Study location	Latvia, Riga
Type	Short-duration course, full-time
Nominal duration	2 weeks; 27 June - 8 July 2022 (6 ECTS)
Study language	English
Awards	(Certificate on Completion)

Tuition fee	€800 per programme

Entry qualification	Participants must be enrolled in a degree related to project management, economics and business, engineering and natural sciences etc. The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations in English along with verified copies of the original.

Territory requirements	Applications are accepted from the following territories (based on citizenship): Americas, Australasia, Caribbean, Central America, Central Asia, Eastern Asia, Europe, Indonesia, Northern America, Oceania, South America, Vietnam, Western Asia.

Language requirements	English

Other requirements

A motivation letter must be added to your application. Documents required: • CV • Motivation letter • English language proficiency document (IELTS, TOFEL or any other (it can be a document that is signed by your university that your level of English language is B2 or higher). • Bachelor/master diploma or transcript of records (that shows what subjects you’ve covered so far) • Copy of passport (or ID card for citizens of EU countries).

Overview

Bioeconomy is a sector focused on the sustainable use of biological resources by production of products with high added value. Bioeconomy has a great potential reduction of effect to climate change. Processing of resources and production of innovative products are essential to get and use knowledge in the practice of cleaner production, environmental technologies, energy efficiency, waste management and other aspects, to use resources in an effective way and reduce negative impact on the environment. Implementation of bioeconomy is a key to self-sufficient and sustainable cities and regions. Bioeconomy is a very important part of the circular economy.

Bioeconomy defines the aspects of bioresource use and technological problems connected with the bioresource extraction and processing technologies, as well as with new product uses and eco-design. Within the summer school participants will get to know raw bioresources, processing industries, technologies, innovations and product eco-design. Participants of summer school will learn bioeconomy from A to Z by practical examples of specific local resources.

Other topicality of summer school will be connected with introduction of research methodology in bioeconomy: data collection, processing and analysis of results by using different computer models (multi-criteria analysis, different models of regression analysis, geographical information systems and system dynamics modelling).

The goal of the summer school is to teach participants how to mitigate climate change by implementing bioeconomy, sustainable use of bioresources and creating innovations and to spread the knowledge in their countries. Participants of the summer school will gain knowledge, contacts for further cooperation, practical experience and self-confidence in the field of bioeconomy.

Programme structure

The programme includes workshops and lectures in:

● Climate Change Analysis and Possible Mitigation Mechanism Determination
● Sustainable Use of Biological Resources
● Creation of Innovative Products
● Usage of Environmental Technologies in Practice
● Research Methodology in Bioeconomy: Data Collection, Processing and Analysis
● Eco-Design Development