European Foreign and Security Studies Policy Programme
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IEP-Cooperation with the "European Foreign and Security Policy Studies Programme" of the VolkswagenStiftung, Hanover/Germany, Compagnia di San Paolo, Turin/Italy and Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, Stockholm/Sweden.
In the framework of this 5 years international research and training programme for post-graduates, post-docs and young professionals the IEP is closly cooperating with the VolkswagenStiftung on the organisation and conduct of conferences, workshops and seminars for the first two charts of studie award holders of the programme.
The grant holders are coming from all over the European Union and neighbouring countries. They have passed a two-phased selection procedure and form an avantgarde of the best young professionals and researchers in the field of CFSP-related studies.
The objective of the programme are the following:
"Though the question of how the European Union can ensure the security of its citizens and contribute to worldwide peace has become increasingly relevant, foreign and security policies in Europe are still widely considered as national responsibilities. The research and training programme “European Foreign and Security Policy Studies” aims at overcoming this gap by analysing and debating the preconditions and prospects of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) of the EU and the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP). The programme has been jointly developed by the foundations Compagnia di San Paolo, Torino/Italy, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, Stockholm/Sweden, and VolkswagenStiftung, Hanover/Germany. The programmes runs over 4-5 years, and three cohorts of 70 grant holders in total have been selected from more than 300 applicants from all over Europe.
With their joint initiative the three foundations want to strengthen the European dimension in the next generation of intellectual leaders and security experts. The dominance of national approaches to international security in large parts of the academic debate and day-to-day politics should recede in favour of a transnational perspective. Therefore international mobility of participants is an important objective of the initiative. The research and training programme will give European researchers and young professionals opportunities to conduct research at two or more European institutions, and to build networks, thereby making an impact on the wider debate in the field of foreign and security policies. Within this thematic framework applicants can freely choose their research topics."
(See also at http://www.VolkswagenStiftung.de 
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Already taken activities 2005 - 2007:
Autumn Seminar 2007: International conference, Brussels, 17 - 21 October 2007, organised by IEP together with Compagnia di San Paolo (Torino), Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (Stockholm) and the VolkswagenFoundation (Hanover).
Autumn Seminar 2006: International conference, Brussels, 12 – 16 September 2006, organised by IEP together with Compagnia di San Paolo (Torino), Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (Stockholm) and the VolkswagenFoundation (Hanover).
Autumn Seminar 2005: International conference, Budapest, 27 September – 2 October 2005, organised by IEP together with Compagnia di San Paolo (Torino), Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (Stockholm) and the VolkswagenFoundation (Hanover).
Young Faces Conference 2005, International conference, organised by IEP together with Compagnia di San Paolo, Torino, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, Stockholm and the Volkswagen Foundation, Hanover, in Berlin, January, 20 –22, 2005.
