Collegium Danubius

Collegium Danubius for Sustainability
Partnership along the Danube
SEED IDEA for a core project initiated by SoL Hungary

WE do think that the future of Europe, in the times to come with what many people refert to as the SHIFT or
Tipping Point, largely depends on its coherence and stability. Yet there is no European coherence & security until
Central and South East Europe is out of balance both in relation to the rest of – what is called nowdays – Western
Europe and in relation to its own nations and nationalities, with special consideration for the Roma population.
To further develop our project in the following years to come we are hoping to cooperate with Castle Borl project
in Slovenia, Youth projekt in Austria, The Presencing Institute, The AOH regional community, Blekinge
Institute of Technology, in Sweden and Schumacher College in UK as well as some universities in the three-
four core project regions with a special strategic alliance. (see below ) and also with other universities, NGOs and
business companies in the region..
Collegium Danubius- Danube Leadership for Sustainability has the mission to contribute to the solution of the
above split in Europe, to offer such a learning space where young leaders can master innovative and complexity
based disciplines in the spirit of action learning that is dedicated to social and business and environmental
sustainability projects focused on local issues with global awareness in an interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral as
well as trans-national focus. We have 4 subunits of learning regions for this complex programme:
1., Upper Tisza region: Carpathian Institute for Sacred Sustainability -Tisza region including The Ukraine,
Slovakia, ( South Poland? ) Transylvania ( Roumania ) partnering with a Hungarian university where one of our
trustees is the Dean in Nyíregyháza, here more emphasis on teacher development and community schooling
2., West Danube Region with the joint focus of Bécs ( Wien) – Bratislava ( Pozsony ,Pressburg ) – Budapest
focus, but perhaps placed in Győr where Austria, Slovakia and Hungary can work and develop environmental,
water and industrial sustainability.
3., Drava – Danube region: Pécs that is close to the Danube and Drava rivers connecting Croatia-Slovenia and
Serbia and Hungary—two of our trustees work there at the university and it could be the center for applying OL
in rural and regional development

Sustainable living, systems thinking and the ecology of mind,
Organisational learning and social group dynamics, systemic dialogues and social transformation
European and esp.Central-East European development, inc. Romology, Spiritual awareness for the
sacredness a life as it is expressed in major religions

The aim of this network learning is to develop high quality, leading edge interdisciplinary regional
learning or young people of international and cross-sectoral background based on a shared
understanding after deep inquiry into their past and the potential of their common futures. They will
want to master the latest scientific theory and practice on sustainability, the relevant new science
approaches leading to this new social paradigm, and at the same time will want to develop the
necessary personal and organizational skills and competences to bring their visions into real life.
They will create a new and innovative leadership based on deep social, scientific and political Thus
the program includes four major pillars or learning gardens interacting and in close interface.

The core essence of the learning program is to develop:

1. deep understanding of the theory and practice around sustainability and
organisational, social and personal systemic development and its rootedness in
regional Old Europe
2. to enhance the understanding of the formation and development of our unique
European culture and our shared and common roots
3. to foster the idea of cooperation and enhancement of cross border projects in the
spirit of team and peer learning so that we may overcome the drawbacks and
hindrances of what we have inherited from our past with strong seperation and
distiction and recognize and value what holds us together, appreciate our
achievemnets and deeds and actions in cooperation.
The projekt has three-four major locations for practical and developmental reasons as well.
Upper Tisza river in the North East of the Carpathian region in joint cooperation of: South Ukraine,
Romania ( Transylvania ), East Slovakia, North East Hungary, and perhaps South Poland on the
other side of the Carpatians. Traditionally it has ALWAYS been a spiritually and culturally diverse
and inspiring region until the WWII. And still is charged with latent potential…
This region has many unsolved problems and even more dedicated and comitted young people who
want to create a future with hope and sustainable living for themselves and their children. Leaving
the country is NOT their primary desire… they would wish to create and develop their own region.
A thorough understanding of the key issues around sustainability, ( economic, social and
environmental) together with learning projects that already contribute to the development of their
leadership and entrepreneural capacities will in the long run turn out to be the best investment one
can think of in the region.
In this region there is special difficulty of minorities, inc. people of all mentioned nationalites as well
as he growing roma-gipsy population.

Partners in the project are:

International Professional partners:
Global SoL ( SOL Au, SOL Hu, SOL Croatia, )
Sweden-Blekinge College, Denmark-KaosPilot, Knowmads, The Netherland

Curriculum development

Apart from the traditional peoples of national identity in the region, we will include Jewish and Roma
cultural and ethnicity issues from past and present with special focus on Roma intelligentia developed
into leadership capacity.
The curriculum of the Colleges in general shared in between 4 major disciplines:
sustainability. theory and practice ( with special focus on Blue economy )
people-organization-systems ( inc. transformation and leadership in personal and organizational level )
self and community development ( personal self and cultural self knowledge and development ) with
personal and transpersonal psychology focus and the sacred traditions with a regional focus and
cross cultural awareness and communication
project and entrepreneural development of glocal awareness inc. EU studies of cultural and
governmental and regional awareness.

The core and balancing issue in this larger region IS for
• the West to recognize CEE and CSE as an EQUAL PARTNER both culturally and economically
so that a sustainable and balance development of Europe can reeastablish the equilibrium that
is a prerequisite for further development. ( otherwise -as a UNDP leader has remarked ‘We –
meaning CSEu – have already ignited a World War …! ‘).
• the East to grow into self and cultural awareness and identity in a balanced and assertive way
that will not have the need to assert of fight for its acknowledgement and that it will be certain
enough in its autonomy to be able to cooperate and discover and appreciate values within and
without.
• All people of great diversity will learn to appreciate their richness and resilience, acknowledge and regain their ancient, pre-Indoeuropean spirit, feel compassion for the whole of society

Society for Organisational Learning
chaired by Peter Senge was formed in the mid 90’s as an inspirational off branch of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Sloan School of Management, which has incorporated many learning initiatives both for sustainability and
systems thinking in education and school learning as well as in business. By now it has grown into a global network of
fractal organisations all over the world with a growing emphasis on systemic large scale transformation in all three
sectors as well as cultivating cooperation and inspired creativity enhanced by these sectors of government, business and
education.