First Steering Committee meeting
The first Steering Committee meeting took place on the 26-27th of November 2015 at the University of Hohenheim.
The participants of the two-day session represented the project´s steering institutions, namely University of Hohenheim and Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen-Geislingen (Germany), Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW (Poland), Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (Czech Republic), Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy and Omsk State Agrarian University named after P.A. Stolypin (Russia), S.Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University and German Agrarian Centre Ltd. (Kazakhstan).
Among the topics raised during the fruitful discussion were mentioned:
- General overview of the project;
- Establishment of the Steering Committee and its procedures;
- Outline of the ‘SARUD’ Master Program curricula with 90 ECTS for Russia and Kazakhstan. Since the new master programme will be elaborated separately in each country, particular educational requirements should be considered;
- Possibilities of establishment of a Knowledge Platform in the Russian Timiryazev State Agrarian University and S.Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University;
- Establishment of project communications and clarification of tasks and responsibilities within its structure;
- Calendar of planned activities and future meetings.
The Steering Committee came to an agreement that there is a need for further discussion of the study program structure and content within the local working groups with respect to the compulsory modules but also the elective part of the curricula. Taking this into account, several coordination meetings are planned for the Russian and Kazakh universities, elaborating the master program. The first meeting in Russia is scheduled for February 2016 in Omsk, in Kazakhstan for March 2016 in Astana. This will give the opportunity to work further on the Master Program outlines and clarify open issues and possible challenges faced by each country.
Results of the situation analysis and specification of job requirements on national and regional levels and the final proposals for the Program structure should be presented by the project partners at the Kick-Off meeting in Moscow in April 2016.
