About CIEA: Overview

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.
 

What are the main objectives pursued by the CIEA-Seminars? 

The main objectives pursued by the CIEA-Seminars are the following:

• 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 show current pedagogic-methodological developments in education, in educational science as well as in extension; 

• 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.

 
see also: Brief information on the CIEA [PDF, 8 KB, 1 p.]