The UNITA European alliance, through the UNITA-Universitas Montium project, offers the opportunity to experiment new forms of mobility, contributing to both objectives of developing rural mountain territories, and in particular cross-border mountain territories, as well as increasing the opportunities for personal and professional development of students.
Our universities are located in rural and cross-border mountain regions across southern, central and eastern Europe- Serra da Estrela (Beira Interior), the Pyrenees (Pau and Zaragoza), the Alps (Savoie Mont Blanc and Turin), and the Banat Mountains (Timișoara)-, in ecosystems sharing similar challenges.
UNITA Rural Mobility is one of the aforementioned opportunities!
It is an amazing chance for students who want to go the extra mile with their education, research and overall growth, while also making unique memories! The initiative is currently in the pilot phase but we can already see great results: five students from the UNITA campuses in UniTo, UNIZAR, USMB, UBI and UPPA arrived in Timișoara on the 5th of July in order to start their amazing journey in the picturesque mountain territories from Banat.
Besides getting familiar to an amazing area, the students are able to work together with their host, WeWilder, UVT’s partner in this pilot phase, developing innovative ideas for the sustainability of rural mountain regions.
The dissemination and communication team from UVT reached the five incoming sutdents and asked them for first impressions on their time spent in Armeniș, Sat Bătrân. You will be able to see their testimonials very soon on UNITA Social Media Channels.
Additionally, this first experience allows for various implementation procedures developed within UNITA for the purpose of supporting hundreds of rural mobilities in all six areas represented by the partners in the alliance by the end of our project, and beyond.
All of the involved actors will offer feedback in order to develop this initiative further and ensure the sustainability of UNITA Rural Mobilities.
Moreover, during this phase, UNITA’s partners focus on creating communities of practice and sharing resources, including teachers, researchers and administrative staff.
At the end of this period, the teams will be used to working together, helping each other and exchanging ideas that will undoubtedly lead to new innovations and new projects.
As soon as the pilot phase ends at all UNITA partners involved in it, with rural mobilities taking place in Italy, Spain and Portugal in August 2021, we will keep you posted with interactive feedback and a summary of all the great activities and experiences the UNITA students went through this summer, during their UNITA Rural Mobility. Stay tuned!
