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Country Report oft he SUSPLUS Multiplier Event 'Sustainable Food Systems - Outcomes of the SUSPLUS project'

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) SPAIN

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Country Report of the SUSPLUS Multiplier Event 'Sustainable Food Systems - Outcomes of the SUSPLUS project'

Organiser: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain)

1. Dates

The event took place on Wednesday, May 9th 2018, in the framework of the University open

days. It took place in the morning session, from 9 to 14 h.

2. Location

University main building. Auditorium.

3. Target audience

We had a total number of 88 participants, of whom 52 were from outside our University.

Of these 52, some of them were from official organizations (Madrid townhall, Regional

government), others were private stakeholders, others were staff from other universities

(Spanish Universities such as Valladolid, Segovia or Palencia, and international universities:

Germany, China or Norway). We had 8 foreign visitors attending the event.

People from our University (36 in total) came from the Agricultural School, from the R&D

Institute (itdUPM) and from other schools.

4. Presenters, sessions and presentation topics covered

There was a presentation about the SUSPLUS project carried out by Teresa Briz, followed by a

discussion opened to the public. The project was explained and the results from Spain and

from the whole consortium were exposed. Three of the students that had taken part in the

different activities (Summercourse, Lectures in Schools and Small Research Projects) helped

organize the multiplier event and were available for the questions.

Attendants were given the brochure from the project and the questionnaire in Spanish to be

filled at the end of the event.

5. Participants feedback



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We had 29 questionnaire filled by attendants. Not all of them had answered to all the

questions.

These are the answers:

- Please rate the reasons for attending this conference (1=lowest; 5=highest):

The highest answers were both content and speakers (mostly 4 and 5). Then, and

networking. There were hardly any “other” answers. -

- Do you agree with the below statements:

Attending this conference was worthwhile: almost everybody answered “Strongly agree” and

“rather agree”. Few attendants answered “neither agree nor disagree”.

The conference encouraged me to implement some of the presented educational initiatives

within my work: most of the attendants answered “neither agree nor disagree”, few of them

answered “rather agree” and “strongly agree”.

- Which of the presented educational tools would you like to use yourself/recommend to

educators?

“Students internships” and “E-learning” were the most popular answers. -

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- Thanks to this conference:

I have learned about innovative learning practices or/and teaching methods: mostly rather agree

I have reinforced or / and extended my professional network or built up new contacts: mostly

“neither agree nor disagree” and “rather agree”

I have learned about funding opportunities to organize innovative international educational

activities: it was left blank in many questionnaires, the rest of them answered “neither agree nor

disagree” and “rather agree”. -

- Please rate the presented educational tools (1=lowest; 5=highest):

E-learning: all answers between 4 and 5.

Summer course: answers distributed between 3 and 4. Few of them rated 5.

Students internships: mostly rated 5 and some 4

Students Lectures in Schools: mostly rated 4.

- How satisfied were you with:

This conference experience in general? Mostly extremely and very satisfied.

The overall organization of the conference? Mostly extremely satisfied.

The programme of the conference? Mostly very satisfied

The conference location? Mostly very and extremely satisfied

The time dedicated for each presentation? Mostly a little and very satisfied.



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(the rest of the questions were not applicable)

- Did the conference fulfill your reason for attending:

- Most of the answers were “yes, absolutely”. Only few attendants answered “yes, but not to full

extent”. Nobody answered “No”. -

- What was the most beneficial aspect of the conference?

- Some people said it was interesting to see how the university is making efforts to getting close to

the society in general. Others said they did not know about new innovative methods.

- They asked about other events with similar topics.

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- Would you recommend this conference to others:

Most of the answers were „Yes, absolutely“, and some were „maybe“.

How do you plan to share your experience from the conference?

This question did not have many answers. Some attendants mentioned “At staff meeting” or “not

foreseen”, “in a written report” or “verbally to my friends”.

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- How many external conferences/seminars do you attend, on average, in a year?

Most attendants answered between 3-5 and more than 5. Only 6 answered that they attended 1-

2 conferences.

6. Any other relevant info about the event

Some attendants answered different things: „Congratulations“, „great speakers“, „it is

more needed to get in touch the academic institutions with the social institutios“.

7. Photos



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SUSPLUS - Innovative Education towards Sustainable

Food SystemsTeresa Briz

Ana I. García

Francisco Ayuga

• Proyecto innovación docente

• 30 meses (agosto 2016 – enero

2019)

• Coordinación: Prof. Ewa

Rembialkowska (Warsaw University

of Life Sciences)

Universidades participantes

Objetivos y estructura del proyecto

Desarrollar e implantar nuevas metodologías educativas alrededor del concepto de sistemas alimentarios sostenibles……

…….para mejorar la calidad de la enseñanza y la “empleabilidad” de los alumnos

Y además…..

- Creación de una red de universidades y alumnoscuyos intereses giran alrededor de la sostenibilidadde los sistemas agrarios,

- Elaboración una guía / folleto con distintos aspectosde sostenibilidad

Fases del proyecto

I. Análisis del concepto de sostenibilidad, quéentienden los estudiantes universitarios y quéexpectativas tienen de estudiar algo relacionado con ella (SUSPLUS survey),

II. Desarrollo de nuevas técnicas docentes

III. Puesta en marcha de las técnicas con estudiantes y profesores (educational activities),

IV. Implantación y difusión

I. Encuestas sobre sostenibilidad

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

tropical production / exotic for my country

looking for a special diet (vegetarian / vegan / other)

seeking for tastes from childhood

social impact

local production / regional production

environmental impact

looking for particular label (organic / fair trade / slow food / PDO / PGI / no…

animal welfare

composition of product (list of ingredients)

price

taste

health

Q1 How important are the following values to you when food shopping / eating? How important are the motives of your buying / consuming decisions?

not important at all moderately important very important

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

respects animal welfare

encourages local production and distribution infrastructures

protects biodiversity

has minimal negative impact on the environment

maintains healthy ecosystems

respects the needs of future generations

is economically sound (provide good income to producers, distributors,sellers)

is humane and just, protecting farmers and other workers, consumers andcommunities

makes nutritious food available, accessible and affordable to all

Q6 In your opinion, how important are the following elements of a SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM?

not important at all moderately important very important


yes73%

a little bit23%

no4%

Q7 Are you interested in Sustainable Food Systems?



yes27%

no73%

Q8 Have you already had a course in your study programme related to or covering Sustainable Food Systems?


yes89%

no11%

Q10 Do you think that a course or topic in Sustainable Food Systems will be useful for your future employment?


• E-learning• Plataforma Absalon creada por la Universidad de Copenhague

• Abril – Junio 2017, 40 alumnos de las universidades realizaron trabajos, consultas y aprendieron via web

• 10 temas específicos y 6 “hotspots” con distintos ponentes


• Intensive study programme• Agosto 2017: 2 semanas, en Polonia

• Alumnos reciben un curso intensivo: 18 profesores de las 7 universidades

• Prácticas en empresas• Marzo – junio 2018

• Alumnos visitan empresas, “mini-prácticas”

• Proponen ideas para mejorar la sostenibilidad

de los negocios


• Charlas en colegios. Abril 2018

IV. Difusión

• Feria BioFach

• Folleto SUSPLUS

• Foro Agrario

• ITD

• Jornada 9 de mayo

Gracias por su atención

Teresa [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

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