Școli de Vară în regiunea Dunării: proiecte ale studenților ca mijloace de dezvoltare în zonele depopulate
Summer Schools in the Danube Region: Student Projects as Means for Development in Depopulated Regions

Summary/Abstract: The paper describes process and progress during an international summer school in Dealu Frumos/ Schönberg during May and October 2018. First there is a magnificent, underused landscape full of outstanding cultural heritage that abruptly lost important parts of its population at the end of last century and could not yet recover from that loss. Second there were 25 international students developing project ideas on how to promote development by tourism, agriculture or to improve infrastructure. Third there were supportive people, locals in Dealu Frumos, members of institutions in Sibiu County, academic and administrative staff of several universities, artists and freelancers that helped to create a good productive atmosphere. Several project ideas were born, all of them suited to improve life for resident people and to generate more income for locals. The costs to organize the summer school were reasonable as many of the resources needed were made available at limited costs. We propose to organize similar summer schools in other scarcely populated, rural areas of the Danube Region as a cost efficient means of rural and regional development.

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