Future EU Leaders´ Academy - What Europe in 2020?

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Created on Thursday, 05 January 2012 10:32

The aim of this project is to bring together prospective future leaders from 6 different European countries: the Czech Republic, France, Spain, Poland, Latvia and Macedonia, and from different segments of the society (political parties, academia, NGOs, media etc.) to discuss some of the crucial issues and challenges facing the EU in the current decade. The group will spend one intensive week of seminars, debates and simulations under the leadership of project partners in Prague at the end of July and the beginning of August 2012.

More information about the programme www.feula.eu.

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (Spain)

Centre for Research and Policy Making (Macedonia)

Institute of Public Affairs (Poland)

Nouvelle Europe (France)

PROVIDUS Centre for Public Policy (Latvia)

Czech Debate on the EU Multiannual Financial Framework

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Created on Thursday, 29 September 2011 13:30

Project Manager: David Král, Vladimír Bartovic

Project period: ongoing (May – December 2011)

Executive summary:

Project aimed at launching an expert debate in the Czech Republic on the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework. The European Commission is expected to table detailed proposal for the next Financial Perspective in June 2011. The Lisbon Treaty has incorporated financial perspective in the EU primary law and has changed the procedures of its adoption.  It is not clear yet whether the so-called Multiannual Financial Framework will be traditionally adopted for 7 years as the Lisbon Treaty requires only a minimum of 5 years. Debate launched by the Commission's White Paper on the budget review in October 2010 shows that the following financial perspective will undergo substantial changes both at the revenue as well as the expenditure part. It seems that the opinions of different stakeholders (European Commission, European Parliament and 27 member states) are substantially diverging. The initial Czech position towards negotiations (as well as that of other member states) will thus have to evolve in course of this year. Many stakeholders are likely to step in this debate, who will bring to the table many diverging arguments. The facilitation of a wide consensus across the Czech society about the next EU budget thus might turn a difficult task.

The aim of the project was achieved by creating working groups of experts on 7 different topics related to different policy areas of the financial perspective as well as the revenue part of the EU budget. Each working group had a policy paper written by the leading expert and peer reviewed by another expert. Policy papers provide recommendations for the negotiations of the next Financial Perspective for the Czech government. The edited policy papers were published and disseminated among the relevant stakeholders.

Outputs:

• Publication Czech Debate on the EU Multiannual Financial Framework (only in Czech language)
  

Roundtables

• EU Budget: External Relations, Europan House September 27 from 3 to 5 p.m. The speakers were Tomáš Weiss (Faculty of Social Science, Charles University /EUROPEUM) and Šádí Shanaáh (Glopolis).
  

• EU Budget: Research and Innovation, European House October 3 from 3 to 5 p.m. The speakers were Luboš Lacina and Jan Ostřížek (Mendel University in Brno) and Táňa Perglová. 

• EU Budget: Agriculture and Rural Development, European House October 10 from 3 to 5 p.m. The speakers were Tereza Svačinová (Faculty of Social Science, Charles University /EUROPEUM) and Blanka Křivánková (Glopolis). 

• EU Budget: Structural Funds, European House October 17 from 3 to 5 p.m. The speakers were Radomír Špok (EUROPEUM) and Petr Volek (HOPE-E.S.).
  

• EU Budget: Environment, energy and climate action, European House October 31 from 3 to 5 p.m. The speaker were Ondřej Pašek (CEE Bankwatch) and Jiří Dusík (Integra Consulting Service). 

• EU Budget: Connecting Europe Facility for Infrastrucutre, European House, November 7 from 3 to 5 p.m. The speakers were Pavel Přibyl (Transport federation) and Martin Robeš (Ministry of the Environment of the Czech republic).
  

• EU Budget: Own resources, European House November 21 from 3 to 5 p.m. The speakers were Jiří Čáslavka (Glopolis) and Jan Ostřížek (Mendel University in Brno). 

GLOPOLIS (Prague)

Donors:

Heinrich Böll Foundation Prague

Polish EU Presidency 2011: Expectations of the Czech Republic and possibilities of cooperation

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Created on Thursday, 29 September 2011 13:18

Project Manager: David Král, Vladimír Bartovic

Timeframe: ongoing (January – December 2011)

Executive Summary:

The aim of the project is to create a platform for analysis and debate of presumable priorities of Polish presidency of Council of EU from the point of view of priorities and interests of the Czech Republic. The partial goals of the project are: to look into expectations of the Czech Republic for the Polish presidency in the domain of its presumable priorities, particularly in the sphere of domestic market, financial perspective 2014–2020, energetics and energetic security, Eastern Partnership and the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the EU; to create a platform for discussion about these issues between Czech and Polish partners, especially academics, members of state administration, politicians and representatives of media; to contribute to better awareness of priorities of the Polish presidency in the Czech Republic and of the awareness of Czech expectations for the Polish presidency in Poland and to identify the area of possible convergence in Czech and  Polish interests in foreground areas of Polish presidency of the Council of EU.

Outputs:

• Rountable Expectations of the Polish EU Presidency: the Czech Perspective (at the European House on June, 27)
  

Policy Papers:

• Binhack Petr: Energy Priorities of the Polish Presidency of the EU Council: the Czech Perspective
  
• Lacina Lubor: Time to Start a Serious Budget Debate? Opportunities and Pitfalls of the Polish EU Presidency from the Czech Perspective
  
• Řiháčková Věra: Converging Interests over Undefined Substance? The Polish Presidency and Its Eastern Partnership Agenda in the Light of the Czech Republic´s Priorities
  
• Řiháčková Věra: The EU Single Market – An Agenda of Consensus for the Polish Presidency
  
• Weiss Tomáš: Polish EU Presidency 2011 and the Common Security and Defence Policy: Czech Expectations and Cooperation Opportunities

Partners:

Institute of Public Affairs (Poland)

Donors:

Czech-Polish forum, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

Think Global – Act European III - Presentation of the contribution of 16 European Think Tanks to the Polish, Danish, and Cypriot Trio Presidency of the European Union

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Created on Tuesday, 19 April 2011 09:52

Project Manager: The representative of EUROPEUM in this project was David Král.

Timeframe: completed (April 2011)

Executive Summary:

Continuation of the TGAE project. International project under the leadership of Notre Europe (Paris) aimed at delivering recommendations for the next Trio presidencies Poland, Denmark and Cyprus.

Outputs:

• Publication "The Contribution of 16 Think Tanks to the Polish, Danish and Cypriot Trio Presidency of the European Union"
• Presentation of the publication in Brussels 15th May.
  

Partners:

Notre Europe (France) - leader of the project

DemosEuropa Centre for European Strategy (Poland)

Danish Institute for International Studies (Denmark)

Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs (Cyprus)

Egmont Royal Institute for International Affairs (Belgium)

Bruegel (Belgium)

Centre for European Policy Studies (Belgium)

Centre for European Reform (Great Britain)

European Council for Foreign Relations (London-Madrid-Athenes-Paris)

Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (Greece)

GKI (Hungary)

Elcano Royal Institute (Spain)

Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies (Sweden)

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Germany)

European Policy Center (Belgium)

EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy