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Visegrad Summer School

IV edition, 3 - 16 July 2005

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The aim of the Visegrad Summer School is to provide an attractive and alternative learning space for young people from Central Europe and enable them to get acquainted with the most important social, security, economic, political and cultural issues which may reinforce or inhibit their European co-operation.

45 students, graduates, PhD researchers, young journalists and teachers from Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Belarus, Lithuania, Romania, Russia, Ukraine and Poland will deepen their knowledge about ever-changing political, social and economic reality of the continent, make international friendships and meet most outstanding European experts.

Intellectuals, scientists, politicians, representatives of business and non-governmental organisations as well as journalists and artists will conduct seminars, workshops, lectures and debates.

Among important topics of the fourth edition of the Visegrad Summer School we will propose reflections and experiences resulting from "being European", EU agenda for countries like Ukraine and Turkey including the role of Visegrad countries in the process, political perspectives for United Nations, globalisation, regional partnerships and various areas of cooperation. Some of our lectures, workshops and debates will be devoted to most important social and cultural issues - contemporary revolutions, V4 stereotypes as depicted in arts.

The Visegrad Summer School is one of the most recognised forms of education and co-operation of young people in Central Europe . Considering independent and innovative projects devised and developed by its students, the Visegrad Summer School is becoming a place for creation of new forms of co-operation of students, young researchers and NGOs from V4+ countries.

Programme, 3 - 16 July 2005

Sunday, 3 July Arrival of participants
7.00 - 17.00 18.00	Reception at the hotel Organisational meeting
Monday, 4 July Being European
10. 00 -10.30 10.30 - 14.30	Press conference Opening
15.30 - 18.00	Group integration / team building workshop Natalia de Barbaro, PL
Tuesday, 5 July Everybody is equal but some are more equal
10.00 - 11.45	Political perspectives for UN - Necessity of reform, observing international law. Jan Kavan, CZ Lecture and discussion
12.00 - 13.45	Global trade - global responsibility. Is "Fair Trade" a bad investment? WTO and World Bank initiatives for developing countries. Ewelina Daniel, PL; Anton Marcinčin, SK Lecture and discussion
15.00 - 18.00	"Translating the invisible - homage to Czesław Miłosz" - panel debate Cooperation: The Milosz Institute. Library& Archives Bogdana Carpenter, Renata Czekalska, Laurence Dyevre , Olga Glondys, Hatif Janabi, Bernd Karwen, Tomasz Korzeniowski, Anatol Roitman, Anatol Roitman, Katarzyna Salamon-Biedrzycka Moderator: Agnieszka Kosińska, PL
19.00	Everything is COOLture - Polish evening
Wednesday, 6 July World affairs Clash of civilisations
10.00 - 11.45	On the concept of civilization development ( Huntington - Fukuyama ) Lecture and discussion Samuel Abraham, SK
12.00 - 13.45	WWII impact on Central Europe - today's interpretations Petr Mareš, CZ

15.00 - 16.00 16.00 - 18.00	V4 students' projects: Workshop for all - methodology of working groups assignments Danuta Glondys, Sylwia Biernacka, Paweł Świderski these practitioners will be coaching working groups on each project* Workshop in groups Development of a project on economic and political co-operation Paweł Świderski Development of a cultural project Sywia Biernacka
Thursday, 7 July European challenges
10.00 - 11.45	European neighborhood policy. Does Europe need democratic neighbours? EU agenda for Ukraine and Turkey Luboš Veselý, CZ
12.00 - 13.45	Failing foreigners ? - immigrant based economy Michal Vašečka, SK
15.00 - 18.00	V4 students' projects
Friday, 8 July Regional perspectives
10.00 - 11.45	Advocating European cultural policy - foundations panel Jochen Fried, Salzburg Seminar René Kubášek, International Visegrad Fund Jan Piekło, PAUCI Moderator: Danuta Glondys
12.00 - 13.45	For and against EU constitution Jan Šnaidauf, CZ
15.00 - 18.00	Regional or global responsibility ? Being there - UNHCR led debate about forgotten people and places: "children's games" - exploitation of children (Asia, Africa ) "lost in mines" - Cambodia Homeless nations - Romas, Kurds UN Millenium Agenda Agnieszka Kosowicz, UNHCR PL, Andrej Bán, SK
19.00	Everything is COOLture - Czech evening
Saturday / Sunday, 9-10 July The Visegrad Group in the Region - study tour
	Krakow and Malopolska - study tour
Monday, 11 July The strangers - the outsiders - the others
10.00 - 11.45	Being immigrant - experiences on living and working in Poland - debate Malika Abdoulvakhabova, Chechnya; Awad Gabir, Sudan; Toumas Tahbaz, Iran; Lilija Twardosz, Ukraine Moderator: Katarzyna Zdybska, PL
12.00 - 13.45	On economic cooperation - lobbying for V4 at EU Parliament Andrea Schmidt, HUN

15.00 - 18.00	Panel discussion of sponsors: Pro Publico Bono - Social responsibility of business Dorota Adamska, BP; Andrzej Styliński, Siemens; Karolina Tyniec-Margańska, DaimlerChrysler Moderator: Agata M. Stafiej-Bartosik, Foundation for Social Communication
19.00	Everything is COOLture - Slovak evening
Tuesday, 12 July *Identities*
10.00 - 11.45	Heavy burden - dialogue of stereotypes Helga Hirsch, D ; Jerzy Marek Nowakowski, PL
12.00 - 13.45	Economic tigers in V4 - on profiles of economic development Zoltán Gál, HUN
15.00 - 18.00	V4 students' projects
Wednesday, 13 July *Media space*
10.00 - 13.30	Panel debate: Media Space Wars journalists and intellectuals on the role of media in contemporary world Roman Andrejko, UKR; Endre B. Bojtár, HUN; Victoria Dunaeva, MLD; Michał Karniewicz, BY; Jerzy Marek Nowakowski, PL Moderator: Marceli Kwaśniewski, PL
15.00 -18.00	V4 students' projects
Thursday, 14 July Non-violent revolutions
10.00 - 11.45	Humanistic opposition Nina Witoszek-FitzPatrick, PL-NOR
12.00 - 13.45	Orange revolution Panel debate and slide show Roman Andrejko, UKR; Katerina Borushko, BY; Wojtek Białożyt, PL; Orysia Lutsevych, UKR Moderator: Danuta Glondys, PL
15.00 - 18.00	"Wedding in a Kolkhoz called Communism" (Wesele w Kolchozie Komunizm), film show + debate of contemporary history of Central and Eastern Europe Lawon Barszczewski, BY; Victoria Dunaeva, MLD; Michał Karniewicz, BY Moderator: Małgorzata Nocuń, PL
19.00	Everything is COOLture - Hungarian evening
Friday, 15 July Looking to the future
10.00 - 12.30	Presentations of working groups results
13.00 - 14.00	Closing session: Perspectives for Visegrad Cooperation Evaluation session Presenting Visegrad Summer School Certificates
Evening	Krakow by night
Saturday, 16 July Departure of participants