CASEE SUMMER SCHOOL

Intercultural training with focus on sustainable agriculture, food production and food protection in the Danube Region

USAMVBT, Timisoara 1 6-27 Septenber, 201 3 Overview/Intro. USAMVBT nderstanding the intercultural and he Banat’s University of Agricultural U regional aspects of sustainable TSciences and Veterinary Medicine Banat agriculture is crucial in finding viable from Timioara (USAMVBT) is an institution pathways to long­term success in Central specialized in agronomical and veterinary and Eastern European agriculture. This higher education, with a national and summer school will give the students the European span. possibility to improve their knowledge and grow their skill­set regarding the intercultural and social aspects, anthropic landscape and natural resources ­ related to sustainability in agriculture and the food industry in the Danube region. The main focus of the course will be on self­development in a multicultural European region through interactive USAMVBT exercises and discussion. At the end of this course, students should be able to identify Its traditions are connected to the some of their own culturally­biased establishment of the Faculty of Agronomy assumptions and behavior, and begin to in 1945, which functioned besides the objectively address the benefits of EU Polytechnic Institute from Timioara. In the multiculturalism for regional agriculture and socio­economical and political conditions food industry. of the time, King Mihai I of Romania promulgated the Law 617/1945 for the The courses will combine theoretical creation of the Faculty of Agronomy within aspects and field trips in order to broaden the Polytechnics of Timioara. After 1989, horizons and provide life changing the University has had a continuous experiences in the context of global evolution, by the diversification of domains changes, ecosystem degradation, and specializations in the educational offer. biodiversity conservation and the At present, USAMVBT functions with 6 technological and economic ability to faculties (Agriculture, Horticulture and adapt. The Banat region ­­ inherently Forestry, Agricultural Management, intercultural and diverse ­­ will serve as the Veterinary Medicine, Animal Science, and basis for the exploration of intercultural Biotechnologies, Food Processing topics and their implications on agriculture Technology), with a number of 22 and the food industry in the Danube region. licentiate’s degree programmes, 22 programmes of master studies and 2 doctoral schools (www.usab­tm.ro). How to Participate Registration Deadline he CASEE summer school is open to all June 7th, 201 3 Tstudents who are interested in expanding their knowledge about the intercultural aspects of agricultural sustainablility. Current BSc and MSc students are welcome to join. Students can register through the international relations office at their home universities.

Danube River Basin

Costs Students are responsible for paying a €60 registration fee upon arrival as well as the Central Timisoara costs of travel to and from Timisoara. The CASEE consortium will cover the costs of housing in the USAMVBT dormitories and Questions meals for the duration of the course. If you have any questions about the summer school or USAMVBT, you should contact USAMVBT at: [email protected] Courses he Summer School "Intercultural Training The courses will culminate in a final Twith special emphasis on sustainability in group project where students will work agriculture, food production and food together in applying the ideas and practices technology in the Danube region" will from the school to real world challenges provide an overview of social and cultural and develop feasible solutions with context of food and agriculture. The main multicultural perspectives. focus is on intercultural learning, multicultural learning, but also basic studies of EU union. Selected courses will e.g. Lectures include Sustainability of agriculture in the • SUSTAINABILITY ASPECTS OF AGRICULTURE IN Danube region, organic farming and 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 Timisoara • THE IMPACT OF DIETARY HABITS AND TRADITIONAL FOOD ON HEALTH POPULATION IN THE • • • • DANUBE AREA: INTERCULTURAL ISSUES • ANIMAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AND EMBRYOTECNOLOGY organic food, food microbiology. In • FOOD MICROBIOLOGY addition, educational priorities in the area of • ANIMAL PATHOPHYSIOLOGY agriculture and the environment in the • THE DIVERSITY OF THE LANDSCAPE IN THE BANAT Danube region will be discussed and each REGION partner university will present its teaching • TRADITIONAL FOOD IN BANAT and research activities. Last but not least, • CULTURAL EVOLUTION OF THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN topic­related excursions (e.g. workshops on BUILT SITES- THE CASE OF BANAT REGION traditional food) in the Banat region will • DIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURAL STYLES complete the program. Timisoara and the Banat he Banat is a geographical and historical Tregion in Central Europe currently divided between three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania (the counties of Timiș, Caraș­Severin, Arad south of the Mureș, and Mehedinți), the western part in northeastern (the Serbian About CASEE Banat, mostly included in Vojvodina, except for a small part included in Belgrade s a regional network of ICA for Central Region), and a small northern part in Aand South Eastern Europe, the CASEE southeastern Hungary (Csongrád county). It Network was founded in 2010 upon the is populated by Romanians, , initiative of the University of Natural Hungarians, Roma, Germans, Krashovani, Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, and Ukrainians, Slovaks, , Czechs, involves Life Science Universities in , Croats and other ethnicities. the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Serbia, The Banat is a part of the Pannonian Basin Ukraine and Austria. bordered by the River Danube to the south, the River Tisa to the west, the River Mureș to the north, and the Southern Carpathian The aims of the network are: Mountains to the east. Its historical capital • to support the development (and later implementation) was Timișoara,now one of the largest of the EU Strategy for the Danube region Romanian cities, with a population of • to strengthen research, education and University 303,708 inhabitants (the third most Development in this region populous city in the country, as of 2011), • to develop joint research, educational and other projects and considered the informal capital city of (e.g. joint curricula, joint continuous educational offers, the historical region of Banat, Timișoara is structural development, human resource development, the main social, economic and cultural QA, know-how-transfer, e.g. via an e-platform…) center in the western part of Romania.