The document summarizes the EuroVeg project called "Vegucation", which aims to modernize and optimize vocational education and training in vegetarian cookery. The project has 8 partners across 4 countries and runs from 2012-2015. It targets gastronomy staff and students to develop new competencies and learning materials for vegetarian cuisine, as vegetarian/vegan diets are increasingly popular but represent a small part of current culinary curricula. The project will develop online learning modules, videos, handbooks and other materials. So far, it has conducted a survey of vocational schools and started drafting curriculum and online learning elements. The overall goal is to better meet customer and labor market demands for plant-

1. LINQ 2013 -
Vocational Education and Training, New Skills and Quality
Julia Schneider
Project coordinator
EuroVeg

2. What‘s EuroVeg? Vegucation!
• Multilateral project with 8 partners
in 4 countries (NL, BE, DE, AT)
• Start 10/2012, End 03/2015
• Granted by the EACEA, LLP
• Target group: gastronomical staff
and staff-to-be (chefs, caterers,
students), as well as teachers in the
initial and continuing vocational
education and training (VET)

3. Why Vegucation?
• Situation in Germany
– 7 Mio. vegetarians, 800.000 vegans
– 880 hrs curriculum for chefs, only 60 hrs for plant
based products = 7 % !
– 51% of the german population prefer meat-
reduced, plant based and natural diet
– Necessity to fill the gap between labour market
needs and vocational skills
– development of new competences for the
innovative Europe-wide job of the “vegetarian cook”

4. Our target? Vegucate Europe!
• Modernise and optimise the
conventional VET
• Meet the increasing demand of
customers for balanced, healthy
and delicious plant-based food
• Developing innovative learning
material for schools
• Pilot courses for chefs and
apprentices in vegetarian cookery

5. Innovative approach
• New learning methods:
– Technology enhanced learning
– New skills and competences
• New working methods:
– Certification, ECVET, EQF
– Online work bench, virtual platform
• New strategies:
– Initial training: module renewal, extra classes
– Continuing VET: correspondence course

6. Vegucation‘s results
• ICT elements
– Online diary
– Climate calculator
– 12 E-Learning-Modules
– 2 Learning videos
– 6 Cooking videos
– 6 3-D animated videos
• Learning material
– Handbooks (teacher, students)

7. State of the art
• National online survey at 140 VET schools
• 100 hrs curriculum of vegetarian cuisine
• First drafts of learning material via Google
docs
• ICT elements: first concepts
• Collaboration on a virtual online platform
• Web presence (in progress) with download
and feedback area

8. Thank you for your attention!
Julia Schneider
julia.schneider@vegucation.eu
www.vegucation.eu