Deadline: March 31st, 2019 at 23:59pm Warsaw time
WEASA (short for the Warsaw Euro-Atlantic Summer Academy) is a now-annual summer school for mid-career professionals from the Eastern Partnership, the Western Balkans, and Poland. A wide range of policy analysts, experts, advisers, civil servants, NGO professionals, journalists, and journalists have taken part in the academy so far.
WEASA was founded to present the political, social and economic foundations of modern democracies in the European Union and the transatlantic community and further promote the values of freedom, pluralism and peace.
WEASA goes in line with the Eastern Partnership initiative that aims at accelerating political association, deepening economic integration, enhancing mobility of citizens and strengthening sector cooperation between the European Union and the Eastern Europe.
In past years, WEASA looked at a variety of topics – from energy security to regional development. WEASA 2017 looked at how digital technology has transformed our thinking on social, political, economic, and security issues. Consequently, we have decided to focus specifically on digital affairs for the foreseeable future.
Fundings/Expenses:
The Founders cover all reasonable travel expenses and provide board and lodging for all WEASA participants.
Dates and location:
- WEASA is held annually in July . It is hosted by the Natolin Campus of the College of Europe (Warsaw, Poland).
Eligibility:
- WEASA is addressed to participants coming from a cross-section of society and specifically from public administration, academia, think-tanks, media and civil society organizations.
- They welcome applicants who are citizens and residents of the Eastern Partnership countries and the Western Balkan countries.
They welcome applicants who are citizens and residents of the following countries:
- All the Eastern Partnership countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine
- All the Western Balkan countries – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia
- They typically look for mid-career professionals (usually those with at least five years of professional experience), who work as policy analysts, experts, advisers, civil servants, journalists, private sector specialists and in NGOs and are interested in WEASA related topics.
- They work as policy analysts, experts, advisers, civil servants, journalists, private sector specialists and in NGOs
- They are interested in the European integration process, state transformation processes, transatlantic cooperation, cybersecurity, journalism, and digital media
- All WEASA sessions are held in English.
For enquiries:
WEASA,
College of Europe Natolin Campus
Nowoursynowska 84
02-797 Warsaw, Poland
Phone: +48 22 54 59 401
Fax: +48 22 54 59 352
[email protected]
How to apply:
Cover letters are typically one to three pages in length. They should explain why you would like to apply for WEASA, and what you are hoping to learn during the programme and what your expectations are for it. They would also love to know how participating in WEASA could contribute to your career development, your civic activities, and the like. Finally, if you have any ideas about how you would like to bring the lessons from WEASA back into your communities (for example, by organising trainings for local civil society organisations or creating your own open data startup), they would love to hear about it as well.
