Composition of the group
The group is composed of about 20 participants from various countries, half from the host country and half from foreign countries. The course is oriented towards undergraduate students, in their second and third year university studies, but we also consider applications from graduate students and from young professionals.
The summer programme is organised in the Czech Republic (Prague) in partnership with the CEVRO Institute. It takes place in the historical centre of Prague.
In cooperation with:
MAIN TOPICS AND LECTURERS:
THE ROLE OF SMALL EU STATES IN THE FORMATION OF TRANS-ATLANTIC SECURITY CONCEPT / Cameron MUNTER (USA), Senior Fellow of Atlantic Council and Fellow of the CEVRO Institut, former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan and to Serbia.
CZECH REPUBLIC AT THE HELM OF THE EU: PLANS AND AMBITIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL INDO-PACIFIC NAVIGATION / Libor SEČKA (CZ) , Czech diplomat. Special Envoy for the Indo-Pacific at thew Ministry of Foreign Affairs, former Ambassador to Mexico, EU, Italy and Malta, People’s Republic of China and the UK.
THE VISEGRAD GROUP / Cyril Svoboda (CZ), Director of the Diplomatic Academy in Prague, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.
LARGE AND SMALL STATES IN THE EU: WHAT COOPERATION ? WHAT BALANCE OF POWER? / Mehiedine EL-CHEHIMI (Lebanon), Phd in international law Paris 2 University, legal expert EU Co, consulting and member at strategic intelligence dep. Word Economic Forum.
THE ROLE OF ASSOCIATED COUNTRIES IN THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE: MOLDOVA AND THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP / Prof. Florent PARMENTIER (France), General Secretary CEVIPOF (Political Research Center of Sciences Po), Paris.
THE CYPRUS QUESTION: OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES FOR AN EU MEDIATION / Georges TZOGOPOULOS, Associate researcher Begin Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Lecturer at the Democritus University of Thrace, Programme Director, EU-China Programmes at CIFE.
THE GREEK ECONOMIC CRISIS: FROM SALVATION TO RECOVERY? / Georges TZOGOPOULOS, Associate researcher Begin Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Lecturer at the Democritus University of Thrace, Programme Director, EU-China Programmes at CIFE.
THE CZECH PRESIDENCY IN THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION / Ivo KAPLAN, Chair of the Board, European Institute Renaissance, Former civil servant at the Institute of Public Administration, Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic.