The Prešov Self-Governing Region, as a pilot region in Slovakia, participated in the European Commission’s initiative to support catching-up regions “Catching-up Regions Initiative”.Proposed project “Improving educational infrastructure in agri-food and technical SOŠ, Kušnierska Gate 349/2, Kežmarok – Stage III” is one of the projects proposed under the “Improving Secondary Vocational Education and Training” component in order to achieve the specific objective of increasing the number of secondary school pupils in practical teaching by improving the quality of vocational education and training through investment in improving space conditions for vocational education, as well as by supporting cooperation with employers by creating common training spaces for vocational education, which would allow for more matching of the local labour market needs. It is the third stage of investment within this school. The first stage of the investment focused on material and technical equipment with agricultural equipment and gastro-equipment, the second stage supplemented the material and technical equipment for the whole school and claimed expenditure for the comprehensive reconstruction of the EP Austria. Within the third stage, the investment will be completed by the modernisation of the premises of the main building of the school with the creation of a conference centre and the new building of the “minifarm” (school hall and workshops) in the Pradiareň locality.In the specific objective 2.2.3, the following activities will be carried out in the present project: HA 1: Reconstruction of the main building SOŠ agri-food and technical, Kušnierska Gate 349/2, Kežmarok (type act. C).HA 2: Construction of modern professional workplaces of agri-food and technical SOŠ, Kušnierska Gate 349/2, Kežmarok – “Conference Center” and “Minifarma” (type of act. F) The results of the project are quantified using the following measurable indicators: P068 Capacity of the supported ESI school infrastructure; P0310 Number of ES supported; P0374 Number of refurbished public buildings and P0614 Floor area of refurbished public buildings.
