During the competition, at least one team member should participate in each of the online trainings. You don’t want to miss these trainings because i) they’re really interesting and ii) the teamwork part of your project evaluation is based, in part, on the number of team members at each training (the other part of the teamwork evaluation comes from the number of team members completing course assignments). The exact time of these trainings will be decided after the teams in the competition are identified. In this way, we can try to chose a time that is reasonable for all participating time zones.
1. Introduction to the Competition: 21 April 2023, 10:00 - 12:00 CEST.
This training outlines i) general instructions for the teams (requirements, team composition), ii) evaluation criteria, iii) online trainings (including upcoming assignments), and iv) intellectual property rights. Then, a Breakout session of 15 minutes where student groups (made of people from different teams) discuss their experiences with SFSCs. Each group will identify studies/events/papers relating to SFSCs. Groups then present their short list of one to three best practices on this topic. Finally, all students complete the online Self-Assessment.
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- Presentation: download here
- Reflection log
2. Student Presentation: 27 April 2023, 09:30 - 11:30 CEST.
At least one member of each team gives a maximum 5-minute presentation on a practical experience they have related to SFSCs e.g., an internship, a visit to a company/farm/processing center, a volunteer activity. If no one on the team has had any practical experience in the past, then at least one team member must arrange to do or visit something related to the topic.
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3. “Virtual Visit”: 02 May 2023, 09:30 - 11:30 CEST.
Two or three case studies that are best practice examples of Short Food Supply Chains are chosen by the competition Advisory Board, each will explain a problem and how it was addressed. This might be filmed beforehand, or be a ppt presentation, or be a live visit. Student groups will prepare a question or comment for each best practice visit and participate in a Reflection Session where the focus is applying these best practices to student projects.
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4. Project Review: Week of 15 May 2023 (30 min/team)
Each team meets individually (to keep their solution a secret and thus keep the spirit of a competition) for 30 minutes with 2 members of the Advisory Board in order to review progress and pose questions. Teams come to the Project Review with some slides outlining their project.
5. Soft Skills: 24 May 2023, 09:30 - 11:30 CEST.
Here we do a practical session on the “elevator pitch”. Students identify what is essential to explain their project in under 1 minute and they tell this to the group. Soft skills e.g., giving a strong presentation, are the focus.
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Final Virtual Conference: 01 June 2023, 13:00 - 15:00 CEST.
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Some online trainings are recorded and links will provided here shortly afterwards and can be viewed on ISEKI-Food Association's YouTube channel.
