International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies, CIHEAM CIHEAM, was founded at the initiative of the OECD and the Council of Europe on May 1962 and now has thirteen member countries. CIHEAM s mission: to «provide complementary education and develop a spirit of international cooperation». Four Mediterranean Agronomic Institutes, MAIs [Bari (Italy), Chania (Greece), Montpellier (France), Zaragoza (Spain)] plus a network of partner institutions Country Ratified Country Ratified Spain 1963 Tunisia 1985 France 1965 Egypt 1986 Greece 1965 Algeria 1986 Italy 1965 Malta 1989 Portugal 1966 Morocco 1990 Turkey 1967 Albania 1992 Yugoslavia 1967 Libano 1994
IAMZ Campus de Aula Dei
IAMZ Study areas Plant Production Animal Production Environment Food Science, Technology & Marketing Fisheries and Aquaculture
MSc Rural Planning (2015) IAMZ From its foundation in 1969, Advanced Postgraduate Training represents the essence of IAMZ s activities Training is based b on highly recognized guest experts. IAMZ provides with postgraduate degree leading education (MSc) and advanced specialized short courses for professionals. Cooperation for Research is based on collaboration with partner institutions. IAMZ does not have active R+D staff. We animate and coordinate R+D+i actions mainly through networks and projects. IAMZ does not have regular faculty. Every year we invites around 400 lecturers from more than 50 countries.
CIHEAM IAMZ Master of Science: 120 ECTS Integrated planning for rural development and environmental management Plant breeding Animal nutrition Agro food marketing Olive growing and oil technology Animal breeding and reproduction biotechnology Aquaculture Sustainable fishery management
Students registered in Master of Science Programmes 2396 participants from 64 countries in 25 years 1% 1% 19% 2% 35% 6% 36% non EU CIHEAM MSc Agrofood Marketing (2014) Spain Other EU CIHEAM Med EU Latin America Others
Erasmus Mundus EDAMUS MSc (2014) Animal Nutrition (2014) Candidates in Master of Science Programmes Candidates Candidates from EU Candidate non EU/EU 400 50 40 300 200 100 CIHEAM non EU CIHEAM EU 40 30 20 10 30 20 10 0 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 0 0 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
CIHEAM IAMZ Master of Science: Research oriented About two thirds of CIHEAM MSc Graduates, from the editions, continue for a PhD and publish their MSc Thesis in specialized, mostly international, journal. AREA Answers (%) Continue PhD Published Thesis Agro Food Marketing 62% 41% 41% Animal Nutrition 65% 58% 81% Integrated Planning 39% 64% 72% Plant Breeding 63% 63% 66% TOTAL 56% 57% 64%
IAMZ IAMZ Advanced Specialized Courses One or two week duration; 14 courses per year (average) A significant number co organized with a number of national or international institutions The offer of courses is updated each year Some offered outside IAMZ Aimed exclusively at professionals with experience related to the subject matter of the course Courses provide a high level update of knowledge, complemented with the possibility of exchanging experiences in an international framework, both with guest experts as lecturers as well as the professionals attending the course
IAMZ Advanced courses for professionals (last 25 years) More than 30 courses in 13 countries: Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Serbia, Italy, the Netherlands, France and Portugal Place Proportion IAMZ 76.8% Spain 13.1% Other CIHEAM countries 8.2% Other countries 2.0% More than 40% of the courses are co organized together with international organizations, such us FAO, ICARDA, COI, IEO and many research projects funded by the EU framework programs.
IAMZ IAMZ Advanced Specialized Courses Courses are identified based on demand and potential interest for all CIHEAM countries An external ad hoc committee to define the course contents and activities and to identify guest lecturers One of the members of the Committee serve as Scientific Coordinator of the course The Committee meets for two days and their members have to send in advance a tentative overall program that is circulated prior to the meeting in Zaragoza Use of Sensors in Agriculture Mapping Ecosystem Services for Landscape Planning
Number of participations Participants in Courses organized per year Plant Production Animal Production Fish & Aquaculture Environ. Sci. Food Sci & Marketing 0 20 40 60 80 100 12 years 25 years Advanced courses for professionals (last 25 years) 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 FSTM Env F&A AP PP Total number of course per Study Area Courses organized per year IAMZ
IAMZ 29300 candidates from 141 countries Advanced courses for professionals (last 25 years) 9400 participants from 130 countries Origin Candidates Frequencies % Acceptance Origen Participants Frequencies CIHEAM 25,822 88% 32% CIHEAM 8,166 87% non EU 18,218 71% 23% non EU 4,214 52% Spain 5,386 21% 52% Spain 2,826 35% Other EU 2,218 9% 51% Other EU 1,126 14% Med 807 3% 31% Med 252 3% EU 466 2% 60% EU 278 3% non EU 81 0% 43% non EU 35 0% Latin America 1,294 4% 39% Latin America 501 5% Others 828 3% 24% Others 202 2% Total 29,298 from 140 countries 32% Total 9,434 from 130 countries
IAMZ Guest lecturers in Advanced courses for professionals (last 25 years): 4204 from 64 countries 40% 10% 6% 6% 40% University 38% Public Research Institutions 10% Private Firms 6% Public Administration 6% International Organizations 38% Professional origin 5.8% 2.4% 1.4% 0.6% 0.4% 16.7% Number of Participations 71.8%
5.0 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 Candidates/participants IAMZ Advanced courses for professionals (last 12 years) Demand for participation based on study area: PP ES FA 1.0 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 Area of Study Mean Tukey's HSD n min Max s Plant Production 4.34 a 24 2.7 6.6 1.13 Environ. Sci 4.12 a 30 1.8 6.7 1.37 Fish & Aquaculture 3.33 b 43 1.8 6.0 0.88 Animal Production 3.33 b 28 2.5 4.8 0.69 Food Sci Techn & Marketing 3.00 b 23 1.3 5.6 1.00 Total 3.66 148 1.3 6.7 1.12 AP FSTM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
IAMZ 10.2% Advanced courses for professionals (last 12 years) Relative demand for participation of CIHEAM countries 1.0 0.5 0 0.5 FRA Fish & Aquaculture ESP MLT POR ITA TUR TUN EGY MAR ALG Animal Prod. Plant Prod. Food Sci Tech Marketing ALB LIB 1.0 GRE 1.5 2.0 Environ Sci. 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 79.1%
IAMZ Advanced courses for professionals Conclusions, after 350 courses and 10,000 participants: They better serve nowadays CIHEAM s Mission of providing Complementary Education They are an effective instrument of international cooperation, built on synergies with partner institutions. Some international institutions are looking for synergies for advanced training The high percentage of courses co organized with international organizations shows that there is alarge and unsatisfied demand for this type of advanced train Interesting to both EU and Non EU CIHEAM professionals and from elsewhere. More attractive for professionals from the private sector Much less competition with national structures They could be designed according to Life Long Learning schemes which are gaining importance Quick (compared to MSc) preparation Large scope of possible topics. IAMZ with a very flexible system able to adapt to new training subject matters and tools Emerging and quarantine diseases of Mediterranean fruit and vegetable crops (2013) Precision livestock farming (2015)
However (particularly when comparing with CIHEAM Master of Science) : IAMZ Advanced courses for professionals International cooperation returns are lower. In a one or two week period, participants do not get truly identified with the institution. They do not build close cooperative links between Spanish research units and foreign trainees. They are relatively expensive. Unitary costs per time unit are much higher than in Masters. Logistically quite complex organization General economic difficulties reduce the number of candidates both CIHEAM grant recipients and those self supported. IAMZ s training system depends entirely on external lecturers and collaborating institutions. This is a strength regarding flexibility and diversity of topics to be covered, but is also a weakness as there is a high dependency on external collaborations Ecological restoration of Mediterranean rivers (2011) Fishery by products: technological innovations and uses (2015)