Beegen: Beekeepers generation bridging

The problem of European beekeepers are not enough young people who want to become beekeepers taking an apiary after their older colleagues or establish new learning from experienced professionals. In Poland, during several meetings organized for beekeepers you can see the structure of the age of people who deal with the breeding of bees. This is confirmed by various surveys conducted at various events for beekeepers. According to the Polish Association of Beekeepers of more than 60% of beekeepers it exceeded the age of 60 years. This fact is also confirmed by a survey carried out during the project Leonardo da Vinci titled Beekeeping European Environmental Sustainability TO BEE OR NOT TO BEEEZZ, where 153 surveyed beekeepers most were aged between 61 and 70 years. Similar results were obtained during the survey conducted in January 2017 year. (Results available on www.lacjum.org version EN, folder surveys password: centrum112)Based on the survey, it is clear that there is a need to interest young people in beekeeping. At the same time based on the research clearly shows that the professional group that beekeepers are constantly in need of professional training.To combine these these two needs, ie. encourage young people to beekeeping and beekeepers provide professional training in the subject, which is required for both young and experienced professionals, the project consortium has undertaken the development of training materials for the project BeeGenBeeGen project will focus on a group of professional beekeepers and provide them with professional training materials necessary for the proper conduct of the apiary. Training materials will be divided into two parts. First designed for novice beekeepers containing basic information about beekeeping (EQF 2-3) and the second shorting advanced knowledge that will incorporate content that beekeepers pointed out in a survey before writing project.Innovation project will be that in addition to printed materials to be developed, user-friendly e-learning course. The innovative aspect is the way the pilot will be carried out and how the age group of beekeepers will be from each other, they drew their knowledge and experience.Project will elaborate an innovative practices in a digital era by elaborating dedicated for thematic game. This innovative metod is dedicated for learning from each other - young people will learn older beneficiaries the ICT skills and make them more familiar with modern technologies and the older professionals will learn younger people about the beekeeeping. BeeGen objectives of the project are:- The creation of training materials for young beekeepers to the EQF level 2-3- Creation of advanced materials training materials for professional beekeepers to the EQF level 4-5- The creation of e-learning platform containing these courses in an interactive format- Development of two handbooks for young and advanced beekeepers- Developing thematic game related to the theme of beekeeping joining a generation of young and older beekeepersThe target groups of the project are:- Young beekeepers and people who want to start a profession beekeeper- Experienced professional beekeepers- Agricultural advisers- Teachers of agricultural schools.The references to literature related to the assumptions of the project:https://www.portalpszczelarski.pl/artykul/438/wiek_pszczelarzy_w_polsce.htmlhttp://www.inhort.pl/files/program_wieloletni/PW_2015_2020_IO/spr_2017/4.3_2017_Sektor_pszczelarski.pdfhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3827320/https://www.mybeeline.co/en/p/decrease-number-of-beekeepers-euhttps://web.facebook.com/beesproject/