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Appendix – Long life learning programs
Appendix – Long life learning programs
LONG LIFE LEARNING PROGRAMS FOR THE COMMUNITY
Modernization of Agricultural Knowledge and Information (MAKIS)
The project Proiectul „ Modernization of Agricultural Knowledge and Information System” (MAKIS)
was implemented by the Romanian Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural development (MADR)
and the The National Veterinary and Food Safety Agency (ANVSA) by the Project Management Unit
(UMP). The loan agreement between Romania and the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development concerning the financing of the project was signed on the 28 th of January, 2005 being
ratified by the Law No. 170/2005. The Work Bank Council approved on the 24 th of June 2005, the
enforcement of the project.
Contractual data:
Project Title: Training and consulting specialists in agricultural extension, food safety
inspectors and agricultural researchers from North-West and Centre regions
from Romania
Contract Number World Bank MAKIS loan 4758 RO, Contract No. 2444 / 30.09.2008
Date of start 10th October 2008
Period of the contract 10th October 2008 – 30th September 2010
Contracting Authority UMP – MAKIS
Contractor USAMV Cluj in association with ADT Projekt GmbH - Germania
Contract value 4,824,207 ROL
The main project objectives:
Within the program entitled: "Modernization of Agricultural Knowledge and Information (MAKIS) ", the
education and training component aims: to improve the capacity of researchers, the agricultural consultants,
and the specialists in food safety, to better serve the needs and improve competitiveness of the
farmers/producers and processors in the context of EU accession, to increase the access of the farmers and
the processors to knowledge on technologies related to production, quality control, food safety, processing
and marketing in order to meet the EU requirements.
The general objectives:
a. Improving the capacity of the agricultural researchers, the agricultural specialists in extensions and
consultancy and the inspectors in the domain of the food safety, to meet better the needs of the farmers
and the agro-processors from the food industry, in the context of the accession to the EU
b. broadening the activity field of the specialized training centers for the specialists in extension and
consultancy, for the inspectors in the domain of the food safety and for the agricultural researchers, by
establishing of the Training and Information Center (CPI) for the North-West Region and the Central
Region of Romania – the counties: Alba, Bistrita, Cluj, Harghita, Maramures, Mures, Satu Mare and Salaj
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