The Sustainable Management and Promotion of Territory: A strategic Operative Education Plan and Training as a Result of Collaboration Between Perugia University, Todi’s State Technical Agricultural College and the Local Municipality

The Department of Agricultural Economic, Farm Appraisal and Food Sciences-DSEEA, University of Perugia, since 1996, has triggered a Doctorate in the field of Sustainable Rural Development, Environment and Territory. This educational initiative was followed several conferences and seminars organized just after the publication of the famous Brundtland Commission report of 1987 "Our Common Future". More recently, in September 2011, the DSEEA has promoted an International Summer School-SIS entitled "Sustainable Management and Promotion of Territory" –SMPT (www.gpst-smpt.com) which he saw as the promoters State Agricultural Technical Institute "A. Ciuffelli "of Todi and the Association of Ex- Alumni. The SIS is part of a more broader project called A.M.A.R.-Associazione Mondiale di Amicizia delle Aree Rurali (World Association of Friendship of Rural Areas) which we would like to implement in Todi in 2014 .The path of the AMAR Project saw, as the first step, in the frame of the SIS- SMPT (held in Todi from 4th to 11th September 2011) the drafting of the Charter of TODI as the Final Document of the activities and the participants from 16 Countries. The Charter of TODI have the keyword-TRADI- OVATION (Tradition and innovation) that stands for "Territory, Rural Areas, through Development, Innovation, Organization, Valorization, user-friendly Technology, ICT sharing, Online Networking. All this, as the pillar of reference, reflects the possible actions concrete, by the University System, to give holistic effectiveness sustainability to the projects and programs in all areas around the world .