The Establishment of Sino-Dutch Urban Agriculture Vocational Education Exchange Center
In the past 10 years, since the first teacher-student exchange program was launched in 2011, both sides of Beijing Vocational College of Agriculture and Lentiz Education Group (MBO Greenport) have sent 3 groups of teachers and students from horticulture and gardening department to each other’s institutions. Teachers of Urban Equipment Technology, Food Processing and Testing and Horticulture from Beijing Vocational College of Agriculture have been trained by Lentiz Education Group. Main leaders from both sides have also visited for many times. Through various exchange, visiting and training, both sides have learned the advanced modern urban agriculture technology, improved the professional ability and teaching level of teachers, broadened the international vision of students and improved the professional practical skills of students in the field of modern urban agriculture.
Effective platform for the institutions of the China Urban Agriculture Group to carry out exchanges and cooperation
In 2015, Beijing Vocational College of Agriculture took the lead in establishing the China Urban Agriculture Vocational Education Group, with Frits Veltkamp as the vice-president of the group. In the year of 17, 20 and 21, both sides jointly held three Sino-Dutch Urban Agriculture Vocational Education Forum, which has become an effective platform for the institutions of the China Urban Agriculture Group to carry out exchanges and cooperation in the fields of vocational education, food and health, horticulture, and gardening, etc. The forum has played an important role in promoting international cooperation and information sharing between Chinese and Dutch institutions and enterprises.
The establishment of the Sino-Dutch Urban Agricultural Vocational Education Exchange Center will mark the beginning of a new chapter in the partnership between the two institutions. In the future, the center will be dedicated to organizing academic forums, teacher and student exchange and training, curriculum development, etc. The center strives to become an international cooperation and exchange platform and model for urban agricultural vocational education in China and in the Netherlands. We firmly believe that through cooperation both sides will be able to achieve a win-win situation.
中荷都市农业职业教育交流中心的建立
2021年11月19日
2021年11月19日，中荷都市农业职业教育交流中心的签约和揭牌仪式在网上举行。Lentiz教育集团的Frits Veltkamp, Li Zeng, Pieter Hartog, Roel van Heijningen和Oscar Niezen出席了仪式。这个中荷交流中心的目标是加强北京农业职业学院和Lentiz教育集团在都市农业职业教育领域的交流和相互学习。
自2011年启动第一个师生交流项目以来，在过去的10年中，北京农职院和朗蒂斯教育集团（MBO Greenport）双方已互派3批园艺系师生到对方院校交流。北京农业职业学院城市装备技术专业、食品加工与检测专业和园艺专业的教师接受了朗蒂斯教育集团的培训。双方的主要领导也多次来访。通过各种交流、访问和培训，双方都学到了先进的现代都市农业技术，提高了教师的专业能力和教学水平，拓宽了学生的国际视野，提高了学生在现代都市农业领域的专业实践能力。
2015年，北京农业职业学院牵头成立了中国都市农业职业教育集团，由Frits Veltkamp担任集团副理事长。17年、20年、21年，双方共同举办了三届中荷都市农业职业教育论坛，成为中国都市农业集团各院校在职业教育、食品与健康、园艺、园林等领域开展交流与合作的有效平台。该论坛在促进中荷两国机构和企业的国际合作和信息共享方面发挥了重要作用。
如今，中荷都市农业职业教育交流中心的成立，标志着两国机构的合作开始了新的篇章。未来，该中心将致力于组织学术论坛、师生交流与培训、课程开发等工作。该中心力争成为中国和荷兰都市农业职业教育的国际合作与交流平台和典范。 我们坚信，通过合作，双方将能够实现双赢的局面。