Pro Opetustilat

The Pro Teaching Facilities project aimed to map the current land use sector climate action plan activities of teaching farms and forests and define the focus areas for experimental activities that enhance the expertise of each teaching farm in line with the land use sector climate action plan. It also listed the types of collaboration opportunities that teaching farms and forests enable for TKIO (climate action) cooperation.

As a result of the project, a clear understanding and division of tasks were established regarding how the practices of the land use sector climate action plan manifest in teaching farms and forests. Each educational institution have its own areas of strength as part of the Finnish natural resources education expertise ecosystem. In addition, this survey will facilitate future collaboration between educational institutions and businesses, as well as make teaching farms and forests models for practical for implement to the land use sector climate action plan.

In the Pro Teaching Facilities project, all natural resource education institutions in Finland’s agricultural, horticultural, and forestry fields were gathered together, and their activities were examined in line with the land use sector climate action plan (MISU). The focus areas for experimental activities in the learning environments were also defined.

The survey developed in the project highlights the possibilities of using the learning environments for ongoing research and collaboration with businesses. Through the project, common information about educational institutions was updated, and a database was created, easily maintainable on the national AgriHub platform.

The information obtained from educational institutions can be better utilized in the peer learning, expanding educational institution cooperation, and profiling activities (learning environment CV). The survey will enable new and broader educational institution cooperation in the future and position teaching farms and forests as model locations for practical for implement to the climate action plan. At the same time, within the industry (other natural resource sector stakeholders, including administration, research, and advisory services), awareness of the learning and research environments offered by educational institutions will be increased.

Target group

Natural resource sector stakeholders, including education, administration, research, and advisory services.

Operating region

Finland.