Improving vocational traning
Well educated employees and entrepreneurs are the basis of success in any business. That’s’ why Florint has a strong focus of vocational training for a long time.
In 2004 an extensive inquiry was done of the situation of the vocational education in the affiliated countries. The report of this investigation clearly illustrated the resemblances, but also the differences and problems. On the basis of this report the actual policy was confirmed: to put the professional education for florists in an European perspective and put efforts into the development and harmonisation of vocational training.
A first project undertaken in this field was: "European Master in Floral Design", for which subvention was granted by the Leonardo da Vinci fund. This project, completed in 2001, resulted in having an European master course and master degree. Recently the initiative has bee taken to renew this European Master with the aid of the University of Twente (NL).
Meanwhile there is an intensive co-operation of Florint with a network of floristry training institutes in more than 20 countries, called “Flornet”. This network of participating schools organises exchanges and disseminates educational knowledge.
Another education project is “Knowledge exchange”. The aim is to help member countries to build up their educational systems. Various train-the-trainers courses have been carried out meanwhile, based upon the Dutch educational system DFA / ADFA.
