Ciea.ch
Title
International Centre for Agricultural Education - CIEA
Description
A brief introduction
The CIEA (International Centre for Agricultural Education) is an international study centre for education and extension both in agriculture and in the rural area. The CIEA is based at the Federal Office for Agriculture (part of the Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs) in Berne. It was founded in 1956 on the suggestion of F. T. Wahlen, at that time director of the Agriculture Department of the FAO in Rome. The CIEA holds seminars - in Switzerland and abroad - for experts in agricultural education and extension. Since 1995 the CIEA has been managed by the Swiss College of Agriculture, Zollikofen.
to offer high quality further education to experts in agricultural training and extension, i.e. to polish up and deepen their knowledge as teachers and pedagogues.
to create the framework necessary to promote an intensive exchange of views and experiences in the field of pedagogy and didactic between colleagues from different countries and backgrounds.
