Euracademy - 18th Summer Academy, in Györ (Hungary)

The theme of the 18^th edition of the Summer Academy, that will take place in Hungary, from the 2^nd to the 7^th of September is “Community Supported Agriculture: Commitment to Sustainable Rural Development”.

This initiative is organized by Euracademy Association, a multi-national, inter-disciplinary team of university teachers, researchers and consultants of rural development.

For this year’s Summer Academy, the organization is targeting at farmers’ associations, managers and staff of Local Development Agencies, LEADER LAGs and NGOs working in rural areas, other managers and animators of rural development, local and regional authorities or similar organizations, policy and decision makers in the fields of agriculture and rural development, researchers, academics, training providers, students and experts in related fields.

The programme will include lectures, discussion groups in the form of workgroups, study trips to the rural areas surrounding the summer academy venue, focusing on specific local development issues related to community supported agriculture, study trip reports which the participants prepare and present, panel discussions and special-topic workshops.

For more information on the programme and registrations consult the announcement here and the Euracademy website here.