Day to day schedule for
Traveling university and
Summer school for sustainable regional development
Place for Future: Chiprovtsi 2013
VIDEO Diary:
How to create local sustainable agriculture and sustainable environment in Bulgaria – problems and hopes – Nadezhda MAKSIMOVA (alternative farmer in the town of Tryavna): lecture at the Travelling university and Summer school for sustainable regional development ‘Place for Future: Chiprovtsi 2013′ 3-9 June 2013
Franck DUBOIS (House of Human Sciences, Dijon, France) — Sustainable development in Dijon — best practices for sustainable urbanization: lecture at the Travelling university and Summer school for sustainable regional development ‘Place for Future: Chiprovtsi 2013′ 3-9 June 2013 Chiprovtsi, Bulgaria
Dr. Lilia SAZONOVA (Institute for the Study of Societies and Knowledge, BAS) — Cultural aspects of sustainable development: lecture at the Travelling university and Summer school for sustainable regional development ‘Place for Future: Chiprovtsi 2013′ 3-9 June 2013 Chiprovtsi, Bulgaria
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Kalin NENOV (NBU, Shtastlivetsa)
The Human Library – Alternative Culture and Society of XXI Century
lecture at the Travelling university and Summer school for sustainable regional development ‘Place for Future: Chiprovtsi 2013′ 3-9 June 2013 Chiprovtsi, Bulgaria
Andrey KOVACHEV (Balkani Wildlife Society) – “Natura 2000 in Bulgaria – problems and prospects”
lecture at the Travelling university and Summer school for sustainable regional development ‘Place for Future: Chiprovtsi 2013′ 3-9 June 2013 Chiprovtsi, Bulgaria
Katerina RAKOVSKA (WWF) – Natura 2000 and the Green civil society in Bulgaria, For the Nature Coalition: lecture at the Travelling university and Summer school for sustainable regional development ‘Place for Future: Chiprovtsi 2013′ 3-9 June 2013 Chiprovtsi, Bulgaria
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Dr. Petar KANEV (ISSK, BAS, Shtastlivetsa) - The Global Criminalization as a Local Problem
Discussion at the Travelling university and Summer school for sustainable regional development ‘Place for Future: Chiprovtsi 2013′ 3-9 June 2013 Chiprovtsi, Bulgaria
Kalin NENOV (The Human Library and Shtatslivetsa Civic Association) - Why I joined Shtastlivetsa
Discussion at the Travelling university and Summer school for sustainable regional development ‘Place for Future: Chiprovtsi 2013′ 3-9 June 2013 Chiprovtsi, Bulgaria
Initiative organized by Shtastlivetsa Civic Association and the Place for Future Education Network.
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Implemented with the financial assistance of the Bachelor and Master Faculties of New Bulgarian University (NBU) and Friedrich Ebert Foundation – Sofia
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Participants:
- Students and professors from New Bulgarian University, the departments of Architecture, Political Science, Mass Communications, Semiotics, Law, Environmental Management, Earth Sciences, Tourism, Cinema, and others;
- Students and teachers from the University of Burgundy and the House of Human Sciences, Dijon, France;
- Researchers from the Institute for the Study of Societies and Knowledge (ISSK), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS);
- Representatives of the environmental community and environmental organizations in Bulgaria;
- Representatives of green business initiatives in Bulgaria;
- People from the local community of the Chiprovtsi municipality and the West Balkan region, including the municipal administration;
- Guests and volunteers at their own expense;
- Organizing team from Shtastlivets Civic Association and the Place for Future education network
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PROGRAM:
Traveling University Place for Future Chiprovtsi 2013: Part 1
Bus with microphones for lectures on the road and about 50 seats
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June 3, 2013, Monday
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8.30 – Departure from Sofia: St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
10.30 – 12.00 – Svoge, Zhelen area, meeting and talk with Filip KIRILOV (Trinoga Association for Sustainable Development), Demonstration of alternative organic farming and eco-technology, project for extraction of groundwater by planting trees, youth exchanges, biodynamic farming, traditional practices and application of scientific discoveries and human spirituality.
12.00 – 13.30 – The endangered cultural heritage of the West Balkan and the unknown truth about Bulgarian cultural history – Dr. Petar KANEV (lecture during the bus trip)
13.30 – 14.30 – Vratsa, Visitors Center at Vratsa Balkan Nature Park – discussion with Nikolay NENCHEV, director of Vratsa Balkan Nature Park, and Toma BELEV (Association of Parks in Bulgaria)
Vratsa (lunch, at about 14.30)
Vratsa Balkan (around 15.30 – 16.00, discussion with Nikolay NENCHEV, director of Vratsa Balkan Nature Park)
Chiprovtsi (arrival at 18.30 to 19.00)
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Summer School for Regional Sustainable Development Practices
Place for Future: Chiprovtsi 2013
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The summer school focuses on the practical application of the concepts of regional sustainable development in Europe: the present situation, best practices, problems and prospects. The Summer School includes: in the mornings, lectures and discussions in the school hall on the old historic hill; in the afternoons, practical training and workshops in the open. All morning blocks include a brief presentation of the problem presented by the speaker (speakers) – about 15 minutes, discussion and answering questions from participants. Between the panels, there will be 10-minute breaks.
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Working languages - English and Bulgarian
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Interpreter – Kalin NENOV (NBU, Shtastlivetsa)
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June 4
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Opening
of the Summer School for Regional Sustainable Development Practices
9,00 – 10,00 – Opening: the carpet hall in the museum on the historic hill
10.00 – 11.30: Municipality Hall: Introduction to the summer school: Franck DUBOIS (University of Burgundy), Radosveta KRASTANOVA (NBU, Shtastlivetsa)
Yordanka ZAMFIROVA (CHAR Association, Chiprovtsi, and Shtastlivetsa) – on sustainable development, European strategies and their implementation at the regional level
11.30 – 11.45 – Break
11.45 – 13.30: Mr. Toma BELEV (Association of Parks in Bulgaria): National and nature parks in Bulgaria – establishment, history, management, practices, present challenges and prospects – incl. according to the strategies from the Rio+20 conference; ecosystem services, conservation of ecosystems
13.30 – 15.00 – Lunch
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15.00 – 18.30: Workshops in the open (in groups on a rotating basis):
Ecology of culture, architecture and urban planning: Cultural heritage and the planning of public spaces: Arch. Galina SLAVOVA (Place for Future), Arch. Gergana STEFANOVA (NBU) and Arch. Miryana YORDANOVA – outdoor lectures – from the museum and the historic hill to the old houses in Chiprovtsi
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16,00 – 16,30 – Premiere of the UNESCO movie The Chiprovtsi Carpet and conversation with its director Mr. Ivan GEORGIEV (NBU).
The Chiprovtsi carpet has been submitted for inclusion in the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage – how can this help keep the Chiprovsti carpet-making tradition?
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Opening – officials:
Moderator – Project Manager – Radosveta KRASTANOVA (NBU, Shtastlivetsa)
Interpreter – Kalin NENOV (NBU, Shtastlivetsa)
Working languages - English and Bulgarian
Officials: Anatoli PARVANOV – Mayor of Chiprovtsi, Prof. Antoni SLAVINSKI – President of NBU, Prof. Gilles RUE – representative of the French Embassy, Attaché for university and research cooperation, Franck DUBOIS – House of Human Sciences Burgundy, Prof. Rumyana STOILOVA – head of the Institute for the Study of Societies and Knowledge (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences), Michaela MAHLER – Friedrich Ebert Foundation – Sofia
Coffee break with banitsa (pastry), goat milk and goat cheese
June 5
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Sustainable development as a human activity:
Grand Hall of the Municipality of Chiprovtsi
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9.05 – 9.55 – Georgi STEFANOV (WWF Bulgaria): The richness of the Western Balkan: From a childhood in the Western Balkan to a job in making business greener
10.05 – 10.55 – How to create local sustainable agriculture and sustainable environment in Bulgaria – problems and hopes - Nadezhda MAKSIMOVA (alternative farmer in the town of Tryavna), Vasilka GANEVA (manager in the Sun Moon chain for organic food), Borislav SANDOV: Food independence, alternative local economy and local markets
11.05 – 11.35 – Dr. Franck DUBOIS (House of Human Sciences, Dijon, France) – Sustainable development in Dijon – best practices for sustainable urbanism
11,35 – 12,00 – Prof. Antony SLAVINSKI, President of New Bulgarian University - Development of transport in Bulgaria - is sustainable transport possible?
12.05 – 13.00 – Dragomir KONSTANTINOV (Zelenika Foundation) – Green jobs
13.00 – 14.30 – Lunch
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14.30 – 19.00 – Walking University – from Gushovski Monastery along the eco-trail to the waterfall and back with the stories of teacher and local researcher Nikola NIKOLOV form Chiprovtsi, Mihail MIHOV (mountain guide from Odyssey Inn and Bulgarian Association for Alternative Tourism (BAAT), and representatives of the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds
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Sustainable development and regional human communities:
Municipality Hall
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9.00 – 9.55 – Dr. Desislava ALEKSOVA (International Business School – Botevgrad, and Shtastlivetsa) and Mihail MIHOV (Odyssey Inn tour company and BAAT) – Sustainable alternative tourism – theory and practice
10.05 – 10.55 – Dr. Franck DUBOIS (House of Human Sciences, Dijon, France) - self-organization and support of small and medium regional green business in the Burgundy municipality – The role of the Landscape Convention of the European Council – local farming, regional food, trade networks and distribution of regional products, winemaking, culinary, cultural and eco-tourism and climate
10.35 – 11.05 – Stoil TSITSELKOV (European Association for the Protection of Human Rights and Shtastlivetsa): Human rights, cultural diversity, indigenous populations and ecology
11.05 – 11.35 – Dr. Lilia SAZONOVA (Institute for the Study of Societies and Knowledge, BAS) – Cultural aspects of sustainable development
11.35 – 11.45 – Break
11.05 – 13.00 – Discussion on the public image and the successful management of initiatives for sustainable regional development - Dr. Ivo VELINOV (NBU), Ivan ‘Ivo’ POPOV (Shtastlivetsa)
13.00 – 14.30 – Lunch
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14.30 – 18.30 – Carpet-weaving worksop in the Chiprovtsi school and a visit to the garden for natural dyes
Discussion of the social problems of the town of Chiprovtsi: local community, generations, education, employment, public sphere.
A strategy for the development of the Chiprovtsi municipality 2014 – 2020: How the problems of people can become part of the strategy priorities.
The discussion will be led by the headmaster of the former school for traditional handicrafts and carpet weaving, Ms. Svetlana TRENCHEVA, and Mr. Nikola NIKOLOV, and will involve students and young people, representatives of the Chiprovtsi community
Discussions:
Sustainable development and social centers – what is it? – Yanina TANEVA (Association Ideas Factory)
The disappearance of the public sphere as a source of social instability - Dr. Valeri LICHEV, (ISSK, BAS)
19.30 – Night picnic for students in Svrachi Dol
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Sustainable development as an organic binder and regional development:
Municipality Hall
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9.00 – 10.00 – Katerina RAKOVSKA (WWF) and Andrey KOVATSHEV (SDP Balkani) – Natura 2000 in Bulgaria – problems and prospects
11.30 – 13.00 – Green civil society in Bulgaria – Yordanka DINEVA (Bulgarian Biodiversity Foundation) - For the Nature Coalition;
11.00 – 11.30 – Dr. Rumyana STOILOVA, director of the Institute for the Study of Societies and Knowledge BAS: The sociological perspective on sustainable development
11.30 – 11.40 – Break
11,40 – 12,30 – Radosveta KRASTANOVA (NBU) and Petar KANEV (ISSK, BAS) – Embodied theory – ecologism and sustainable development practices of civic groups and the Place for Future education network
13.00 – 14.30 – Lunch
14.30 – 19.00 – Workshops:
І. Folk customs, handicrafts, carpet weaving: Yulia IGNATOVA, master carpet maker, teachers from the Chiprovtsi school – carpet makers. Demonstration of carpet-weaving and cookery – in the house of Yulia IGNATOVA.
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ІІ. Folk program – learn to dance: songs and dances at the Culture House
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Final creative happening:
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18.00 – Our footprint (trail) in Chiprovtsi (event specifics will remain a surprise 
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19.00 – Closing dinner in Pavlova Kashta restaurant: Tasting local cuisine and regional wine (Lopushna, Magura, others); presentation of local businesses and the municipality – carpet workshops, municipality projects, with the participation of representatives of local action groups, the Chushkarcheto company (carpets) and the municipality.
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Traveling University Place for Future Chiprovtsi 2013: Part 2
June 8
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10.30 – Departure from Chiprovtsi
• The village of Belimel (about 45 minutes)
• Izvos area near Belogradchik – Demonstration of a passive house (arrival at 14:00, lasts about an hour and a half) – a lecture by Arch. Georgi GEORGIEV (University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy)
• Belogradchik (about 4 hours): lunch at Mislen Kamak restaurant, a walk from Kaleto to the park across the rocks, talk with Todor TODOROV (Belogradchik Museum)
• Тhe bus will be waiting for us at 20.00 at the park exit – arrival at 20.15, dinner and sleep in the Madonata hotel in the Falkovets area
June 9, Sunday
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9.00 – 10.00 – Radoslav MLADENOV (Madonata family hotel chain) – Presentation on how to develop sustainable tourism and family business, demonstration of bio-treatment plant with cane
10.00 – Departure for Sofia
(Lecture on the bus)
• Lunch near the Klisura monastery (near Berkovica in Pri Stalin fishpond & restaurant)
• Dragoman – the Dragoman marsh – SDP Balkani (lecture in the afternoon, about an hour and a half – possibly Andrey RALEV)
• Sofia – Obelya Underground Station
• Sofia Centre
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Watch some of the presentations and discussions in our VIDEO Diary.
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