CALL FOR APPLICATION
Intensive programmes for students*
Creative Danube. The small and medium size cities: post industrial and shrinking conditions engaging the inclusive development.
Liveable Co-City #Călărași
*The planned IP might change depending on the circumstances related to the Covid-19 situation.
30 MAY-03 JUNE 2022
CĂLĂRAȘI, ROMANIA
The students’ candidates from the DANUBIAN_SMCs Consortium are invited to apply for the DANUBIAN_SMCs opportunity with their submissions, following the project and their universities guideline guidelines by the12ve May 2022
WORKSHOP ORGANISER
FACULTY of URBAN PLANNIN, UAUIM; ROMANIA
https://www.uauim.ro/en/faculties/urbanism/
UAUIM-Bucharest, TUWien, DU-Krems, STU-Bratislava, UNS-Novi Sad, UB-Belgrade,, and BME-Budapest (Department of Urban Planning and Design)
30rd May - 03rd June 2022
CĂLĂRAȘI, ROMANIA
CREATIVE DANUBE: INNOVATIVE TEACHING FOR INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED DANUBIAN CITIES
https://danubian-smcs.uauim.ro
INTRODUCTION
Liveable Co-City #Călărași
The main purpose is to equip students and teachers with competences, knowledge and skills of interdisciplinary interaction in order to successfully cope with contemporary challenges of inclusive development of Danube SMCs, taking in consideration the situation of less developed cities and regions.
The activity will take place by dividing the participating students into groups of 6-7 students, each group associated with one of the 5 thematic clusters and a favorite area in the city. During the activity, the students will focus on their own group project, developing it and discussing it with the professors and will get necessary data in order to have an overview of the city, of their local site, and the specific situation of the areas they assessed. On the last day, they will present their project and discuss their proposals and solutions with the local stakeholders involved in this activity, and to other interested people in Călărași. The stakeholders will be invited to vote and express their interest in proposed students' solutions.
The main output of the activity will be a collection of students’ projects together with stakeholders’ replics and co-participation reactions to the ideas development for each of the thematic cluster areas assessed in Călărași.
AGENDA
IP CALARASI_workshop theme-draft 29.03.2022_site.pdfDANUBIAN_SMCs conditions
The eligible DANUBIAN_SMCs participation is 5 full workdays, between 30 MAY and 3 June 2022, plus 2 travel days, + contribution to the DANUBIAN_SMCs database of evaluated materials (delivering digital files of the presentation and of any other document presented at the meeting).
The Intensive programmes for higher education learners will be held in English.
Special requirements
Laptop / Camera or/and mobile phone / for photo or/and video making / Sketching paper.
OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTICIPANT
Active participation in the teamwork, discussions and summary sessions of the Intensive Study Programme.
Feedback about the impact of the Intensive Study Programme activity.
Submission of the presentation/publication/exhibition materials following the instructions of the DANUBIAN_SMCs contact at your institution.
Submission of the travel documentation to the faculty according to the university regulations.
Submission of the participation documentation to the faculty according to the university regulations.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
The activities C7: intensive programmes for teaching staff & C8: intensive programmes for higher education learners are leading to accomplish the following learning outcomes:
Creating competent knowledge by combining urban planning and design framework with social inclusion notions, by onsite capturing the phenomenon, leading to a deep understanding of sustainable development, urban resilience, and universal design principles.
Practicing different participative methods and tools in the specific situation of small and medium cities located on the Danube, (re)discovering the meaning of ”liveable” through sensitive observation
Developing inter and trans disciplinary skills by a multi-level approach of small and medium cities within the regional / local context.
ELIGIBILITY
The students’ work including preparation, documentation, participation at the teaching laboratory with the implementation of its specific phases and the post processing activity will be expressed in min 2 ECTS credits, according to their university regulations.
The following category of students will be targeted: doctoral students with research related to the project topics, master level or equal (upper years of integrated studies, i.e. with more than three years of higher education), bachelor students related (professionally or personally) to a small, medium-sized cities, or rural areas on Danube, students specialized in urban planning and design, architecture, landscape and interconnected disciplines.
The students will be selected according to the APPLICATION PROCEDURE, through a CALENDAR with the PROCESS SELECTION related to the management activities and outputs of the project.
Typical successful applicants would be students from the higher education institution:
interest in web-mapping, coding and/or ICT-based solutions in spatial planning,
have the availability throughout the 5+2 days of the IP, the preparation period and results post-processing (if the period overlaps with the University’s exams, the students must announce at the tutors ‘exams their participation in the Intensive programmes for higher education learners before the departure)
proven academic skills in Erasmus+ field and thematic interest on SMCs planning,
have a clear idea how their grant will benefit for their educational and professional development,
have a clear idea about the eventuality of integration of the Erasmus grant with their economic resources,
have good English Language skills,
students with economic problems will prevail (priority selection for the project of the students from disadvantaged or undeveloped social environments (Economic obstacles, Cultural differences, Social obstacles); supporting documents may be attached.
PROCESS SELECTION CRITERIA
The university candidates must submit online their materials, following the DANUBIAN_SMCs university guidelines and deadlines.
The selection will be done online based on the submission of the applicant DOSSIER (in English) and INTERVIEW.
The Dossier should contain:
CV Europass in English (maximum 1 page with applicant photo),
Letter of intent (max 1 page, in English),
List of studies, works, experiences and competences related to the project topics (max. 2 pages): Danube, small and medium-sized cities, mapping, urban development urban analyses, urban design.
The applicant Dossier will be sent to the consortium university contact person.
TARGET GROUP
5 students* / per each partner university based on dossier submission ranking.
*at least, due the online
*A reserve list of max. 3 students will be created in the case of additional positively evaluated submission or, in case some of the selected ones are unavailable for the Intensive Programmes.
COST COVER_ GRANT HOLDERS
Selected students will be considered Erasmus+ grant holders. The refund cannot exceed the unit costs determined by the European Commission according to the Erasmus+ guideline and DANUBIAN_SMCs approved budget for each partner consortium. (Travel Grant and 5 working days + 2 days travel*)
*for online activity, the grant will not cover travel days
The applicants must consider the fact that the grant might not entirely cover the transport and accommodation costs. An additional personal budget must be considered.