A summer school is a good opportunity for young people to spend part of their vacation with fellows of the same age and with the same passions and interests. The desire to acquire extra knowledge and some new skills in a more informal setting than that of the university, and to interact with young people like them is the main reasons why students enrol in such activities. Summer schools are divided into two main categories, depending on the topics they address. There are summer schools where you can learn a subject from scratch, but there are others where you can deepen what the participants learned in college or are really passionate about.
The advantages of “graduating” from a summer school can be noticed immediately or later in the career to be developed by the student. The main advantages consists in favouring the access of young people to a quality non-formal and informal education, as well as the integration of all participants in a youth network with potential, which will be a stimulating environment for developing personal skills, but especially the skills of active involvement in change and community development. On the other hand, summer schools that do not require the absence from normal courses and can also have beneficial effects in the perspective of a successful career. Moreover, in a summer school, self-knowledge is encouraged through the art of persuasion, public speaking, by stimulating creativity as well as by initiating in the field of social entrepreneurship.
Participating in this summer school will enable students to interact with local, regional, national or international specialists on topics concerning the EU’s borders and the development of the regions close to them, and to learn how to use the instruments of cooperation and neighbourhood in order to obtain a sustainable regional development. Interacting with local authorities and BRECO representatives from Oradea and from similar institutions from Debrecen (Hungary), has as objective setting up the premises to identify elements of theoretical and practical connections needed to build the mechanism of joint development and integration of two border counties (Bihor and Hajdu-Bihar) according to the European values.
