Development of Green Skills for Better Employability

Degrebe project wanted to provide in-depth knowledge about environmental and climate-change challenges through the development of soft (transversal) skills which can help in the acquisition and re...

DEGREBE project wanted to achieve these short-term aims: • to expand the knowledge portfolio of sustainable agriculture of the target group (young agricultural workers/professionals and students) – key environmental issues and soft transversal) skills of GenZ workforce; through these soft (transversal) skills development, the target group can improve and reinforce their green skills as well • to expand the methodology knowledge of the target group (teachers/facilitators/trainers/mentors) – the use of gamification in education DEGREBE wanted to achieve these long-term aims: • to increase the employment rate in agriculture by the development of soft (transversal) and green skills • to raise the awareness of the importance of digitalization and gamification in education and trainings • to foster cooperation and communication among different sectors and fields • to bridge the gap dividing education from institutions and organisations • to promote digital tools in education DEGREBE results therefore contribute to a novel approach and a new methodology in education, and to raising awareness of environmental thinking.

PR1 Digital educational package; led by Trebag, co-assisted by CSKC A1 Needs analysis for the online game content (and for PR2 as well) A2 Developing templates for the knowledge bases, the quizzes and the decision trees of the Avocado Boy game A3 Digital educational package content development (knowledge bases, quizzes, visual story based on the decision trees) A4 Platform development for the Avocado Boy game A5 Internal testing A6 Correction and translations A7 External testing A8 PR1 finalisation PR2 Trainers’ Guide; led by CZU A1 Creation of templates for the Trainers’ Guide chapters A2 Development of the draft version of the Trainers’ Guide A3 Internal testing A4 Correction and translations A5 External testing A6 PR2 finalisation All partners participated in each PR implementation. Quality assurance and evaluation: Dekaplus Dissemination: IDEC 4 TPMs, 2 Joint Staff Meetings, 15 online meetings 6 Multiplier events

Outputs: PR1 Digital educational package: • Knowledge base, 147 pages, 5 chapters (EN, BG, CZ, EL, HU) - online and downloadable • 5 online quizzes (EN, BG, CZ, EL, HU) - online • 5 decision trees (storylines) for the 5 pathways of the Avocado Boy game (EN, BG, CZ, EL, HU) • 1 digital game with 5 storylines of the Avocado Boy game (EN, BG, CZ, EL, HU) - online PR2 Trainers’ Guide • 77 pages, 5 chapters (EN, BG, CZ, EL, HU) – downloadable and printed (30 copies/partner) Other results produced by the project were: 1-1 multiplier events in Cyprus, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Greece and 2 in Hungary; Management related results (Project Management Plan, Interim report, progress report, final report); Quality related results (quality management plan, evaluation tools, evaluation reports); Dissemination related tools (dissemination strategy, Leaflet, 5 Newsletters, website, project social media accounts /Facebook and Instagram/, publications in local press in national languages, exploitation strategy). Other results were 2 Joint Staff events, 4 transnational project meetings. 5 Preliminary research studies (1 in each country) with a Guide Long research report, 52 pages (EN) - pdf Short research report, 12 pages (EN, BG, CZ, EL, HU) - pdf