30 participants from Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Turkey have been selected among some 500 applications and are currently taking part in the sixth edition of the ‘Southeast Europe and the EU – Leadership Development Programme’ (2011/2012).

As previous generations, this year’s participants first attended a two-week Summer Academy, taking place for the first time in Slovakia and Austria from 27th August to 11th September 2011. In Bratislava, Vienna and Mauerbach (near Vienna), they were able to discuss with and learn from prominent experts in their respective fields, from the EU and from Southeast Europe. The EU and its role in Southeast Europe were the central focus of most of the issues debated. Moreover, participants had the chance to enhance their professional skills thanks to different practical workshops. That year too, the Summer Academy included a cultural programme with, amongst other activities, a city-rally in Bratislava and a sightseeing tour in Vienna, a bike ride along the Danube, as well as an intercultural evening and a cinema event featuring a documentary by a director from the region.

Back in their home countries, the participants have been working in small cross-border groups to implement group projects on EU-relevant topics in Southeast Europe from November 2011 to March 2012. For more information, please visit the Group Projects Page.

The final event of the Programme – a five-day seminar – is organised in Belgium, in both Brussels and Bruges. As in the previous editions of the programme, during this workshop the participants have the opportunity to meet policy-makers from the EU and NATO and discuss with them, in the premises of these institutions, a number of issues that concern Southeast Europe and its future. This five-day seminar also includes a day at the College of Europe in Bruges, as well as a panel discussion with Brussels-based think tanks.

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