Green Vineyards participated in the Climed-Fruit conference held last March 12th and 13th, alongside with 27 other projects, which brought together more than 1,000 participants from all over Europe. It meant a unique opportunity to discover new knowledge and practices in climate change fight.
You can access to the conference contents here.
Green Vineyards presentation was delivered by IFV, and it is also available here.
On April 12, the French Institute of Vine and Wine, IFV, organizes its annual multi-event «Les Entretiens du Beaujolais et les Assises de l’Agroecologie en Beaujolais«, around carbon and different contents included in the Green Vineyards project. The meeting is aimed at operators of the Beaujolais vineyard and of surrounding areas, vine and wine advisors and permanent staff of structures such as ODGs (Defence and management bodies), oenologists, etc., and BTS viti-oeno students. Between 100 and 150 people are expected.
On 6 April, the Centro per lo Sviluppo Agricolo e Rural, CESAR, organised a multiplier event to discuss some of the topics included in the Green Vineyards project. The meeting was addressed to agricultural technicians, either university graduates in agriculture or graduates of agricultural technical schools.
It was held in the framework of the 55th edition of the AGRIUMBRIA Fair, held on 5-7 April 2024, which is one of the largest agricultural fairs in Italy and attracts tens of thousands of visitors.
Green Vineyards partners with NOVATERRA to make vineyards more sustainable
The collaboration between NOVATERRA and Green Vineyards is rooted in a shared commitment to sustainable viticulture.
NOVATERRA, an EU-funded H2020 project, is dedicated to ensuring food security and promoting access to healthy food for the growing population. Focusing on Mediterranean olive groves and vineyards through a series of case studies, the project aims to explore the possibility of maintaining current yields and quality in Europe and other regions while eliminating or significantly reducing the use of contentious plant protection products, commonly known as pesticides.
Collaboration is key to tackling complex challenges and maximising the impact of creating a supportive ecosystem that encourages the adoption of sustainable practices at every level of the agricultural supply chain. By working together, NOVATERRA and Green Vineyards represent a significant advancement in the pursuit of sustainable agriculture and human health.
The fourth face-to-face meeting of the Green Vineyards project was held on 29-30 January in Radolfzell am Bodensee, Germany. It was hosted by the local partner the Lake Constance Foundation.
The main points of the agenda dealt with the last phases of the project, paying special attention to the translation of the different units of the Green Vineyards course into the languages represented in the project, Italian, German, Spanish, Macedonian and French.
The different phases of the piloting of the course were also defined, where the participation of at least 300 wine sector workers is foreseen.
Finally, relevant issues such as the sustainability of the project and other communication actions that will help to strengthen the impact of the project were discussed.
Green Vineyards (Upskilling wineries staff: Responding to the challenges of climate change – 2021-1-ES01-KA220-VET-33311), is a project funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. It aims to train workers in the wine sector to be able to face the challenges of climate change.
Green Vineyards brings together the environment, digitalisation and the agri-food sector, three of the priorities of the European Commission for this 2021 – 2027 programming period.
Castello Monte Vibiano is a pioneer in the field of sustainability. This magnificent winery stands at the centre of the Fasola estate on the Perugia’s hills, Italy, producing both high-quality oil and wine. In 2009, it was awarded with the «zero CO2 emissions» certification (DNV UNI ISO 14064), being the first Italian company to receive it after a long process.
Over half a century ago, the winery planted over 10,000 trees to surround the estate’s agricultural land. Today these trees have grown and created a majestic “green fence” to protect the vineyards and olive groves from the impact of man, so only 40% of the estate’s land is dedicated to agriculture, while plants and ecological areas occupies over 30% of the territory surrounding the Castle.
To be more and more sustainable from the farm’s point of view, even the packaging materials have been revised, and only electric vehicles and bicycles are used within the estate. The farm also offers tasting services and bicycle tours in an effort to pass on its values to citizens.
That is why this case has ben selected as a good practice at Green Vineyards Competence Framework & Sustainable Practices for Wine Sector guide.
Green Vineyards (Upskilling wineries staff: Responding to the challenges of climate change – 2021-1-ES01-KA220-VET-33311), is funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. It aims to train workers in the wine sector to be able to face the challenges of climate change. The project brings together the environment, digitalisation and the agri-food sector, three of the priorities of the European Commission for this 2021 – 2027 programming period.
The third face-to-face meeting of Green Vineyards project took place on 27-28 June in Skopje, North Macedonia.
The meeting was hosted by the Institute for Research in Environment, Civil Engineering and Energy – IECE, partner of Green Vineyards project.
One of the topics discussed at the meeting was the design and structure of the training course which, based on the competency framework developed by the project, will be made available to workers in the sector.
The members of the consortium also made a technical visit to the KAMNIC winery, where they had the opportunity to see for themselves the sustainable production measures implemented by the wine company.
Green Vineyards (Upskilling wineries staff: Responding to the challenges of climate change – 2021-1-ES01-KA220-VET-33311), is a project funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. It aims to train workers in the wine sector to be able to face the challenges of climate change.
Green Vineyards brings together the environment, digitalisation and the agri-food sector, three of the priorities of the European Commission for this 2021 – 2027 programming period.
Green Vineyards project has published its first output, the Competence Framework & Sustainable Practices for Wine Sector. This guide contains a specific competence framework which aims to contribute to identifying the environmental competencies required by wine sector workers to ensure a positive environmental footprint of the activities carried out in this primary sector industry.
It also aims to provide a European reference tool for policymakers, education and training providers, educational staff, guidance practitioners, employers, public employment services, and learners. Therefore, it supports efforts at a european, national, regional, and local level to foster lifelong learning from a sustainable perspective.
In addition, the guide contains a set of 22 good sustainable practices identified across Europe. The selected interventions will help wineries and other final users to benchmark and better understand what is being done on specific topics and will support them in deciding how to structure future upskilling interventions.
This guide is the first output of the Project Green Vineyards (Upskilling wineries staff: Responding to the challenges of climate change – 2021-1-ES01-KA220-VET-33311), funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.
Download the Competence Framework & Sustainable Best Practices here.
Imagen de jcomp en FreepikThe second face-to-face meeting of the Green Vineyards project took place last 23rd February in the Italian city of Perugia, hosted by CESAR (Centro per lo Sviluppo Agricolo e Rurale).
All partners attended the meeting, and had the opportunity to review all relevant aspects of the project, including the final revision of the Green Competences & Sustainable Practices for Wine Sector guide, in work package 1.
However, the partners spent much of their time designing the future work of work package 2, focusing on the contents of the training course. To this end, and led by IECE, a workshop was organised to determine the possible learning outcomes and plan the future curriculum.
In addition, participants had the privilege of visiting a local winery, CHIORRI, where they had the opportunity to learn about new sustainable production practices in situ.
Further information about Green Vineyards
Through a survey, the Green Vineyards project seeks the help of wine sector stakeholders to develop a green competence framework.
Green Vineyards project aims to train workers in the wine sector to help them face the challenges of climate change. A just and sustainable society with a modern, resource-efficient, and competitive economy cannot be achieved without a workforce to support it. That is why it is necessary to provide personnel with the knowledge and skills inherent to green jobs and to ensure that industries and workplaces do not face a shortage of suitably qualified workers.
The first step to designing open, free, and accessible online training content is to identify the green competences needed and any knowledge gaps. For that purpose, the consortium has designed a survey aimed at wine sector stakeholders. The survey is available in 6 languages (English, French, German, Italian, Macedonian, and Spanish).Through this action, the project also seeks to identify sustainable good practices across Europe.
No matter if you are involved in the wine sector, you can help us by replying to this short survey until the 18th of November.
Green Vineyards is a project funded by the European Commission within the Erasmus+ programme framework. Coordinated by the Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR), through the Research Institute for Innovation & Technology in Education (UNIR iTED), is a cooperative partnership of six partners from five European countries.
Green Vineyards project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union. The content of website is the sole responsibility of the project consortium and neither the European Commission nor the Spanish Service for the Internationalisation of Education (SEPIE) is responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.
Upskilling wineries staff: Responding to the challenges of climate change
PROJECT REF.: 2021-1-ES01-KA220-VET-000033311