“Land Issues in the Age of Globalisation”

Announcing the 2012 Intensive Programme of the

Coimbra Group Development Master Initiative (CGDMI)

Szeged and Balaton Uppland National Park, HungaryAugust 19 – 31, 2012

The organisers of the 2nd CGDMI Intensive Programme invite staff and students from the partner universities to register for the 2012 programme on Land Issues in the Age of Globalisation. Especially enrolled students from developing countries are invited to participate. The Intensive Programme will be held in Szeged and in the Balaton Area in Hungary and includes 11 days of first class lectures, field work and group work, after preparatory reading and web-supported distance workshops.

Land reform and related issues of land are a vital aspect of transition and development processes. Land distribution, ownership, and land use patterns shape options for progress of the poor and for the sustainable future of local and national communities. Land-related issues are also most topical in global politics today; think of rising food prices, limits of natural resources, of bio-fuel production, commercialisation of agriculture, and of massive land acquisitions in less-developed countries by investment companies today. The Intensive Programme will analyse these issues from the perspectives of various academic disciplines and will be guided by professors from all over Eu-rope. The Hungarian transition experience will be studied in detail, and will be compared with transformations and struggles over land in a range of developing countries. Please find attached the IP Outline and the IP draft programme.

The Intensive Programme is facilitated by the European Union Lifelong Learning Programme and is therefore almost free of costs to students. Students of the participating Coimbra Group universities (Padova, Leuven, Louvain, Salamanca, Groningen, Siena, Bologna) as well as of the universities of Craiova, Szeged and Szent Istvàn/Godollo can register by sending a motivation letter to the CGDMI contact person in your university. Students are obliged to follow the pre-IP reading and workshop process and to participate in the full programme.Staff of CGDMI partner universities is invited to contribute to the lecturing team. Please consult the attached draft pro-gramme and propose a relevant topic to lecture on. Professors are expected to participate at least three days in the IP.

Contact persons:Bologna: prof. Cristina Brasili, prof. Gilberto AntonelliCraiova: prof. Oana GherghinescuGranada: prof. Josefa Capel MartinezUC Louvain: prof. Olivier Servais, prof. Chloé SalembierPoitiers: prof. Olivier Bouba-Olga, dr. Philippe NorelSalamanca: prof. Francisco Giner Abati, prof. Rafael Gonzalez CeladorSiena: prof. Cristina CapineriSzent Istvàn/Godollo: prof. Istvàn Fehér

Organised by:KU Leuven (prof. Chris Kesteloot)- chris.kesteloot@kuleuven.beUniverity of Groningen (Dr. Pieter Boele van Hensbroek)- p.boele@rug.nlSzeged University (prof. Peter Szilassi)- toto@jgypk.u-szeged.huPadova University (prof. Pierpaolo Faggi)- pierpaolo.faggi@unipd.it

Programme August 19 - August 31, 2012

Day Nr. Date The programme of activities 1 19/8/2012 Afternoon/evening: Arrival in Szeged and check-in

2 20/8/2012

In Szeged (Department of Physical Geography and Geoinformatics)

09-1010.00

17.30

Night

Participants presentation and team building Experiencing Hungarian national “High day” celebrations, including fieldtrip in

urban and suburban areas of Szeged Reflection groups about the result of the pre-IP readings and on pre-IP discussions

via the Moodle online platformViewing fireworks at Tisza river

3 21/8/2012

In Szeged (Department of Physical Geography and Geoinformatics)

09.0009.1509.45

11.0011.3012.00

14.00

15.30

P.Faggi “Introduction to the CGDMI”P.Szilassi, C. Kesteloot, P.Boele van Hensbroek “Intensive Programme presentation” Lecture: C. Kesteloot “Land reform and land use changes and its global issues” (on

geographical, demographic, economic and political background of main land use changes)

Discussant with comments from socio-economic perspectiveDiscussant with comments from Environmental Studies perspectivePlenary discussion: Lecture: L. Boros (University of Szeged) Socio-economic

processes and land use changes in SzegedLecture: L. Mucsi (University of Szeged) “Land reform and land issues in urban

expansion during Hungarian transition”Group work preparing field work

1. Designing questions check-list; 2. Mapping procedures to be utilized in the field works

4 22/8/2012

In Szeged (Department of Physical Geography and Geoinformatics): 9.00

11.30

14.0016.00

Lecture: Peter Szilassi “Main characteristics of Land use change in Hungary before and after the land privatisation”

Lecture: Gy. Sipos University of Szeged: “Historical land use changes and it’s recent consequences in Danube-Tisza interflow”

Lecture: StIstvan/Godollo, third lecture on Hungarian land reform issuesGIS LAB work University of Szeged and other preparatory research for field work

5 23/8/2012

In Szeged (Department of Physical Geography and Geoinformatics):

Morning

Afternoon

Lecturer from Padova on land grabbing in sahelo-sudanese zoneLecturer from Groningen on the land titling debate and struggles over land in ChinaLecture of other Coimbra Group partner on Latin America (e.g. Via Campesina)Group works on a thematic interpretation of the 3 morning lectures, based upon

analytic famework including “anthinomic couples” (selfconsumption/communal vs market, environment vs profit, food vs biofuel, private vs public etc.)

6 24/8/2012Transfer to Zanka (Balaton Upland Area) by bus with a break of a fieldtrip surroundings of Kecskemet, where can be seen many evidences of the recent transformation the Hungarian rural areas (especially the Hungarian rzral settlements, the homesteads)

7 25/8/2012In Balaton Upland Area

8.30Fieldtrip for analyses the historical and recent land use changes, and its

consequences in Balaton Upland National ParkVine testing

8 26/8/2012

In Balaton Upland area (Zanka)

Morning:

Afternoon

17.00

3 lectures by CG partners on key issues like: Rural Economics (Leuven?); Modeling rural development alternative options in resource use (Groningen?); The land titling debate; etc. (open invitation to CG partners)

Group work about organizing next day’s field-work, by completing the methodological and “tools preparing” group work of the 21/8 (all professors tutoring)

Lecture by CG partnerReflection groups

9 27/8/2012

In Balaton Upland area (Zanka)

8.30 Field work in Balaton Upland National Park: Land use change mapping, and interviewing the local stakeholders (under the guidance of Szeged professors and with the contribution of PhD, and MSc students from University of Szeged and StIstvan/Godollo)

10 28/8/2012

In Balaton Upland area (Zanka)

8.30 Field work in Balaton Upland National Park: Land use change mapping, and, interviewing the local stakeholders (under the guidance of Szeged professors and with the contribution of PhD, and MSc students from University of Szeged and StIstvan/Godollo)

11 29/8/2012

In Balaton Upland area (Zanka)

9.00 Group work to summarize the field work experience (a PPT should be prepared by each group) and relate to the thematic issues elaborated in 23rd group works

Lecture by professors of Coimbra Group partners

12 30/8/2012

In Balaton Upland area (Zanka)

9.00

10-1515-1717.00

Final preparation for plenary presentation of group work (to integrate the 29th PPT according to the thematic issues)

Plenary presentation of group workIP evaluation (all professors tutoring)17.00: End of works

13 31/8/2012 10.00: Transfer to Szeged or airport and back home (or stay); arrival in Szeged around 14.00

Background Picture: Balatan Lake in Balaton Uppland National Park

Student Application Form

Name: Family name:

Date of birth: Sex: Complete personal address: Tel.: E-mail address: Bank coordinates (Iban & Swift):

Registered in the Master degree course: University:

Applying also for the CGDMI Erasmus Exchange Programme:

Knowledge of English language: very good □ good □ poor □

Signature:

To be annexed: Transcript of records + short Motivation Letter

Send this form and annexes to your university CGDMI coordinator (see IP Announcement)

copy to p.boele@rug.nl

EU Erasmus Intensive Programme/Coimbra Group Development Master Initiative

‘Land Issues in the Age of Globalisation’(Hungary, 19th - 31st August, 2012)

• Open for graduate students attending Masters degree courses in the participating universities: Bologna, Craiova, Granada, Groningen, KULeuven, Poitiers, Salamanca, Siena, StIstvan-Godollo, Szeged, UCLouvain, Padova• Study load : 5EC