Monday, 15 July
Arrival of participants
Arrival of participants
Summer School official opening
Speaker 1 – Opening lecture, Paul Ivan, Senior Policy Analyst, European Policy Centre (EPC), Crash Course on the EU’s status quo. Warm-up session!, Q&A
Lunch
Speaker 2 – The EU’s incessant or ceased reform in the post-Lisbon agenda.
Panel – Brainstorming activity on the most important threats to the EU’s efficacy and even existence
Speaker 1 – The Brexit saga explained and dissected.
Panel 1 – Actor-based game in the Brexit negotiations. Strategy-based simulation activity.
Lunch
Speaker 2 – The EU Parliamentary elections of 2019 – who, why, so what?
Panel 2 – Team activity – forging alliances and assessing doctrines post-election time
Speaker 1 – The EU as a global actor and its practical action tools.
Panel 1 – Interactive workshop – the EU’s normative power in action: West Balkans and beyond.
Lunch
Speaker 2 – Is economic integration the final purpose of the EU?
Panel 2 – The euro as a global currency and soft power influencer – econometrics 101 exercise.
Speaker 1 – Future paths, realistic prospects and naïve messages on the EU’s course of action.
Panel 1 – Newsroom report – who said what about the EU’s future? Fact checks!
Lunch
Speaker 2 – Europe 2020 under scrutiny and paving the way for Europe 2030.
Panel 2 – Agenda shaping exercise – British Parliament-style debate
Final presentations on a future scenario, group evaluation and peer review exercise
Lunch
Speaker: Closing lecture – The youth as (future) shapers of EU integration. To do list!
Assessment of summer school and mini-graduation ceremony (certificates!)
Trip to Alba Iulia, castle visit
Return to Beliș, accommodation at Babeș-Bolyai University Hotel
BBQ Party, campfire
Closing of Summer School
Return to Cluj, departure of participants
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