Capacity Building in Fisheries and Aquaculture Education in the Kyrgyz Republic

Research summary

The collaboration between UEF and KNAU aims to provide an enabling environment for teaching fisheries and aquaculture, at both vocational and bachelor level, by training of trainers, developing teaching and study material and developing the teaching infrastructure at KNAU.

The main activities of FishEDU are:

1) training of trainers on fisheries and aquaculture subjects and pedagogics

2) piloting of courses in two newly developed curricula and development of course material

3) establishment of an aquaculture demonstration fish farm and training centre and an e-library.

Description

Research info

Research title
Capacity Building in Fisheries and Aquaculture Education in the Kyrgyz Republic

Research timeline
1.3.2017 - 1.9.2021

Keywords
agriculture aquaculture Education fisheries Rural Development

Region
Asia

Countries
Array

Institution
University of Eastern Finland
Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Kuopio, Finland

Funding instrument
Ministry for Foreign Affairs (ICI, HEI-ICI, N-S-S)

Project budget
500,000 - 1 million euros

Head of research
Roseanna Avento

Research team
Professor Raine Kortet, Professor Sari Havu-Nuutinen, University Lecturer Liisa Nurminen, Project Researcher Sofiia Nishaeva, Project Researcher Oksana Skaldina

Partners
Kyrgyz National Agrarian University

Contact information
Roseanna Avento
0403553828
roseanna.avento@uef.fi
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Record last updated
5.7.2021