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MO-LAB II
MO-LAB II modernises agricultural vocational training so future farmers learn the digital, robotics and sustainability skills the sector now needs.
The challenge, and what the project does about it
Farming is changing fast. Precision farming, drones, GPS-guided machines and farm-management software are now part of daily work, but vocational training for farmers and livestock farmers has not kept pace. Many learners finish their training without the digital and sustainability skills employers expect.
MO-LAB II builds on the first MO-LAB project. Partners from research, education and farm practice in five countries define an extended competence profile for the profession, develop six new teaching modules and bring them together on a shared digital platform, so that agricultural careers become more attractive to young people.
What the project sets out to achieve
- Extend the competence profile of farmers and livestock farmers to cover digitalisation, robotics, AI and sustainability.
- Develop six new teaching and learning modules, with curricula, self-learning units, webinars and case studies.
- Build a free Smart Platform for vocational training across the agri-food value chain.
- Test the modules with teachers and learners in Germany, Poland, Estonia, Italy and Bulgaria, and refine them from their feedback.
- Make agricultural vocational training more attractive and help the new content enter national curricula.
What Think Loom brings to the consortium
WP2: Competence profile and modules | Research on training gaps in Bulgaria, and design of the M6 Digital Marketing module for agricultural VET.
WP3: Smart Platform | Input to the platform's requirements, and alpha and beta testing.
WP4: Dissemination | Communication and multiplier work in Bulgaria, and the project poster with Chemtrade Estonia.
What the project has produced
Workshops that train vocational teachers to use the module in their own lessons.
Open the result ↗A free interactive module in German, Greek, Bulgarian and English, published as an open educational resource. Led by Think Loom.
Open the result ↗Good-practice recommendations for including learners with ADHD, agreed with partner schools.
Open the result ↗Country profiles and a comparison of how Germany, Greece and Bulgaria support vocational teachers today.
Open the result ↗A lasting network of universities, companies and policymakers for Virtual Worlds skills.
Open the result ↗An AI-supported platform that builds personalised study plans and shares digital learning content.
Open the result ↗Think Loom's modular training for educators within the UPRAISE programme.
Open the result ↗A free digital platform for vocational training across the agri-food value chain.
Open the result ↗Free, ready-to-use training materials for agricultural VET teachers and learners, published once finalised.
Open the result ↗A competence catalogue that adds digitalisation, robotics and sustainability to the profile of farmers and livestock farmers.
Open the result ↗What partners and participants say
The consortium
Where the project is now
Nov 2024: Kick-off in Erfurt (past)
Apr 2026: Partner meeting in Rimini (past)
Aug to Nov 2026: Module pilots with teachers and learners (now)
Dec 2026 to Apr 2027: Final multiplier event in Germany (next)
Aug 2027: Project end (next)
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
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