University of Pécs is the first university in Hungary, it was founded in 1367 and celebrated the 650th anniversary of its foundation in 2017. The university with its more than 20.000 students, 10 faculties and with 1 400 lecturers and researchers is among the most important academic, scientific, and cultural centers of Hungary and the Transdanubian region of the country. University of Pécs represents classical values and reflects present and future the challenges of the 21st Century as well. Covering a wide range of educational areas, it reaches out far beyond the city of Pécs and operates an independent faculty in Szekszárd and runs significant training programs in the towns of Kaposvár, Szombathely, Zalaegerszeg, and even abroad in Zombor, Serbia.
Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Education and Regional Development of the University of Pécs, Hungary is among the youngest faculties of the oldest university in Hungary. The main mission of the faculty is to train future intellectuals with creative and critical thinking, who can respond to the challenges of our era and are willing to lead positive changes in the world. The faculty provides its educational programs, courses, scientific events of high standard, innovative, creative practices beyond well-established theoretical knowledge in two cities, Szekszárd and Pécs.
The faculty has become a cultural, scientific, and training center, where experts, professionals and professors foster rich tutoring and collaboration with students besides their international research, scientific and teaching practices. The faculty is offering BA, MA programs, short cycle programs, summer and winter courses and a Doctoral study program as well. The faculty has excellent collaborations and initiatives with other faculties and organizational units of the University of Pécs, and several other universities, research institutions in Hungary and abroad. Therefore, the future and present students have excellent opportunities to gain fruitful professional and personal experiences on the fields of cultural sciences, education, and regional development. Students of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Education and Regional Development are empowered by marketable and effective skills competences and knowledge which contribute to their personal and professional growth in order to make our world a better place.
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Professor Gábor Szécsi
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According to the Brundtland definition, sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Within sustainable development, we can identify the three pillars of society, environment, and economy, what can be interpretated in the dimension of culture. Education for sustainable development means that education must establish connections between these dimensions to understand and make the functional rules of connections clear for everyone. Education for sustainable development should not be equated with environmental education that focuses on humankind’s relationship with the natural environment without the broader context of social, economic, and cultural factors like equity, poverty, democracy, and quality of life.

The Greenway Winter School is focusing on the present questions of sustainability and the basic messages of the green philosophy, our interdisciplinary and applied approach helps to draw up the present trends and future perspectives of sustainability worldwide in the 21st century. Presentations and case studies from all around the world help to understand the local, regional, and international challenges of sustainability and participants could share experiences and examine the past, present, and future challenges of sustainability and green philosophy in practice.