Project Context :This project is the result of a request made in 2014 by a dairy company operating in emerging countries that has a problem training its European dairy technicians to work in these countries. Dairy processing is always undertaken locally in factories located near the raw material supply areas . In order to assure optimal production dairy companies are obliged to organize their mild collection in a manner that guarantees regular supply in both quantity and quality. Their technicians are European-trained, thus their technical reference points ( in terms of herd management, nutrition..) cultural references ( work organization, animal welfare..) are often not in sync with those in emerging countries where the conditions for animal husbandry and the technical-economic results are very different from European standards.ESA was contacted about this company issue and saw that a “Strategic Partnership” could be an appropriate tool to develop a training program to respond to this need. Objectives:The objectives are two-fold: Firstly, to create a one-month training module, preceded by a refresher course offered through distance learning, to a public destined to work as dairy technicians in emerging countries ; Secondly, to generate a pool of young European graduates available to work in international companies in the dairy sector. Number and profiles of the participating organizations:The project integrated the 4 following partners:- L’ESA: a Higher Education Institution ( HEI) in Agriculture based in Angers, France. Project coordinator.- CAH Dronton; HEI in Agricultural based in Dronton, based in The Netherlands- USAMV, HEI in Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine based in Bucharest , Romania.- Groupe Lactalis; a major European dairy company, implanted in 85 countries , including emerging countries where milk collection has to be organized. Description of principal activities put in place :A survey to establish the competences required by companies working in emerging countiesA mission to Kazakhstan in analyze its dairy sector in order to build a real-life case study. ( Mission not financed by the project but by Lactalis) The creation of an on-line animal science and economic management refresher course The creation of a four-week module taught in-houseThe teaching of this moduleThe creation of a 6 – language lexicon ( written and oral) in technical vocabulary3 dissemination events + participation in a scientific conference (Rabat, Morrocco)The administrative and pedagogical coordination of the projectResults and impacts achieved:The refresher module in animal science and economic management was created and put on lineThe two in-house training modules were run in January 2017 and January 2017 and attended by 43 students of 6 nationalities – XXX of whom validated the 10ECTS. To permit the module creation a survey was undertaken of 16 European companies in three countries in order to define the competencies they required for technicians working in emerging countries. 4 project team members effected a one-week study visit in Kazakhstan in order to create a case studyThe 6 language written and audio language lexicon of technical vocabulary was created and put on line. (French, English, Rumanian, Dutch, Russian and Brazilian) The partner company offered 2 internships during the programThe distance – learning module will be used by the project partners in the future. The one-month in house module will be integrated into a final year semester in ESA and iin a minor in CAHThe 3 HEI network was reinforced thanks to this project and has led to new cooperation: the opening of a joint bachelor between CAH and ESA in local food products in January 2017 . Thanks to the contact established during the Kazakh mission ESA Kazakh partner universities are now sending students to this bachelor program under an ICM program. This ICM is also a direct consequence of LADMEC.European dairy companies now have a pool of 43 young graduates from which to recruit technicians trained to give technical advice in merging countries. The training module was conceived in a way that allows its methodology to be transferred to other agricultural sectors – assuring the raw material supply for vegetable factories, for example. Eventual long-term benefits:The cooperation between the 3 partners HEIs has been endurably reinforced. Companies in three countries have been educated in mission and functioning of Erasmus+The pool of 43 program graduates will serve the long-term development of European companies in emerging countries.