Sustainable Land Use: Decrease the Environmental Footprint Increase the Economic and Social Output 17-30 September, Lake Balaton - Valencia Turn your research into practice with our two-week PhD summer school on Sustainable Land Use. The combination of four different problems of rural areas will serve as base challenges: water management, forestry, sustainable agriculture and the decline and ageing of the population. These will be introduced with both Hungarian and Spanish examples - showing the different realizations of the same problematic topic throughout Europe. Come and join our programme to pinpoint local and global solutions, to learn and apply different tools for system innovation, to engage with stakeholders, meet with experts and work in a multidisciplinary environment. #ClimateCatapult catapult.climate-kic.org
The Challenges: Water How to use it sustainably? Lake Balaton and L Albufera Lagoon are main assets of our examples: Örvényes and Valencia. How can they be used more effectively other than a swimming pool; what can the water give to the local community, and what can the local community do to preserve them? The Forest - Bunch of trees or habitat? What is the role of forestry in the environment? How can we protect these functions and still have gains out of it? Through the examples of the Örvenyes primary oak forest from the early 18th century and the forest of the small Spanish town Serra we are looking for solutions to make forests sustainable and climate-friendly investments. The Field Dig deeper! Which direction is local agriculture headed? How can we improve the fields and the life of the people working on them? A large area of grassland and weed that gives the heat and drought adaptive local fauna and flora in Örvényes; its south facing hills with grapes that have been cultivated for more than 500 years and the Simbiotic multidisciplinary project about sustainable agriculture at Llíria, Spain will give you the opportunity to ideate about a better land use and an improved sustainable use of natural resources. The Society - Integration The peri-urban territory of Valencia ( huerta ) is an agricultural land with high productivity. Its complementary challenges are to raise awareness on agriculture use, to avoid its abandonment and to analyse the functionality of this peri-urban agricultural area. Örvényes has 138 mainly elderly residents, but during the summer months the population can reach over 1000. What problems do inhabitants of the huerta and Örvényes face? What are their needs? How can we answer these needs through sustainable land use?
Our Summer School at the Lake Balaton and Valencia is a unique opportunity for you to: Develop the key transition skills and capabilities towards more climate resilient rural communities Improve these capabilities in a safe and supported environment lead by coaches Understand international best practices, approaches while receiving new perspectives Work with adaptable, applicable and practical tools Come up with green business ideas Gain an insight into common EU regulations with country specific information Meet and exchange ideas with all the main and international actors in the sector of rural development Meet people from other cultures and disciplines Engage in international networking opportunities Get away from your regular work environment Enjoy the summer abroad Receive a Climate-KIC certificate
Programme Week 1 Örvényes, Lake Balaton, Hungary Sunday 17th September: Arrival Meet & Greet Monday 18th September Setting the scene: Introduction to the challenges Site visit - guided tour around Örvényes by SLU experts Tuesday 19th September Meeting with local stakeholders Spatial planning best practices Introduction to Visioning and backcasting Wednesday 20th September Ideation workshop with coaches Stakeholder analyses Thursday 21st September Design Thinking workshop- Prototyping Meet with experts Friday 22nd September Group work Project Presentation to local stakeholders, experts Weekend: Trip to Valencia and free time
Week 2 Valencia, Spain Monday 25th September Introduction to new location - local sustainable solutions Finance & metrics on Land Use Tuesday 26th September Site visit to Serra Wednesday 27th September Group work on Business Model Canvas Group work on Projects Thursday 28th September Pitch training Group work on Projects Friday 29th September Presentation of the Projects to an expert jury Farewell dinner Saturday 30th September: Departure
Coaches: Susana Navarro, PhD in International Economics and Tourism from the University of Valencia (2015) and Master in Commercial Management and Marketing by ESIC, (1995), currently director of the University Residence of the Dominicans of the Anunciata, Valencia. She has held management positions at Value Valencia (Receptive Travel Agency), Instituto de Turismo Empresa y Sociedad (Institute for Tourism and Research in Tourism). Susana has been a coach at the IDEAS Institute at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (supporting young entrepreneurs) and has also been the founder and CEO of Adaptamos Group, a company dedicated to accessible tourism for people with disabilities, which won several awards such as Servef and Bancaja). Her experience over the years consists on advising, developing and implementing business projects, as well as training current and future entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs from various sectors. She s on continuous training and improvement. Susana has participated as a speaker in numerous courses, seminars and masters since 1990. Her concerns have focused on being able to offer her knowledge and experience as well as her desire, strength, positivism, motivation to carry out projects that can improve the business sector and people s quality of life. Bence Fülöp, Runs a small consultancy in the fields of IWRM, ecosystem management, stakeholder consultations, project development and evaluation. The philosophy of Bence is to achieve a multi aspectual view - water sciences, biology & ecology, social & cultural sciences, economics and law - to make stakeholders - scientists, engineers, decision makers, end-users, public and NGOs - to tackle complex problems together. During Bence s work, cross boarder experience has been gathered from four continents from the least developed island nations, through post conflict countries to the most developed countries during his works with the EU, UN or the local Governments. Bence has recently joined the Hungarian National University of Public Services as a researcher. Bence has advanced knowledge in modelling, climate change, water availability, erosion, change management and stakeholder mapping - just to name a few areas that he supported Climate-KIC programmes with as a coach.
Registration & Costs The PhD Catapult is an integral part of Climate-KIC s PhD programme, which means that fees are fully covered for Climate-KIC labelled PhD students. The fee for all other participants is 800,-. The fee of the programme includes: Accommodation (in double rooms) Breakfast and lunch, and approximately two dinners per week Local transportation & transfer from the first location to the second location Participants need to cover the travel costs to the first location and from the final destination themselves. After the confirmation of acceptance, you will receive an invoice. Course fees need to be paid three weeks before the start of the programme. More information and registration on our website at https: /learning.climate-kic.org/courses/phd-catapult Deadline for registration: 28th July, 2017 A skype interview will be held with all the applicants. Contact us Hungarian week contact: orsolya.barna@climate-kic.org Spanish week contact: Lola.Garzon@uv.es