Summer School: Agrobiodiversity in a changing climate
Sustainable production, fragile ecosystems, resilience to global changes
Venue
The course will focus on the importance of biodiversity in agriculture, with particular attention to its role in enhancing resilience and adaptability of cropping and farming systems to climate change.
The Mountain Partnership Secretariat, in collaboration with the Sapienza University of Rome, Bioversity International and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is launching a Summer School, which will be held at the Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
The course is residential and full-time, for a total of 84 hours, of which at least 70 hours are dedicated to lectures and classroom-style learning.
Students who will attend at least 75% of the scheduled activities will obtain a Higher Education Course (HEC) Certificate of Attendance and 4 University Credits recognized in the European University system within a Master’s degree course whose contents should be consistent with HEC.
Tuition fees will be 600 euro, which does not include: travel, visa, accommodation, meals and insurance costs.
Scholarships.Thanks to the financial support of the Italian Development Cooperation, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat will offer full scholarships to six candidates from developing countries that will be selected among all applicants. The scholarships will cover tuition fees, travel costs, accommodation and meals for the entire duration of the course.
How to apply. Send the following documents to , cc. , by 29 July 2018:
- Application form;
- Photocopy of a valid identity document, duly signed and legible;
- Self-certification declaring the obtained university degree;
- Photocopy of "Declaration of Value" from an Italian consulate;
- Signed declaration of consent for processing personal data;
- Short CV;
- Motivation letter
Organizers
Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Environmental Biology; Bioversity International; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); Mountain Partnership Secretariat