HORIZON 2020 Strength2Food

Full proposal title: Strengthening European Food Chain Sustainability by Quality and Procurement Policy Coordinator: University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Duration: 2016-2020 Budget: EUR 6,911,876.25 More info strength2food.eu Strength2Food aims to improve the effectiveness of EU food quality schemes, public sector food procurement and to stimulate short food supply chains through research, innovation and demonstration activities. Partners: Our 30-partner consortium representing 11 EU and 4 non-EU countries combines leading academic, communication, SME and stakeholder organizations to ensure a multi-actor approach. EUTA contributes to the project management and implementation and ensures project impact as [...]

HORIZON 2020 Strength2Food2023-12-21T00:06:16+01:00

Press release regarding the loss of membership

PRESS RELEASE ON THE LOSS OF MEMBERSHIP OF THE NATIONAL ACCREDITATION BODY (NAT) IN THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION (ENQA) SOFIJE PEKIĆ QUARRIE As a long-term member of KAPK (2011-2018), as a contact person of KAPK in ENQA who participated on 2 occasions in the evaluation process of KAPK by ENQA and, finally, as a member of the board of ENQA (2017-2018), I have the need to point out to the public a few important facts regarding the decision of the ENQA board not to grant NAT full membership in this European organization. 1. [...]

Press release regarding the loss of membership2023-12-21T00:15:24+01:00

Quality assurance in higher education

Members of the quality team provide consulting services to higher education institutions and individuals in the application and fulfillment of accreditation standards (of institutions, study programs and initial) in higher education during external evaluation, both in accordance with national and European standards (ESG, Part 2 ). Our experts from the quality team provide advisory services to higher education institutions on the implementation of national standards for self-evaluation through consultations, and especially as part of seminars held by EUTA in higher education institutions. This would encourage the development of internal quality assurance mechanisms within the higher education institution, with a [...]

Quality assurance in higher education2023-12-21T19:09:38+01:00

TEMPUS CASA

Full proposal title: Building Capacity of Serbian Agricultural Education to Link with Society Coordinator: University of Belgrade Faculty of AgricultureDuration: 2013-2016Budget: EUR 895,225.13More info casa.polj.uns.ac.rs CaSA aims to strengthen links between higher education and society by building capacity of all five Serbian Faculties of Agriculture to improve teachers’ competences in pedagogic skills and in their ability to provide eLearning in-service vocational trainings. Partners: Our 13-partner consortium is represented by all Serbian agricultural faculties (both public and private), 3 EU partner Universities (Timisoara, Maribor and Foggia) and 5 non-academic partners from Serbia. Our team contributed [...]

TEMPUS CASA2023-12-21T19:06:18+01:00

Are we providing enough nutrients to children in schools?

The results of a survey conducted with primary schools in 2016 show that in Serbia, 825 schools provide children with at least one meal a day, but the number and type of meals varies. In almost half of the schools (47.15%) children are provided with only 1 meal a day (breakfast, snack or lunch) and it can be a cooked meal (e.g. beans, peas with meat, stew, etc.) with salad in fewer cases or more often dry meal, such as bread with jam, proja and different types of pastries. In schools that don't have a kitchen or kitchen staff, more [...]

Are we providing enough nutrients to children in schools?2023-12-21T00:17:00+01:00

Horizon Europe Hort2thefuture

Full proposal title: Horticultural innovations in soil-friendly practices to ensure a sustainable future Coordinator: Copenhagen Business School Duration: 2024-2028 Budget: 6.5 MEUR More info hort2thefuture.eu The multi-actor project Hort2thefuture will address 3 main sustainability problems in horticulture: 1) continued reliance on peat growing media and drawbacks of current peat alternatives, 2) inefficient or inappropriate use of agricultural inputs and 3) suboptimal soil health due to unsustainable management practices. In addition, the aim is to stimulate changes in farmers’ behavior through collaboration and communication with agricultural producers, so that they adopt more sustainable practices in horticulture. [...]

Horizon Europe Hort2thefuture2025-11-26T20:44:49+01:00

Children in primary schools throw away a third of their food

In April of this year, the EUTA team measured leftover food, more precisely the amount of the main meal that children do not eat, in 4 elementary schools in Belgrade, Valjevo, Loznica and Arilje, which is a continuation of the research done by colleagues from the Faculty of Economics on the Strength2Food project, with 4 elementary schools schools in Belgrade in 2017.The results of these measurements showed that unequal amounts of meals are served in schools, both in schools that have a different number of meals and in those that serve the same number of meals in one day. For [...]

Children in primary schools throw away a third of their food2023-12-21T00:17:17+01:00

42% Passage of projects to the second round of the Ideas program of the RS Science Fund

Last year, the EUTA team helped researchers from Serbia, primarily through our review service, to submit 50 project proposals for the Ideja, Science Fund call. Some of our clients with whom we collaborated during the writing of Project Ideas are: Institute for Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering (IMGGI), Institute for Biological Research Siniša Stanković (IBISS), INN Vinča, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, etc., a total of 19 research institutions. After more than a year, the first stage of project evaluation was completed and 223 out of a [...]

42% Passage of projects to the second round of the Ideas program of the RS Science Fund2023-12-28T19:49:41+01:00

Strength2Food patience and persistence rewarded

After several years of work with primary schools and organic growers in Serbia, the results of these Strength2Food activities are having a tangible impact. To improve the nutritional quality of school meals and encourage schools to use short food supply chains for their food procurements, EUTA has been working with nearly 30 primary schools. The first of these (OŠ Kralj Petar I, Belgrade) submitted procurement documents for fresh organic vegetables to the procurement web portal in July, 2020. EUTA has been able to demonstrate that organic vegetables are a realistic option for parents to afford. Despite the relatively high prices [...]

Strength2Food patience and persistence rewarded2023-12-28T20:14:30+01:00

Serbian schools receive feedback on their children’s food preferences

Led by Strength2Food partner EUTA, during October 2018, children in 32 Serbian primary schools and their parents completed questionnaires on food preferences and attitudes towards food. Just over 4,000 children and over 3,000 parents completed questionnaires. Schools taking part in the project are now receiving feedback on the results of their children’s food preferences. In addition to an overall report on findings from the children’s food preference questionnaire, reports for individual schools are also being prepared. The overall report, together with accompanying graphics will go on Strength2Food’s Serbian website (https://sites.google.com/view/strength2foodsrbija), and, with the individual report, will also go to the [...]

Serbian schools receive feedback on their children’s food preferences2023-12-28T20:13:21+01:00

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