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Projects

ON-GOING PROJECTS:

International projects:

  • Horizon Europe „Accelerating circular bio-based solutions  integration in European rural areas“ (2022- 2025, prof. dr. Vlada Vitunskienė) https://biorural.eu/
  • Horizon Europe „Strengthening farm health and safety knowledge and innovation systems“ (2023 – 2026, assoc. prof. dr. Laura Girdžiūtė, assoc. prof. dr. Anastasija Novikova) https://www.safehabitus.eu/
  • ERASMUS+ „GreenCool – Let me influence your green self! – Skill development in the encouragement of mindset towards environmental awareness and sustainable development in the alliance of ECoC (GreenCool)“ (2022 – 2024, dr. R. Pranskūnienė)

National projects:

  • Improving the management of the production and commercialization of high added value products from berry by-products in Lithuanian berry farms, EIP project (2021-2023, assoc. prof. dr. Jolita Greblikaitė)

2014–2020 Operational Programme for the European Union Funds Investments in Lithuania: Promotion of Post-Doctoral Fellowships:

  • Assessment of possibilities of energy transformation at the municipal level (2022 – 2024, Dr. Mantas Švažas)
  • Conscious green purchasing behavior of consumers in the tourism sector: a cross-cultural empirical study in European countries (2022 – 2024, Dr. Neringa Vilkaitė-Vaitonė)

IMPLEMENTED PROJECTS:

  • Horizon 2020 „ Advancing Sustainable Circular Bioeconomy in Central and Eastern European countries“ (2019 – 2022, prof. dr. Vlada Vitunskienė) https://bioeast.eu/
  • Erasmus+ „Distance Educator – Training Educators of Adults in the digital age“ (2022 – 2024, lect. dr. A. Čapienė)
  • ERASMUS+ „Strengthening Key Competences in Agriculture for Value Chain Knowledge (Skills)“ (2022 – 2024, prof. dr. V. Atkočiūnienė)
  • Erasmus+ MIENAT Strategic Partnership in Higher Education project “Methodology of Interpretation of European Nature Heritage in Tourism”  (2020-2022, assoc. prof. dr. Rasa Pranskūnienė)
  • Erasmus+  Partnerships for Digital Education Readiness „A digital learning platform for generation Z: passport to IFRS“ (2021-2023, lect. dr. Erika Besusparienė)
  • 2014–2020 Operational Programme for the European Union Funds Investments in Lithuania: Promotion of Post-Doctoral Fellowships:
    • Assessment of the potential of wood from sustainable development perspective (2021-2023, Dr. Julija Konstantinavičienė).
    • Assessment of the environmental efficiency of biomass use for biofuel production (2021 – 2023, Dr. Rita Bužinskienė).
  • Erasmus+ Coronavirus response: Extraordinary Erasmus+ calls to support digital education readiness and creative skills   project “Pandemic Response Using Digital Media and Technology in Higher Education and Training (PRUDMET)(2021 – 2023, lect. Aistė Čapienė)
  • ERASMUS+ New Master’s Degree Curricula for Sustainable Bioeconomy in Uzbekistan (BioEcUz) (2021–2023, prof. dr. Vilija Aleknevičienė)  
  • Nordic-Baltic collaboration to boost bio- and circular-economy (2021-2023, Virginija Kargytė).
  • Erasmus + KA205 project RURALYOUTH „Empowering Rural Tourism through Entrepreneurship with Youth“ (2020 – 2022, assoc. prof. dr. Rasa Pranskūnienė)
    Erasmus + project RuralCOM „Joint Master’s Curriculum in Rural Community Development“ (2020 – 2022, assoc. prof.  dr. Rasa Pakeltienė)
  • Interreg “Unlocking the Potential of Bio-based Value Chains in the Baltic Sea Region” (BalticBiomass4Value)” (2019 – 2021, Virginija Kargytė) https://balticbiomass4value.eu/
  • Project under the International Academic Partnership Programme announced by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) „The role of small family farms in sustainable development of agri-food sector in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe” (2019 ­­– 2021, prof. dr. Vlada Vitunskienė)
  • COST Action “Safety Culture and Risk Management in Agriculture” (2017- 2021, assoc. prof. dr. Laura Girdžiūtė) https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA16123/#tabs|Name:overview
  • COST Action “Increasing Understanding of Alien Species through Citizen Science (ALIEN-CSI)” (2018 – 2022, assoc. prof. dr. Lina Straigytė, lect. dr. Rasa Pranskūnienė) https://alien-csi.eu
  • Erasmus+ KA203 project SMARTRURAL „Towards smart rural tourism development in Europe“ (2019 – 2021, dr. Rasa Pranskūnienė) http://smartrural.uwm.edu.pl/ 
  • Erasmus + KA2 project MARHER („Heritage Marketing for competitiveness of Europe in the global market“) (2019 – 2022, assoc. prof. dr. Rasa Pranskūnienė) https://www.marher.eu/ 
  • Recommendations for  methodology of dairy farms sustainability assessment (2020, assoc. prof. dr. Jolita Greblikaitė)
  • Methodological provisions for project innovation assessment (2020 – 2021, prof. dr. Antanas Maziliauskas)
  • Calculation of the fixed prices of consultation services under implementation of Rural Development Programme for Lithuania 2014–2020, measure „Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services” (From 2018, prof. dr. Astrida Miceikienė)
  • EIP Project “Governance of biologically valuable products short supply chains and local markets development”(2019 – 2021, prof. dr. Vilma Atkočiūnienė)
  • Project according to the measure  „Intelektas“ (Common reseach-bussiness projects) „Collaboration platform for agricultural actors“ (2018-2021, prof. dr. Jan Žukovskis)
  • Cooperation project “Investigating new partnerships between Lithuania and Turkey building around bioeconomy and the EU Green Deal”  funded under the Lithuanian Development Cooperation and Democracy Promotion Programme (2021 08 – 12, assoc. prof. dr. Anastasija Novikova).
  • Research of alternatives for accounting and cost calculation of agribusiness entities (2019 06 11 – 2019 12 01, prof. dr. Danutė Zinkevičienė)
  • Strategic provisions of Lithuanian bioeconomy (2019 06 11 ¬2019 12 01, prof. dr. Vlada Vitunskienė)
  • Erasmus+ KA2 Strategic partnerships SOILS “Sustainability of Small and Family Farms” (2016 – 2019, prof. dr. Vilma Atkočiūnienė)
  • EIP Project “Soil Moisture Regime Control” (2016-2019, prof dr. Vilija Aleknevičienė)
  • EIP Project “Centre for Knowledge Accumulation, Transfer, Development of Agricultural Technologies and their Demonstration (Gate of Innovations)” (2016 – 2019, prof. dr. Astrida Miceikienė)
  • EIP Project “Competitive Farm” (2016 – 2019, lect. dr. Jurgita Baranauskienė)