Local Sustainability Programmes - BMEGT42M024

The aim of the course is to familiarise students with the basics of local sustainability transition on local level and, building on this, the responses to today's challenges, the main criteria, guidelines, and key methods. Furthermore, introduce them to good practices in local sustainability initiatives and programmes.

1. The student is familiarized with the factors considering local sustainability;
2. is familiarized with the guidelines and dimensions of local sustainability programmes;
3. is familiarized with both the shareholders and stakeholders of local sustainability;
4. is familiarized with the strategic planning process of urban and regional marketing;
5. and the latest local sustainability initiatives and best practices and responses to local challenges.

1. The student is able to analyse the current situation considering local sustainability;
2. to select and apply the optimal toolbox of local sustainability programmes;
3. to develop innovative solutions for the local sustainability transition;
4. to think through and formulate solutions to complex sustainability issues at local level based on the sustainability skills acquired;
5. as well as to report these results either for scientific or ‘public’ audiences.

1. The student cooperates with other peers and the lecturer;
2. expands their knowledge by continuous learning;
3. is open to the usage of IT solutions;
4. strives to understand complex issues and systems;
5. moreover, is committed to take decisions from a social well-being and sustainability perspective.

1. The student is capable of individual analyses in relation to local sustainability issues;
2. is open to both positive and negative critical feedbacks;
3. is capable of teamwork, and ready to cooperate;
4. is able to apply system-oriented thinking.

Lectures, problem discussions and case studies. Oral and written communication, use of IT solutions.

• Előadásanyagok diasorai. /Lecture slides
• Lengyel Imre: Regionális és városgazdaságtan (Válogatott fejezetek) ISBN: 978-963-306-816-8, Szegedi Egyetemi Kiadó, Szeged, 2021
• Csete Mária: Lokális fenntarthatósági programok. Egyetemi jegyzet. BME Környezetgazdaságtan Tanszék, 2011 (pp.1-73)

The method of assessment of the competences stated in point 2.2 are the summative assessments (2 mid-term exams) carried out during the semester.

Detailed description of performance evaluations during the study period: Summative assessment: a complex, written evaluation method of the subject's knowledge and ability-type competency elements in the form of a mid-term exam. The mid-term exam focuses on the assessment of the acquired knowledge and its application, thus focusing on problem recognition and solution. The course material on which the evaluation is based on is determined by the lecturer of the subject.

• 1st summative assessment: 50
• 2nd summative assessment: 50
• total: 100

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1) Pursuant to the current CoS, each summative assessment can be retaken, repeated or completed late. 2) The summative assessments can be retaken, repeated or completed late for the first time during the late completion period free of charge. In the event of a retake, the new result always overwrites the old one. 3) If the student is unable to obtain a grade other than 'Fail' even with the retake, repeat and late completion possibilities according to point 1), they may make a second attempt to successfully complete the course after paying the fee specified in the regulations.

Consulted with the Faculty Student Representative Committee, approved by the Vice Dean for Education, valid from: 06.05.2024.

In order to achieve the learning outcomes set out at point 2.2, the subject consists of the following thematic blocks. In the syllabi of the courses announced in each semester, these topics are scheduled according to the calendar and other conditions.