Visegrad School of Political Studies Meets Eastern Partnership

Partner: Casimir Pulaski Foundation
Event date: Jun 22, 2015 - Jun 26, 2015
Deadline for registering: May 17, 2015
Venue: European Academy of Diplomacy, Poland
Category: Workshop

The V4 meets EaP program is an extension of the Visegrád School of Political Studies Annual Program that aims to promote the collective and individual V4 democratic transition experience to young political, social and governmental leaders from Eastern Partnership countries. The V4 meets EaP brings together 30 participants from V4 and EaP countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine) for week-long seminars that focus on EU integration, civil society development and general transitional experience. The V4 meets EaP program is organized in cooperation with the Council of Europe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland and the International Visegrád Fund.

The V4 meets EaP are divided into several thematic blocks plus skills trainings. Topics discussed during the session cover V4 transition experience, successes & failures in regional V4 cooperation, use of twinning as an institution building tool, EU decision making and lobbying, social media campaigns for political activism, preparing official correspondence, grassroots movements to political parties, youth political party organization, citizen diplomacy & civil society, role of think-tanks in public policy, fighting corruption & political transparency.

The program is a 100% scholarship initiative, with all fees, materials and meals (lunches and coffee breaks) and accommodation covered. Participants are expected to cover their travel and visa expenses.

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Keywords: Europe, V4, Human Rights, Democracy, Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, EU