LATAM-EU SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS ACADEMY

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The project's objective is to enhance the development of green skills for sustainable food systems in VET providers in Colombia and Chile by training teachers, trainers, and industry players to create stronger local vocational training that is linked with local workforce needs, community needs, and industry players. The project focuses on achieving a more sustainable food industry value chain by incorporating technological, digital, and nature-based solutions and an equity approach along the food chain. The project has five objectives: co-design tools and share best practices, deliver capacity-building training, support the implementation of institutional strategies, reinforce the link between VET providers and food industry partners, and disseminate the methodologies, case studies, toolkits, and results. The project aims to produce five toolkits, facilitate 16 peer-to-peer mentoring sessions, train 700 students, provide 50 microcredentials, train 100 teachers and staff, produce three case studies, and implement eight joint projects between participant organizations and food system stakeholders. In-person gatherings include city-based coaching groups, an remote mid-term conference, and a week's immersion in Valencia's local food system. Overall, the project aims to increase awareness and competence of green skills for sustainable food systems and improve employability and career progression.