Europa-Institut: European Summer Course

The European Summer Course 2019 '#Future4Europe - Key settings for a changing European Union' will take place from 5 to 16 August 2019 at the Europäische Akademie Otzenhausen.

It is organized by the Europa-Institut in cooperation with the ASKO EUROPA-STIFTUNG, the Europäische Akademie Otzenhausen and the Centre international de formation européenne (Cife). It is supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Content

This year's summer course will deal with:

The European Union after the European elections – Outcomes and conclusions
Why Europe or what does Europe mean to us?
Efficient – Democratic – Transparent?
The EU institutions after the elections
Fight for common values: Human Rights Protection in Europe
Data Protection and Digitalisation as a challenge: Is there a Right to Privacy on a global level?

The EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy in internationally turbulent times
Brexit – Challenges for the EU and UK
The EU Single Market – The four freedoms
WTO and the role of EU in international trade
The EU’s Climate Policy: Targets –
Key instruments – Challenges

Participants

Young, active and open-minded people (esp. students/ young professionals) from all fields of studies and from all over the world, who have a strong interest in the European Union and its current challenges, are invited.

Lecturers

You will meet renowned international experts in European law, politics and economics.
The lecturers are academics or practitioners and will give you an inside view of the EU.

Teaching Methods

Different teaching methods will be used
such as:

lectures and discussions
professionally designed workshops
field trips
attractive supporting Programme

Participation Fee & Service

The participation fee is 990 Euro. This includes the program fee, field trips (to Brussels, Strasbourg, Saarbrücken), full board (all meals) and lodging at the European Academy of Otzenhausen. It does not cover travel expenses to / from Otzenhausen.

Scholarship

There is the possibility to apply for a scholarship that covers half of the seminar costs and/or grants a travel subsidy under certain circumstances.

If you are interested in a scholarship, please state your reasons in the motivation letter (one page), fill in the complete application form and send it together with the required application documents to us (esc@europainstitut.de).