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Regierungspräsidium Chemnitz, Department of Agriculture

Regierungspräsidium ChemnitzDistrict Government Board Chemnitz

Project Partner P 7 in the AAC – Agriculture Advisor´s Competencies

Agriculture in Saxony - modern, competitive, environmetal-

friendly, lastingly

EU-Project A A C

Agriculture Advisor´s Competencies – Kompetenzbildung landwirtschaftlicher Berater

Phase 3: Evaluation of quality of advisor´s competencies (6 month)

3. Meeting: Budapest – Hungary

Criteria of input for advisors

Education level 2 types of Advisors: 1 general advisor, 2 special advisor. The general advisor needs the higher qualification.

Special Advisor: specialized university or technical college of higher education degree in an agricultural field of knowledge. General Advisor: additional civil service examination to the higher agricultural service and technical college teacher qualification in agricultural fields.

Required experience and practise

One year agricultural practicesExperiences in advice or consultation not

required.The following further education provides

training in advice and consultation.

Responsibility

Structured organisation. 3-stage administration: SMUL - RPC – ÄfL (Saxon State Ministry for Environment and Agriculture (Dresden) – District Administration Board (Chemnitz)- 11 Offices for Agriculture)

The Ministry appoints the advisors at the time they get an employee of the state (employment contract).

Some of the advisors are employees, some are public officials.

Public advice and financing. Partly private advice suppliers. At investment support since 2004 no more state advice. Advice is made by private investment attendants. Private advice is carried out also at certain other services. In the field of FAS there are no certifications for private advisors.

Certification

Target groups= who will be certificated

No extra certification procedure. No other target groups.

Procedure of certification

Form of registration - procedure

Not applying.

How many years valid

Not applying.

Register (yes/no)

Not applying.

EducationInstitutional

courses(The

guarantee of courses)

(Here the situation for the official advisors in Saxony is shown)

Who provide? (Who is responsible for keeping of qualification and what delegation the provider has)

General Responsibility: Saxon State Ministry for Environment and Agriculture

Basic education The National Training Place for Agriculture

(NTPA) (Reinhardtsgrimma) provides most of the further education.

The Saxon Institute for Agriculture (Dresden-Pillnitz and their branch offices in Saxony) supports the tasks of the NTPA by experts and teachers and materials.

www.landwirtschaft.sachsen.dewww.landesweb.sachsen.de

Cooperation at specific questions: Saxon national Institute of Agriculture; Environmental Offices, Food and Veterinary Offices (within the District Offices).

Form Present Present courses and conferences only

Distance learning

Individual learning is the task of the advisors by themselves.

Combine (present, distance- what proportion?)

Duration 5 days courses and up to 5 days conferences and/or exchange of experiences.

Examination

No examinations. Participation document is given to the advisor.

Advisors as a target group

how many advisors

2008: 188 advisors all together in agriculture and horticulture. Some of them are teachers at the technical colleges of agriculture too. Consultation is not only for FAS and CC.

Contents CC (Cross compliance)

19 regulations

The 19 regulations are content of further education courses.Education for advisory tools is also provided.

Advisory tools

GQS-SN:“Whole Enterprise Quality Safekeeping System of Saxony” Internet portal about GQS-SN with CC check list, question answer catalogue etc. permanently is updated.Everything public for everybody accessible. Private consultants also can be using. Advice management is not promoted for private suppliers but an indirect support by the subsidized appropriation of technical documents.Many materials also free of charge over the Internet for all interested parties (farmers, private consultants) available.

GAEC (good agricultural and environmental conditions)

This topic is also in education courses.

Others Labour safety

No information available yet.

Good practises

This topic is also in education courses.

Other examples …

Other facts of P 7

CC consultation has been effective since 2005

In 2008 the system of the whole administration in Saxony will be changed

FAS shall be continued in the shown way

Extend of agricultural enterprises in Saxony 2005

single farms agriculture 9.022• main paid occupation 1.943

single enterprises horticult. 1.028• main paid occupation 852

other farms agriculture 572 other farms horticulture 56 public farms 3 total 10.681

Extend of consultation 2005

single consultations 30.313 group consultations 2.053

• participants 38.049

• In the federal states of Germany exist several different systems in this topic. Information: www.bmelv.de. There are no official recognitions of private advisors in general, but only in connection with supporting measures. It is planned, to make a register of such recognised advisors.

Thank you for your attention.