Erasmus+ Programme
Strategic partnership Erasmus+ is the EU's programme to support education, training, youth and sport in Europe. Its budget of €14.7 ApiHealth billion will provide opportunities for over 4 million Euro- Applicant Organisation Project peans to study, train, gain experience, and volunteer Agroinštitút Nitra, štátny podnik (Slovakia) abroad. Improving the professional The aim of Erasmus+ is to contribute to the Europe development opportunities in 2020 strategy for growth, jobs, social equity and the Apitherapy sector in terms inclusion, as well as the aims of ET2020, the EU's of health
strategic framework for education and training.
Erasmus+ also aims to promote the sustainable
development of its partners in the field of higher Partners education, and contribute to achieving the objec- www.apihealth.eu Infocenter (Bulgaria) tives of the EU Youth Strategy. Canakkale Onsekiz Mart Universitesi (Turkey) This project has been funded with support from the Stowarzyszenie ARID (Poland)
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2018-1-SK01-KA204-046285 About ApiHealth Project target groups Apitherapy
Apitherapy is a branch of alternative medicine that Direct target groups uses honey and bee products for health benefits, as The project “Apihealth: Improving the professional an effective, affordable and natural treatment. Apither- development opportunities in the Apitherapy sector Adult professionals: beekeepers and people inter- apy is not only the bee venom. Many people have in terms of health” is implemented under the Euro- ested in apitherapy, retired people from rural areas knowledge about the use pean Union programme ERASMUS +. The project who are interested in beekeeping and in apitherapy of pollen, propolis, and aims to design apitheraphy and bee-based educa- Other honey to help address tional curricula and to develop fully up-to-date educa- medical sector staff specific health condi- tional materials aimed at the use of bee products in vocational education institutions (public, private) tions. alternative medicine, and subsequently to increase beekeepers' income by using bee products in alterna- adult education centers References to medical properties of bee prod- tive medicine. environmental foundations and training centers ucts can be found in Chinese, Korean, Russian, Egyp- The project implementation period is scheduled for tian and Greek traditional medicine practices. Apither- 24 months, with the start date on 1st November apy has been practiced since the times of Hippocrates 2018 and the end on 31st October 2020. and Galen. Today we are experiencing a rare return to nature and rediscovering what nature has been offer- ing us for ages. The effect of bee products such as Expected Results honey, pollen, royal jelly, perga, propolis and others has a beneficial impact on human health due to its
valuable composition and content of biologically active Training methodology substances. ApiHealth Curriculum Bees have played a great role in biodiversity, nature Training content on apitherapy conservation, in regional economies and in rural cul- e-Learning platform ture in almost all European countries. But considering Pilot testing course the different situations in each country and the fall in ApiHealth Handbook the number of beekeepers, the project will contribute to sustainability all over Europe as well.