"<< Background >>Confusing and dispersed information on current websites requires to build a reliable online platform, to inform HORECA workers and give them proper details on food safety and hygiene practices. Forums, e-learning platforms with short videos, warnings about confusing and fake news about the food industry, e-newsletters, categorized information about food safety and hygiene practices will be ensured on this online platform. In accordance with new EU food regulations, partner countries need to disseminate and raise awareness of those regulations and standards as well.<< Objectives >>The main goal of the project is to raise HORECA workers’' digital awareness related to food safety and hygiene practices.Based on the main goal the specific objectives of the project are:■ To support conscious HORECA workers, reduce unfair competition on food marketing■ To provide learning and training opportunities for low skilled HORECA workers■ To increase the work capacities of Horeca workers who have less opportunities by improving their key competences<< Implementation >>Project Activities consist ofA- Training Programme Preparation Process including a training needs analysis with 25 VET trainers and local group discussions with 10 participants in each partner countryB- Trainer's Guide Development through individual work and teamworkC- E-learning Platform Development including1- Literature Reviews to prepare a report titled ""Strategies to Improve the Qualification of Hotel Restaurant Catering (HORECA) Staff on Food Safety, Hygiene Practices State of The Art Report""2- Animated Explanation Videos to form the content of the e-learning platform.3- Piloting after the development of the results, and the blended learning approach will be used during the training activity<< Results >>For professionals who work in the sector to have the training, tools and strategies will have;- Acquisition of new professional, social and intercultural competences, thanks to the comparison with other European educators of strategies and educational approaches, sharing with other colleagues- Ability to integrate and adapt to the international workplace, the ability to adapt to change and the flexibility to work at European level, providing them with;• Interpersonal skills in new work contexts;• Intercultural and European sensitisation;• Skills or ICT derived from the great use of digital and multimedia tools used during the project and the use of all communication languages, iconic, conventional and emotional.Developed strategies aim to improve the quality and efficiency of training environments, especially in the fields of enhancing vocational skills, improving the quality of workingenvironments and conditions through the betterment of the HORECA workers' level of knowledge on food safety and hygiene practices will increase the opportunities of living a better and comfortable life in Europe."

Youth unemployment is still an important problem in some European countries. The average youth unemployment rate (23,3%) in Turkey is considerably higher compared to the EU-28 (15,2%) (TUIK, May 2019; EUROSTAT, 2019). Long-term unemployment among young people is seen as an obstacle to their full integration into society by the European Union. The mismatch between education, training and competences required by existing job vacancies and the low-level entrepreneurship activities are associated with youth unemployment problem (Putun et al., 2017). According to T-Kit on Social Inclusion (No.8), different methodologies such as non-formal education (workshop, conference etc.) can be used to encourage young people to actively participate in society. Improving key competencies and working skills of young people with fewer opportunities (especially from rural areas and including NEETs) by using these methodologies could be a great tool to contribute them to the labour market and move society forward (Erasmus+ Inclusion and Diversity Strategy, 2014).There is a young and dynamic population in Turkey and agriculture is the largest sector for young labor (Balaban, 2015). However, in Turkey and in the rest of Europe, young people start to leave rural areas and they don’t want to choose farming careers. Negative perceptions about farming and limited access to information, technology and financial services are the leading causes of this situation. On the other hand, villages can be the center of production and young people can continue their life by doing profitable agri-food business in these areas. That is why increasing the qualifications and skills of the unemployed youth has social and economic benefits.Objectives of the project;-To enhance the social inclusion of youth with fewer opportunities (including NEETs)-To encourage young people to enter the labour market-To stop migration towards big cities-To increase the entrepreneurship and language skills -To teach new technologies used in agriculture such as drones-To develop the competence of young people in profitable agri-food activities (e.g. exportation of agri-food products)-To promote the development of target group (unemployed youth, future farmers, agri-food professionals, local authorities, NEETs, students at high-school or university etc.) to tackle unemployment through free, innovative training materials including topics of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), Agri-Food Marketing, Agricultural Entrepreneurship, Food Safety and Traditional Processing Technologies, and Value-Added Food Products from Fruits and Vegetables-To increase the agricultural production contribution of young people-To make farming activities more attractive for youth-To tighten the cooperation among partners from different countries-To support agricultural sustainability The project consortium is formed by 5 experienced partners from 3 countries. The project coordinator is TARIMAS. Its main objective is to develop projects for rural development and to lead agri-food producers in the most accurate way with trainings as well as model applications. It will serve trainings to target groups (students at vocational agriculture high schools & universities, agri-food professionals, young people with fewer opportunities (including NEETs), employees/employers working in agri-food sector etc.) and has EU project experience (ERASMUS+).The other core partners are: -Central Research Institute of Food and Feed Control (CRIFFC, Turkey)-Ministry of Food Agriculture and livestock/General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies (GDAR, Turkey)-The National Technological Centre for the Food and Canning Industry (CTC, Spain)-Center of Food and Fermentation Technologies (TFTAK, Estonia)The short-time impact of the project: It will prepare unemployed youth to agri-food business life by enhancing their skills and qualifications through innovative training materials and young tailored activities, and enriching international cooperation for increment in agriculture and food manufacturing activity performance by creating a network for mutual exchange of experience.The long-term outcomes of the project: The level of youth unemployment will decrease since more qualified young people may be employed by agri-food companies more easily and some of them may start-up their own business. International agri-food trade activities will boost and the number of people moving from rural areas to cities will be lower.

"""How to make accessible to the greatest number a food of quality, of proximity and respectful of the environment? "". Essential question for future generationsFaced with this question, Passeurs de Culture is designed to enable young professionals in the food industry and catering and educational teams to develop new skills through the exchange of practices and knowledge in the field of sustainable food, local productions and their valuations.This project is based on:- 4 mobilities between young professionals entitled ""I would cook at home"" exchanges between young Europeans to give to know the practices of their partners in the field of sustainable food and the development of local productions.- The realization of educational resources around the following themes: quality approaches and Signs of Quality and Origin Identification (SIQO ...) societal issues and sustainable food, knowledge of local food heritage, consumer trends and distribution.- Within fablab provide young people with tools to work in project mode to enable them to design projects and innovative ideas to enhance their local food heritage- And infine, design the route of a European route of flavors in the four partner territories of the project (France, Italy, Portugal, Spain) in order to involve young people in the construction of a project at European level and to promote a proactive attitude towards Europe and its intangible heritage."

Organic production is an overall system of farm management and food production that combines best environmental practices, a high level of biodiversity, the preservation of natural resources, the application of high animal welfare standards and a production method in line with the preference of certain consumers for products produced using natural substances and processes. According to the FAO no Latin American country has subsidies or support for organic production in spite of the fact that Latin America - one of the biodiversity reservoirs of the world, is just beginning to take cognizance of the enormous possibilities of organic agriculture. It has the farming traditions, the fertile lands and the varied climatic zones that allow it to produce almost anything in an ecological way, helping the much needed greening of the planet.NGOs are playing the most influential role in the emergence of organic agriculture, usually by promoting alternative models of production among farmers . They have also played a major role in supporting small farmer associations in the adoption of organic methods of production and in selling organic products.The project applicant would like to transfer the know – how developed by the consortium from EU countries (Slovakia, Hungary, Spain, Romania) consisted of NGO working with Youth, University,Technology Center and Research Institute and to introduce innovative educational and training methods including Open Education Resource with the introduction of innovative training opportunity - Communal Organic Farms in the partner countries – Antigua and Barbuda (ACP), Costa Rica (LA) and in Nepal (A) for youth and workers with youth. The project’s aims is to increase capacities of the entities from Partner countries for education, training and quality in the work with Youth in the field of organic farming and to increase mobility for workers with Youth into the Project partner countries. Among the targets is development of the Open Educational Resource with sophisticated training forms and professionalized processing methods in order to introduce innovative production of organic products by Youth and relevant organisations and such support their entrepreneurship of Youth and organisations working with Youth. The mobility of workers with Youth from EU countries to 3 partner countries will increase the capacities of the partner organisations working with Youth and also the mobility of participants from EU countries will bring the expertise in the fields of Youth work and organic farming and processing from this specific countries with wide range of plant variety. In order to support the partners capacities the Regional Strategy Platform meetings in 3 Partner countries, School Campaigns and Final Conference Networking meeting in Barbados will be organized where the Youth production and the Fair trade principles will be promoted for the overall region with success story presentation from other partner countries.

World population is expected to reach 9.8 billion by 2050 and in order to meet the food demand, food production must be increased by 70 percent. Food availability and accessibility can be ensured by increasing production, improving distribution and reducing the loss and waste. About 1.3 billion tons of food gets lost annually. In terms of economic value food losses and waste amounts roughly US$680 billion in industrialized countries and US$310 billion in developing countries. It is estimated that food losses can feed 870 million hungry people. Reducing food loss and waste is an important target of the Sustainable Development Goals. Reducing food loss and waste can generate economic benefits. It is essential to address the causes of food loss and waste. Inadequate technology, poor transportation, poor storage, mis-packaging and improper preservation conditions in all food chains are some of the factors that cause food loss in postharvest sectors. These factors are mainly associated with target groups' traditional processing methods, improper practices and also lack of any smart, innovative and free training materials. There is a need for qualified workers with knowledge and competence in the postharvest sectors to reduce postharvest losses and also developing VET business partnerships aimed at promoting work-based learning and creating innovative training materials for target groups is inevitable to increase employability and increase competences in labor market.The goal of the Project is; *to develop an educational package that meets the requirements of vocational education for employees in postharvest sectors (food supply chain) to reduce losses and improve the quality, safety and marketability of horticultural products. *to develop VET business partnerships aimed at promoting work-based learning and to increase awareness of target group by using inclusive latest techniques. *to create new innovative training materials from a wide range of disciplines and developing E-learning platform The project consortium is formed by 8 experienced partners from 4 countries. The project coordinator is CRIFFC which is an experienced research and training center in the field of agricultural products, food research, food technologies, food quality and trainig activities. The other core partners are: - General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies (GDAR,Turkey), - Gaziantep University(Turkey), -ISEKI-Food Association (IFA, Austria), -The National Technological Centre for the Food and Canning Industry (CTC, Spain), -Dunerea De Jos University (UDJ, Romania), -Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Tarım AS (TARIMAS, Turkey) -Bursa Commodity Exchange (BCE, Turkey)Within the scope of the project, Training Need Assesment & Country Survey Report and six training materials were prepared in Turkish, English, German, Romanian and Spanish languages in order to meet the vocational training needs of the people working in post-harvest sectors. The training materials focused on especially four products; fig, cherry, tomato and grape. The training materials prepared within the scope of the Project are;-Best Harvesting Techniques Training Material-Best Storage And Transportation Practises Trainin Material-Packaging Opportunities Training Material-Sales Conditions İn Retail And Wholesaler Market Training Material-Food Losses Volarization Applications Training Material-Marketing Opportunities Of Fruits Training MaterialA curriculum was prepared which can be used by trainer and teachers in VET institutions and organisations. Economic analysis report was prepared which aims to draw attention to the importance of food losses and food wastes all over the world in terms of economy. In addition, a web-based E-learning module is available in five languages at https://elearning.postharvestproject.com/During the project in order to increase awareness and to be able to disseminate project results different training and dissemination activities were performed; Opening Conference, short term joint staff training events, dissemination seminars in Austria, Romania and Spain, trainee trainings and on field trainings, workshop and Final Dissemination Conference were organized. Participation of mayor, governor and decision makers to the Project meetings helped to increase public awareness and maket he Project more visible in newspapers, TVs and social media platforms. By the help of new innovative training materials, the target groups have increased their skills and competences at every stages of postharvest. New, innovative training materials met the requirements of vocational education in the field of postharvest sectors to reduce postharvest losses and improve the quality, safety and marketability of selected horticultural products. Training materials filled the gap in vocational education and increased the skills of trainers and teachers in the universities and VET institutions.