Leonardo ACID
Main Competencies of Agricultural Consultants as Adult Educators
Introduction
This catalogue is intended to describe the competencies expected from Agricultural Consultants (Level 5-6; for detailed information on levels please see Appendix 1) and prepared under the aegis of the ACID project (Improving Competencies of Agricultural Consultants in Development of Agriculture and Rural Areas) by the Ministry of the European Union, the Directorate of Education and Youth Programs (National Agent) Life Long Learning Program Leonardo da Vinci Transfer of Innovation (TOI) Program. In the preparation of the present document, national regulations such as “Regulation for Preparation of National Occupation Standards” and “Regulation for Procedures and Principles of Occupational Sufficiency Organization Sector Committees’ Foundation, Duty, Functioning” issued under the 5544th Occupational Sufficiency Organization (MYK) Law, the European Occupational Sufficiency Framework, literature relevant to the study, the expectations of the EU concerning the Agricultural Consultancy System, the requirements of the National and the EU Joint Agriculture Policy, and the views of both national and international specialists in the subject were taken into consideration.
