Edycja 2002
Letnia Szkoła Wyszehradzka

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Program

Friday, 19th July

08.00 -18.00
Arrival and signing in
19.00
 Meeting with the participants to discuss organisation of the Visegrad Summer School

Saturday, 20th July

10.15
Welcoming address:
Prof. Jacek Woźniakowski - Chairman of the Villa Decius Association, Barbara Labuda - Secretary of State Chancellery of the President of The Polish Republic, Prof. Andrzej Gołaś - Mayor of the City of Kraków
10.30
Visegrad Group 1991 - 2002. Experiences of the Past Decade and Today's Form of Co-operation
- Magdaléna Vásáryová - Ambassador of the Republic of Slovakia, Bedřich Kopecký - Ambassador of the Czech Republic, Tamás Katona - Ambassador of the Republic of Hungary in Poland, Jan Komornicki - Ambassador of Poland in Bratislava, - inauguration forum and discussion
Moderation: Katarzyna Sobolewska-Myślik - Pedagogical University, Kraków
12.30
Lunch in the Villa Decius Restaurant
15.30
Integration workshops for the participants: Joanna Heidtman
- social psychologist, Jagellonian University, Kraków

Sunday, 21st July

10.00 - 12.00
Kraków - Witness and Participant of European Culture
- Guided sightseeing tour of Kraków
12.00
Role of the Metropolis in Creating European Identity
- discussion with dr Tadeusz Syryjczyk and dr Krzysztof Görlich,
Krzysztofory, ul. Szczepańska 2
16.00
"Rozstaje" Festival ("Crossroads")
- programme prepared by Hungarian Centre in Kraków

Monday, 22nd July

9.30 - 11.00
Cultural Standards. Stereotypes and Common Ideas of the Nations and Ethnic Groups.
Workshops: Michal Vasečka - Institute for Public Affairs, Bratislava
11.30 - 13.00
Central European Perspectives in Enlarged European Union
- Interactive lecture: dr Emil Brix - Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Austria
15.00 - 16.30

East-Central Europe . Between The East and The West. Selected Political and Security Issues
- Interactive lecture: Prof. Andrzej Kapiszewski - Andrzej-Frycz-Modrzewski College, Kraków
16.45 - 18.15
Slovakia 's Return to the Path of Transformation Typical for V4 Countries.
Perspectives of V4 Countries - Interactive lecture: Grigorij Meseznikov
- Institute for Public Affairs, Bratislava

Tuesday, 23rd July

9.30 - 11.00
Visegrad Group Countries in Face of the European Union. Main Political,
Legal and Economic Issues. Range of Support for the Integration Process in each Country
- Interactive lecture: Olga Gyarfasova - Institute for Public Affairs, Bratislava
11.30. - 13.00
Range of Social Support for the Process of European Integration   
- Workshops: dr Marek Simlat - Academy of Pedagogy , Kraków
18.00
Film: "The Garden", Slovakia , director: Martin Sulík, followed by a discussion
"Kawiarnia Filmowa", ul. Św. Gertrudy 5, Kraków

Wednesday, 24th July

9.30 - 11.00
Models of Cultural Policies. Role of Culture and Education
in Social Policies of the Visehrad Countries
- Interactive lecture: Małgorzata Sternal - Jagellonian University, Kraków
11.30 - 13.00
Rural Development and Eastern Enlargement
- interactive lecture: Gusztáv Nemes - Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest
15.00 - 16.30
Cultural Creation of European Identity
- Interactive lecture with discussion, Prof. Zdzisław Mach - Jagellonian University, Kraków

Thursday, 25th July

9.00 - 11.30
Ecological Threats of Central Europe. Prospects of Co-operation between the Visegrad Group Countries in the Area of Environmental Protection
- Workshops: Michal Kravčík - Association "Ĺudia a voda" ("People and water"),
Slovakia; Viktor Trebicky - Institute for Environmental Policy, Prague
11.30 - 13.00
Current situation of co-operation within the Visegrad Group,
as seen by the Czech Republic. Future Perspectives
- Interactive lecture: Martin Svárovský - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic
18.00
Film: " Chico " ( Hungary ), director: Ibolya Fekete, followed by a discussion
"Kawiarnia Filmowa" ul. Św. Gertrudy 5, Kraków

Friday, 26th July

10.00 - 11.30
Economic Systems of the Visegrad Group Countries as seen in the Perspective of European Integration and in the Age of Globalisation. Challenges and Key Success Factors.
- Interactive lecture: dr Jacek Klich, Jagellonian University, Kraków
11.30 - 13.00
The Victory of the Supermarkets?
- readings from "A Strong Sense of Purity" by Michal Hvorecky,
followed by the discussion with the author
15.00 - 18.00
Advertising in Central Europe . Presentation of Czech, Slovak, Hungarian,
and Polish Commercial Films
- discussion: Joanna Heidtman

Saturday - Sunday 27th-28th July

Trip to Niedzica and Czerwony Klasztor (Slovakia)
- separate programme

Monday, 29th July

10.00 - 12.00
Perspectives of and Barriers to Economic Co-operation of the Visegrad Countries,
with Special Attention to the Functioning of the CEFTA Agreement
- Interactive lecture: András Bakács, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
18.00
Overcoming the Myths of Central Europe in Literature
Panel discussion with writers: Pályi András (Hungary), Jurij Andruchowycz (Ukraine),
Jiří Hájiček (Czech Republic), Michal Hvorecky (Slovakia), Andrzej Stasiuk (Poland).
Moderation: Krzysztof Czyżewski -"Pogranicze" Foundation, Sejny , Poland

Tuesday, 30th July

9.30 - 11.00
Architecture of European Security in the Perspective of the Visegrad Group Countries
- Interactive lecture: dr Leszek Porębski, Stanislaw Staszic University
of Mining and Metallurgy, Kraków
11.00 -13.00
Communist Legacy and Democratization. Elites and Transition in the Czech Republic ,
Slovakia, Hungary and Poland
- Interactive lecture: Prof. Jacek Wasilewski, Jagiellonian University , Kraków
18.00
Film: "The Past" ( Czech Republic ), director: Ivo Trajkov, followed by a discussion,
"Kawiarnia Filmowa", ul. Św. Gertrudy 5, Kraków

Wednesday, 31st July

9 .30 - 11.00
Is the Visegrad Social Model a Success Story? Post-Socialist Inequalities,
Fairness and Distribution Strategies - Interactive lecture: Tamás Pál,
Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest
19.00
Salon of "Polityka" - meeting with Leszek Balcerowicz
- President of the National Bank of Poland, former Deputy Prime Minister of Poland;
Moderation: Janina Paradowska, "Polityka"
"Pod Jaszczurami" Club, Rynek Główny 8, Kraków

Thursday, 1st August

11.30 - 13.00
Politics and Antipolitics in Recent Central Europe
- Interactive lecture: Attila Károly Molnár
- University of Laránd Eötvös, Budapest
18.00
Film: "A Week in the Life of a Man" (Poland), director: Jerzy Stuhr followed by a discussion
with Jerzy Stuhr in the "Kawiarnia Filmowa", ul. Św. Gertrudy 5, Kraków

Friday, 2nd August

10.00 - 12.00
Propaganda or Promotion. Creating a Positive View of the "Neighbour" in International
and Social Relations. Role and Meaning of Media
- discussion with Czech, Slovak, Hungarian and Polish experts taking part in the Visegrad
Summer School, and invited journalists - (Marek Król - editor-in-chief "Wprost", Tadeusz Skoczek - Vicepresident TVP S.A, Lubos Palata - editor "Hospodářske Noviny", Stefan Hrib - editor-in-chief "Domino Forum", Marek Sarjusz-Wolski - editor-in-chief "Unia&Polska", Ryszard Pacera - "Integracja Europejska", Małgorzata Dudek - "Forum Europejskie")
12.30
Concluding session and discussion: Marek Jeziorski
- The Director of the European Department
14.00
Farewell lunch