We're pleased to announce the launch of our interactive learning platform:
EU*Connect will be launched with an inaugural online session on 20 October 2022 at 3 pm Berlin time (4 pm Kyiv time) in the presence of CIFE President and President Emeritus of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, and Volodymyr Bugrov, Rector of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, CIFE Director General Matthias Waechter, as well as Anne Tallineau and Tobias Bütow, Secretaries General of the Franco-German Youth Office (FGYO). The Young European Federalists JEF Sachsen Anhalt will be represented by Sophie Schönebeck.
Russia's war of aggression has dramatically updated the question of Ukraine's EU accession. Under the current circumstances, the European Union appears to be the only international organisation that can grant Ukraine a foothold in the democratic West, strengthen institutional stability, foster economic development and reconstruction. There is a great need for expertise on the EU, its values, its functioning and the mechanisms of the accession process.
With our new learning platform EU*Connect, CIFE reaches out to participants from Ukraine, France and Germany.
The programme has a two-fold objective: To provide EU expertise for young Ukrainians, and to make French and German participants aware of the particular challenges of Ukraine in the context of war, its quest for EU accession and reconstruction. It aims at enhancing the exchange of experiences and contributing to knowledge transfer between participants from Ukraine, France and Germany.
The programme, funded by the Franco-German Youth Office, is 100% digital and free of charge.
For EU*Connect, CIFE partners with the Educational and Scientific Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service (IPACS) of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and the Young European Federalists of JEF Sachsen Anhalt.
CIFE has a long-standing experience in developing academic courses for international students and has trained hundreds of young citizens from accession and neighbourhood countries.