Young Diplomats Center

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Young Diplomats Center
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Who are we?

• Independent Youth NGO
• Founded in 1999 by students of Institute of
  International Relations of Warsaw University
• 220 members
• Students, Graduates, young professionals,

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Mission

• to acknowledge professional preparation of young
  people towards their participation in public and
  social life of POLAND as well as in INTERNATIONAL
  surrounding

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Projects

• International youth conferences,
• International student camps
• Workshops, debates and simulation games
• Training sessions
• Youth networks
• Student exchanges

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Main international projects

• 1st Conference of Visegrad Youth (Warsaw-Cracow
  23.04-30.04.2001)
• International Student Camps in Zabinki (August
  2002, 2003, 2004)
• Edition of Visegrad Yearbook 2003 (May 2003)
• Weimar Youth Meetings (Warsaw
  1-3.10.2004)

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Youth networks

• Participation in 23 international youth
  conferences since year 2000,
• Founding member of Visegrad Youth Confederation
  and Politeia Network
• 30 partner organisations from 17 countries

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Visegrad Youth Confederation

• Non-governmental international agreement
• 10 members from Visegrad Group States
• CZECH REPUBLIC, HUNGARY, POLAND, SLOVAKIA
• Main inititatives
• Visegrad Youth Conferences
• Warsaw 2001, Budapest 2002,
• Bratislava 2003, Prague 2004, Warsaw 2005
• Edition of Visegrad Yearbook 2003

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Politeia Network

• Non-governmental international agreement
• Founded in 2000
• 10 members from Europe and Mexico
• 1 member per country
• Main inititatives
• International Summer Academies (Berlin 2000,
• Madrit 2001, Paris 2002, Zagreb 2003, Mexico
  2004, Bratislava 2005
• Good governance in Europe seminar in Paris, III
  2004
• Weimar Youth Meetings, 1-3.10.2004 Warsaw
• Future of the European Diplomacy, 2004-2005

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Year 2004

• Major events

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4th Visegrad Youth Conference18-24.04.2004,
Prague
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Voices of EuropeTeramo (Italy) 7-13.09.2004
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3rd International Student Camp Zabinki
18-27.08.2004
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5th International Summer Academy, 4-10.09.2004
Mexico City
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Weimar Youth Meetings1-3.10.2004 Warsaw
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Main international projects in year 2005

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• 5th edition of annual conference
• 60 participants from Czech Republic, Hungary,
  Poland and Slovakia
• 10 observers from EU states
• Main sponsors European Union and International
  Visegrad Fund

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www.visegradyouth.org
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Two nations one truthJoint Polish-Ukrainian
project

• Reaserch on how the common history is described
  in both countries
• emphasis placed on the content of the history
  textbooks for highschools
• analisis of perception of both nations in press
  articles and scientific works
• Final conference in Warsaw in September
• internet website and book publication containing
  the results and report

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Future of the European diplomacy

• Joint project within Politeia Network
• Conference Olivaint (France)
• European Circle (Croatia)
• Studentenforum im Tonnisteiner Kreis (Germany)
• Young Diplomats Center (Poland)
• Research and preparation of strategy paper
• Final conference in Brussels, May 2005

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• Over 100 participants from all over the Europe
• Debates, workshops, training sessions
• And lot of FUN
• paintball, canoeing, bike trips, bus trips,
  multi-culti evening, karaoke, bonfires.
• The best place to spend THIS SUMMER!!!

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Workshops
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Paintball
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This summer

• We gonna meet again
  in Zabinki

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Contacts

• Young Diplomats Center office
• 43 Mokotowska street
• 00-551 Warsaw, Poland
• Tel/fax [phone]
• E-mail poczta_at_cmd.org.pl
• www.cmd.org.pl

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Thanks for attention!