Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

A total of 24 students from five partner countries are participating in the Winter School: Slovakia, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Finland and Greece.

The goal is to provide students with comprehensive theoretical knowledge linked to the practical skills in the preparation of a sustainable tourism concept in the conditions of a particular location during the following 8 days. In connection with the goal the first part of the on-site phase of Winter School takes place in the Mojmírovce chateau, where students actively participate in lectures, methodological activities and practical workshops with experts and stakeholders in order to analyze the initial situation of the given location and then propose and present their own innovative solutions.

The second part of the on-site phase will take place in Nitra, where students will continue with the lectures and group activities accompanied by the campus tour and cultural program.

As in addition to theoretical knowledge in the field of sustainable tourism, students will have the opportunity to work on a concrete practical case through specific methodological activities, such as mind mapping, critical analysis of a website, multi-stakeholder´s analysis or the logical framework approach, the expected output of the Winter School is mainly the support of the critical-thinking and the soft-skills development of the students.