DRYMOS project aims to contribute to the improvement of the training of forest professionals by offering them complete, qualitative, results-oriented and practice-oriented learning contents which will be delivered through the use of a blended learning method that would combine e-learning and face-to-face seminars.
The e-learning contents and training methodology will be transferred from countries of Central Europe (Slovakia and Switzerland) which have more advanced forest management sector. The main target groups are the junior forest administrators and the senior students in forest related departments.
The general objectives of the project are to improve the administration of the forests, to ensure that the forest administrators acquire the necessary skills and knowledge for their job and personal development, to ensure that the skills of the forest administrators correspond to the requirements of the sector and to contribute to the development of digital contents which are fundamental element of the knowledge society. The specific objectives of the project are to transfer the findings of a blended learning approach exploiting a problem oriented way of learning, to create practice-oriented e-learning modules that will contribute to the increase of the foresters’ skills in well identified themes, to develop the practical skills of a big number of foresters in the Mediterranean region and to certify these skills.
Projects partnenrs, beside Eurosuccess Consulting, are:
- Union for the Protection and Development of Hymittos (SPAY) (Greece)
- Action Synergy S.A. (Greece)
- University of Patra, (Greece)
- National Forest Centre: Institute for Forest Consulting and Education Zvolen (Slovakia)
- University of Freiburg (Switzerland)
- ETIFOR SRL (Italy)
- Associação Portuguesa de Educação Ambiental (Portugal)
- Castilla y León Wood and Forest Service Center (Spain)
Duration: 01/11/2012 – 30/10/2014
For more information please visit the project website: www.drymos.eu