The workshop series is drafted for young Belarusians who are interested in the center-right ideology and policies as well as committed to the pro-European orientation of Belarus and values constituting the nucleus of the European People’s Party ideological basis: the dignity of human life, freedom and responsibility, equality and justice, truth, solidarity and subsidiarity.

The workshop cycle will include, inter alia, lectures and seminars on the European Union, democracy and freedom, media use and media effects, the ideological basis of European center-right parties as well as its political, economic and legal underpinnings, on its implications for the specific European policy fields and on EU’s relations with the Eastern Partnership states, as well as practical training units in speaking, debating and media activities.

The workshop cycle will comprise a kick-off event (venue: Vilnius (Lithuania), indicative timing: April 20-22, 2018), a study trip to Brussels (venue: Brussels (Belgium), indicative timing: 5 days in May/June 2018), a workshop (venue: Klaipeda,(Lithuania), indicative timing: July 26-29, 2018), a discussion event (venue: Vilnius (Lithuania), indicative timing: October 19-21, 2018).

The working languages of the project are English and Russian.

Deadline for applications: March 8, 2018.