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On the 22 of February 2019, on the occasion of the 142nd Governing Board meeting of the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) held in Paris, Mr Plácido Plaza was elected unanimously as the new Secretary General of the CIHEAM.
6 September 2019, Chania, Greece
Twenty-three (23) students of the Italian Institute stayed at the CIHEAM Institute of Chania facilities for two months since July 16th and completed their apprenticeships in hospitality, tourism and catering businesses in Chania, with the aim of acquiring professional qualifications and knowledge through exposure in a real work environment.
This project builds on the synergy of the social partners and in particular academic institutes and businesses, focusing on and enhancing the extroversion of the participants while undoubtedly contributing to the exchange of good education and training practices. In addition, enhancing participants’ experiences, acquiring qualifications through mobility and flexible learning are key objectives of the European Union’s “ERASMUS +” project funded by the EuPROSkills project.
The CIHEAM Institute of Chania would like to thank once again the tourism and catering businesses of Chania Prefecture, namely “Theo Hotels” in Agia Marina, “Okeanis Golden Resort”, “Golden Bay Suites”, “Helios Apartments” and “Kiwi Apartments” at Agioi Apostoli, “Panorama Hotel” in Kalamaki, “Halepa” and “Kydon” in the city of Chania, as well as catering companies in the Old Port, who participated in the project as “host organizations” to implement the apprenticeship. The aforementioned companies, some of which are involved in similar projects for the fifth consecutive year, functioned as quality apprenticeships and worked seamlessly with their students and their apprentices from Italy, contributing to a safe and highly successful apprenticeship program.
In addition, CIHEAM Chania thanks all the bodies (Directorate of Health and Social Welfare, Urban and Intercity Buses of Chania, etc.) that contributed to the smooth implementation of this project.
At the awards ceremony on Friday, 6 September 2019, the attendees thanked the Institute for inviting them to participate in the project, while students and business representatives expressed their satisfaction with the work completed. Proof of the absolutely successful and constructive cooperation of all parties was given by the presence of representatives from all the companies involved in the project. The latter referred to the morale, courtesy, willingness and ability of the students, and their ability to fully handle the tasks assigned to them in a difficult and highly demanding professional environment.
We wish upon everyone the opportunity to participate in similar projects in the future, and in general to create opportunities for tourism businesses to act as innovators in the field of apprenticeships.
Press release,
Zaragoza, Spain, 4 October 2019
The Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza (CIHEAM Zaragoza) put together a very special day on Friday with an event that brought together more than 200 students from 24 countries for events organised in honour of this year’s 50th anniversary of the Institute´s founding. In addition to Spain, participants came largely from Latin American countries, Europe, and North Africa.
The event featured Plácido Plaza, Secretary General of CIHEAM (International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies), an international organisation based in Paris which comprises 13 member countries, and of which CIHEAM Zaragoza is a part; Joaquín Olona, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Environment for the government of Aragón; and Javier Sierra, director of the CIHEAM Zaragoza.
It was a day of reuniting and remembering in which former CIHEAM Zaragoza directors Miguel Mut, Miguel Valls, Luis Esteruelas and Ignacio Romagosa spoke about their experiences at the helm. Following that, José Manuel Moreno, Dean of Ecology at Castilla-La Mancha University and member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) at the United Nations, gave remarks on scientific agreement surrounding climate change.
The Institute of Zaragoza was founded in 1969 on the campus of Aula Dei in Montañana by Ramón Esteruelas, from Aragon who was also a driving force behind the creation of CIHEAM seven years earlier, based on the need to create structures to encourage technical progress and prosperity after WWII and promote institutions in the emerging European structure.
During the ceremony, awards of recognition for continued collaboration with CIHEAM Zaragoza were given to the directors of the other 6 centres, which work for various public administration offices, that operate on the Aula Dei campus.
More than 15,000 well-prepared leaders
More than 15,000 young leaders in the agro-food sector from Mediterranean and Latin American countries have studied at the Agronomic Mediterranean Institute of Zaragoza over its 50 year lifespan. The Institute has offered more than 400 advanced courses taught by more than 1,000 experts and professors from universities and research centres from all over the world. Moreover, the Institute has established partnerships with more than 60 national and international organisations.
The CIHEAM Zaragoza is one of the four institutes that comprise the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM), headquartered in Paris, together with the institutes in Bari (Italy), Montpellier (France) and Chania (Greece).
The CIHEAM Zaragoza is a centre of excellence which offers advanced continuing education and postgraduate courses with a consolidated programme that relies on cooperative resource networks and coordinates international projects.
Nowadays, it represents an international paragon of high-quality and excellent programmes in the Mediterranean agro-food sector. At present it offers 7 master’s programmes and every year organises 10 advanced courses, summer courses and workshops that take place over several days.
The International Forum “Strategies for More Sustainable Food Systems in the Mediterranean” was held from May 15 to 17 in Palermo, Italy.
Mr. Mohammed Sadiki, President of the CIHEAM Governing Board and Secretary General of the Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Forests of the Kingdom of Morocco, and Mr. Plácido Plaza, Secretary General of the CIHEAM, were present at the CIHEAM Institute of Zaragoza (Spain) from 28 to 30 April 2019 to discuss with the staff, in particular on the work plan and the objectives of the Institute for the years to come
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