Curriculum Development for AgroEcology (CDAE

PROJECT NAME:

Curriculum Development for AgroEcology

PROJECT DURATION: February 2020 – 2023

IMPLEMENTING UNIT: College of Agriculture

2021 HIGHLIGHTS:

• BSU CDAE project staff produced 11 articles, 23 photo stories, 49 categorized as online dissemination initiatives and actions by the consortium and other partners. These includes sharing of posts from the

CDAE website and Facebook Page.

• For BSU, there are four conducted activities for the stakeholders. These activities are for the preparation for the Master of Science curriculum development, course syllabus, harmonization of the European Credit Transfer System and Philippine Credits System. For the Curriculum Development for AgroEcology, BSU is tasked for Work Page 6: Dissemination and Exploitation. With this, the project staff produced 11 articles, 23 photo stories, 49 categorized as online dissemination initiatives and actions by the consortium and other partners. These includes sharing of posts from the CDAE website and Facebook Page.

The CDAE was also able to host events such as press conferences, workshops, broadcast dissemination. This aims to present the project in the local, regional, national and international. There were 3 presentations conducted by Philippine partners two from BSU and one for CLSU. BSU was also able to implement a stakeholder workshop and orientation. A virtual tour was also hosted by the Mendel University, Brno, Czech Republic.

For BSU, there are four conducted activities for the stakeholders. These activities are for the preparation for the Master of Science curriculum development, course syllabus, harmonization of the European Credit Transfer System and Philippine Credits System.

PROJECT NAME:

Promoting the employAbility and enTrepreneurship of High education graduates through innovative WAYS in the Philippines

PROJECT DURATION: February 2021 - 2023

IMPLEMENTING UNITS:

Office of the Student Services, College of Agriculture, College of Home Economics and Technology, International Relations Office

2021 HIGHLIGHTS:

• PATHWAY Project kicked – off on

February 23, 2021.

• On April 17, 2021, a focus group discussion was conducted to determine the feasibility of the project in the University.

• BSU PATHWAY Team were able to craft the PATHWAY Dissemination and

Visibility Plan.

• Five BSU PATHWAY members were selected to travel to University of

Alicante, Spain to attend the face-to face training for the project.

The PATHWAY project is the newest addition to the Erasmus+ projects of Benguet State University in 2021. It aims to enhance the entrepreneurship and employability culture of Higher Education institutions in the Philippines to meet labor market needs and governmental reforms. BSU is one of ten partners in the PATHWAY program (2 SUCs, 3 private HEIs, 2 NGOs, CHED, 1 university in France, 1 university in Spain).

BSU PATHWAY team attended the kickoff meeting on February 23, 2021 together with BSU President Felipe Salaing Comila.

Work Package 5: Dissemination and Visibility was given to the BSU PATHWAY Team. Project Leader Ramon Fiangaan and Jennyline Tabangcura crafted and presented the Dissemination and Visibility Plan to the PATHWAY Consortium.

The BSU team actively attended the Pre and Kick- off meeting, and 5 Virtual Coordination Meetings. They were also able to conduct a Focus Group Discussion for the Feasibility of PATHWAY Project on April 17, 2021.