Acronym: FUTURE FM
Project duration: January 2025 – June 2026
Project value: €60,000
Co-financing: 100% (Erasmus+, KA210 - Small-scale Partnerships in Vocational Education and Training)
Project description
The project Future FM – Empowering Forestry Professors: VET for Climate Smart Sustainable Forest Management aims to strengthen the professional and pedagogical competencies of teachers at forestry vocational schools, with a focus on climate-smart and sustainable forest management. As part of the project, we will enhance existing educational content and develop innovative approaches for integrating these topics into vocational training. Results from previous projects, such as CIA2SFM, will be used to develop practical and relevant materials. The project also includes pilot training sessions for teachers, where feedback and evaluation from students will help continuously improve the educational content and methods.
Goals of the FUTURE FM project:
- Integrate knowledge of climate change into forestry education, with a focus on sustainable forest management.
- Strengthen the competencies of teachers in environmentally relevant teaching approaches.
- Develop and adapt teaching materials based on best practices (e.g., field visits, provenance trials), suitable for use in secondary vocational programs.
- Establish cross-border cooperation between forestry education and research institutions from Slovenia and Croatia to support long-term collaboration in developing teaching content.
- Promote a sustainability mindset among young people preparing for forestry careers, equipping them with the knowledge needed to manage forests under changing climate conditions.
- Strengthen the connection between research institutions and secondary schools to enable the direct transfer of scientific knowledge into educational practice.