Over the next three years, we will work with partners to strengthen the relevance and quality of vocational education and training (VET) in the Western Balkans agri-food sector, in response to rapidly growing demand for digital and green skills.
FARMER is funded under the Erasmus+ programme and is led by Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini Srl SB. The project aims to reinforce VET provider capacities, strengthen cooperation with the labour market, and institutionalise knowledge sharing among regional and international policymakers and practitioners. Working with VET schools, tech-based start-ups, and policymakers in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, the consortium will develop, test, and support the introduction of updated curricula aligned with high-tech trends in agriculture and the agri-food industry.
A core emphasis is enabling teachers to lead curriculum alignment processes, fostering systematic and evidence-based collaboration with the agri-tech sector, and developing tools and replication approaches that bring schools and employers closer together—supporting continuous skills development grounded in the needs of teachers, learners, and industry actors. Project outputs will be translated into policy recommendations aimed at wider uptake and long-term improvements in VET relevance and quality across the region.
Consortium: Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini Srl SB (Lead), Association CENTER, Public Policy Research Center, Network for Rural Development of Montenegro, JU Centar srednjih škola Trebinje, JU Mješovita srednja škola “Enver Pozderović” Goražde, CREDI – Centre for Development Evaluation and Social Science Research.