About

SWEDA – Sustainable Wellbeing Entrepreneurship for Diversification in Agriculture was an Erasmus+ KA2 project focused on the development and testing of a blended and interdisciplinary EU course on social, animal and environmental well-being in rural areas to contribute to the diversification of agricultural activities sustainably.

The project – composed of 4 partners from Italy, Latvia and Germany – was born from the need of the Consortium to be able to contribute to gaps and discrepancies identified in the skills of trainees and the lack of multidisciplinary curricula on sustainable use of resources in rural areas and entrepreneurial initiatives.

The projects was focused on different target groups:

  • Master and postgraduate university students. Students enrolled in the master at the university of agriculture and veterinary, young graduates (all degrees) and agronomists;
  • Public and private bodies and NGOs active in rural and sustainable development;
  • Agriculture and rural development stakeholders;
  • Wider Local communities.

università degli studi di perugia
- italy -

The University of Perugia is one of the most accredited Italian universities and occupies a place of absolute prestige in the European context.
Two research units, belonging to the Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences. 

egina srl
- italy -

The agency, accredited by the Umbria Region for training and certification of skills, is now one of the main stakeholders in the field of planning and implementation of local, national and European initiatives, relying on the collaboration of numerous experts in the fields of education, social, culture and digital transformation.

petrarca - europ. akademie fur landschaftskultur deutschand e.v.,
- germany -

PETRARCA – European Academy for Landscape Culture is a non-profit organisation based in Witzenhausen.
The NGO deals with the sustainable development of European development of European cultural landscapes.
Special attention is paid to social and organic farming and land use. In 2004, PETRARCA was one of the initiators of the first European conference conference on agriculture for health, held in the Netherlands.


rigas tehniska universitate (rtu)
- latvia -

The Institute of Energy Systems and Environment at Riga Technical University (RTU IESE) is the only institution in the country providing integrated studies in the field of environmental engineering and bioeconomy. The activities of RTU IESE are primarily oriented towards environmental technologies, circular bio-economy, resilience, waste prevention and recovery, sustainable production and use, regional planning, sustainability, sources of energy and energy efficiency, sustainability, renewable energy sources and energy efficiency.