CASEESUMMER SCHOOL

Intercultural training with focuson sustainable agriculture, foodproduction and food protectionin the Danube Region

USAMVBT, Timisoara1 6-27 Septenber, 201 3

Overview/Intro.

U nderstanding the intercultural andregional aspects of sustainable

agriculture is crucial in finding viablepathways to long­term success in Centraland Eastern European agriculture. Thissummer school will give the students thepossibility to improve their knowledge andgrow their skill­set regarding theintercultural and social aspects, anthropiclandscape and natural resources ­ related tosustainability in agriculture and the foodindustry in the Danube region.

The main focus of the course will be onself­development in a multiculturalEuropean region through interactiveexercises and discussion. At the end of thiscourse, students should be able to identifysome of their own culturally­biasedassumptions and behavior, and begin toobjectively address the benefits of EUmulticulturalism for regional agriculture andfood industry.

The courses will combine theoreticalaspects and field trips in order to broadenhorizons and provide life changingexperiences in the context of globalchanges, ecosystem degradation,biodiversity conservation and thetechnological and economic ability toadapt. The Banat region ­­ inherentlyintercultural and diverse ­­ will serve as thebasis for the exploration of interculturaltopics and their implications on agricultureand the food industry in the Danube region.

USAMVBT

The Banat’s University of AgriculturalSciences and Veterinary Medicine Banat

from Timioara (USAMVBT) is an institutionspecialized in agronomical and veterinaryhigher education, with a national andEuropean span.

USAMVBT

Its traditions are connected to theestablishment of the Faculty of Agronomyin 1945, which functioned besides thePolytechnic Institute from Timioara. In thesocio­economical and political conditionsof the time, King Mihai I of Romaniapromulgated the Law 617/1945 for thecreation of the Faculty of Agronomy withinthe Polytechnics of Timioara. After 1989,the University has had a continuousevolution, by the diversification of domainsand specializations in the educational offer.At present, USAMVBT functions with 6faculties (Agriculture, Horticulture andForestry, Agricultural Management,Veterinary Medicine, Animal Science, andBiotechnologies, Food ProcessingTechnology), with a number of 22licentiate’s degree programmes, 22programmes of master studies and 2doctoral schools (www.usab­tm.ro).

How to Participate

The CASEE summer school is open to allstudents who are interested in

expanding their knowledge about theintercultural aspects of agriculturalsustainablility. Current BSc and MScstudents are welcome to join. Students canregister through the international relationsoffice at their home universities.

CostsStudents are responsible for paying a €60registration fee upon arrival as well as thecosts of travel to and from Timisoara. TheCASEE consortium will cover the costs ofhousing in the USAMVBT dormitories andmeals for the duration of the course.

Registration DeadlineJune 7th, 201 3

QuestionsIf you have any questions about thesummer school or USAMVBT, you shouldcontact USAMVBT at:

summerschool@usab-tm.ro

Central Timisoara

Danube River Basin

Courses

The Summer School "Intercultural Trainingwith special emphasis on sustainability in

agriculture, food production and foodtechnology in the Danube region" willprovide an overview of social and culturalcontext of food and agriculture. The mainfocus is on intercultural learning,multicultural learning, but also basic studiesof EU union. Selected courses will e.g.include Sustainability of agriculture in theDanube region, organic farming and

Lectures• SUSTAINABILITY ASPECTS OF AGRICULTURE IN

DANUBE REGION

• SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT OF FOOD

• GENDER AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

• EDUCATIONAL PRIORITIES IN AGRICULTURE AND

ENVIRONMENT

• INTERCULTURAL LEARNING

• MULTICULTURAL COMMUNICATION

• BASIC STUDIES OF EUROPEAN UNION

• BANAT INTERCULTURALITY

• ORGANIC FOOD QUALITY AND SAFETY

• FOOD SAFETY FOOD ADULETARION AND

AUTHENTICATION, HEALTH SAFFETY ASPECTS

• ORGANIC FARMING IN POLAND

• PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY

• THE IMPACT OF DIETARY HABITS AND TRADITIONAL

FOOD ON HEALTH POPULATION IN THE • • • • DANUBE

AREA: INTERCULTURAL ISSUES

• ANIMAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AND EMBRYOTECNOLOGY

• FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

• ANIMAL PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

• THE DIVERSITY OF THE LANDSCAPE IN THE BANAT

REGION

• TRADITIONAL FOOD IN BANAT

• CULTURAL EVOLUTION OF THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN

BUILT SITES- THE CASE OF BANAT REGION

• DIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURAL STYLES

organic food, food microbiology. Inaddition, educational priorities in the area ofagriculture and the environment in theDanube region will be discussed and eachpartner university will present its teachingand research activities. Last but not least,topic­related excursions (e.g. workshops ontraditional food) in the Banat region willcomplete the program.

The courses will culminate in a finalgroup project where students will worktogether in applying the ideas and practicesfrom the school to real world challengesand develop feasible solutions withmulticultural perspectives.

Timisoara

Timisoara and the Banat

The Banat is a geographical and historicalregion in Central Europe currently

divided between three countries: theeastern part lies in western Romania (thecounties of Timiș, Caraș­Severin, Arad southof the Mureș, and Mehedinți), the westernpart in northeastern Serbia (the SerbianBanat, mostly included in Vojvodina, exceptfor a small part included in BelgradeRegion), and a small northern part insoutheastern Hungary (Csongrád county). Itis populated by Romanians, Serbs,Hungarians, Roma, Germans, Krashovani,Ukrainians, Slovaks, Bulgarians, Czechs,Croats and other ethnicities.

The Banat is a part of the Pannonian Basinbordered by the River Danube to the south,the River Tisa to the west, the River Mureș tothe north, and the Southern CarpathianMountains to the east. Its historical capitalwas Timișoara,now one of the largestRomanian cities, with a population of303,708 inhabitants (the third mostpopulous city in the country, as of 2011),and considered the informal capital city ofthe historical region of Banat, Timișoara isthe main social, economic and culturalcenter in the western part of Romania.

About CASEE

As a regional network of ICA for Centraland South Eastern Europe, the CASEE

Network was founded in 2010 upon theinitiative of the University of NaturalResources and Life Sciences, Vienna, andinvolves Life Science Universities in Bulgaria,the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary,Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Serbia,Ukraine and Austria.

The aims of the network are:

• to support the development (and later implementation)

of the EU Strategy for the Danube region

• to strengthen research, education and University

Development in this region

• to develop joint research, educational and other projects

(e.g. joint curricula, joint continuous educational offers,

structural development, human resource development,

QA, know-how-transfer, e.g. via an e-platform…)