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Certificate program "sustainable rural development"

The aim of the executive qualification program is to acquire and expand the participant’s knowledge about the initiation, monitoring and continuity of processes in regard to independent and sustainable rural development. The participants will be enabled to design their own projects from draft to implementation. The program is aimed at opinion leaders working on sustainability issues at initiatives, clubs and associations, in politics, the economy or the Church. We generally address people with a pioneering spirit in communities who are concerned by the vitality and sustainable development of their home region. The program specifically focuses on the Alpine border region as an area with strong cultural, social, geographical, climatic and economic similarities across national borders.

The certificate program "sustainable rural development" contains the following modules:

Specialist modules

  • energy self-sufficient communities
  • cooperatives for sustainable development
  • financing sustainable development
  • Organization of rural infrastructure

Core modules

  • Local action, global thinking
  • Learning for Sustainable Development
  • The political process of the guiding principle of "sustainability"
  • Self-help and self-organization
  • Public welfare, common property and sustainability
  • Co-operation and networking
  • Social Innovation and Entrepreneurial Spirit
  • Ecological and social economic activities

Final Thesis

  • The final Thesis consists of developing a practical concept in any one of the four specialist modules.

The qualification is offered and conducted in cooperation of SCE, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and RegioStar e.G. As the whole qualification program is held in German more information and application procedures can be found on the German site.