1. EPLEFPA in Perigord ( (Perigord Local Public Institution of Agricultural Studies
itution Studies:
Vocational under and postgraduate programmes) - is a formal educational institution
which is under the control of the French Ministry of Agriculture. It is aimed at pupils,
students, farmers and rural population
population.
More than 800 p pils, students and apprentices and 600 adul students from the
pupils, adult
Aquitaine region and mainly from the Dordogne department attend the school in
Perigueux (Coulounieix Chamiers) and Bergerac (Monbazillac)
(Coulounieix-Chamiers) (Monbazillac).
EPLEFPA provides formal formations ( (levels V,IV, III of CAP up to professional
f
degree) and gives non theoret
s theoretical training in fields such as:
- Agriculture : stockbreeding, winegrowing, fruit growing…
fruit-growing
- Transformatio
Transformation
- Agribusines
Agribusiness
- Environment & wildlif
wildlife
- Rural, Agricultural and Environmental touris
tourism
- Rural sustainable developmen
development
Learners participate in the work of the production units of the school
icipate
- farms: limousin cattle, fat ducks, vineyard, agritourism
- food processing: meat, foie gras, wines.
- shops selling product
products
EPLEFPA in Perigord participates in all sectoral programs of the Europe Lifelong
European
Learning Partnership: Comenius, Grundtvig, Leonardo and Erasmus since 2002. It favors
the mobility of students and staff
staff.