5-19 July 2009. 8th VISEGRAD SUMMER SCHOOL (Villa Decius, Cracow)

Visegrad Summer School

28 June – 11 July, 2009

programme:

Sunday, 28 June

Arrival of participants

7.00–15.30

15.30

16.00

17.00

Reception at the hotel

Transport to Villa Decius

Organisational meeting

The Heritage of Chopin. Concert.

Monday,  29 June

Legacy of freedom

10.30 Inauguration of the VIII edition of the Visegrad Summer School
11.00 Inaugural lecture – Legacy of Freedom,

Maciej Koźmiński, PL

14.00– 17.00 Integration workshop, Natalia de Barbaro, PL

Tuesday, 30 June

Facing crisis

10.00–11.30

Global economic crisis and Polish case – lecture

Jan Czekaj, PL

12.00–13.30

Euro adoption in Slovakia – economic considerations, process management and the economic crisis – lecture

Martin Suster, SK

15.00–18.00

V4 student projects: (1)

Workshop for all – introduction

Danuta Glondys, PL

Workshop in groups

Political and social issues in V4

Dominika Kasprowicz**, PL

V4 literature workshop

Patricia Pászt**,H

Development of photographic project

Sylwia Biernacka**, PL

Development of film project

Tomasz Jeziorski**, PL

**These tutors will be coaching working groups on each project

19.00 – 20.00 Miss Landmine – exhibition, film and discussion

Anna Kudarewska, PL

Wednesday, 1 July

Global challenges

10.00–11.30

Energy security: do we need a common European policy? – lecture

Andrej Nosko, CZ

12.00–13.30

Living on 1 $ per day – lecture

Anna Kudarewska, PL

15.00–18.00

Workshops: Refugee path to citizenship – Polish Humanitarian Organization

Tadeusz Szczepanak, PL.

Thursday, 2 July

Ethics and media

10.00–11.30

Media for refugees – lecture and presentation

Tim Williams, GB

12.00–13.30

Contemporary tendencies in corporate media development – lecture

Barbara Głębicka-Giza, PL

15.00–18.00

V4 student projects (2)

Friday, 3 July

Twilight of politics?

10.00–12.30 Deficiencies of democracy panel debate

Üstün Ergüder, TUR, Anna Krzynówek, PL , Laszlo Rajk, H, Taras Voznyak, UA

Moderator: Krzysztof Bobiński, PL

14.00–18.00 Kazimierz – Jewish district of Kraków – study visit
18.00–19.00 Presence of the absent – lecture in the Wolf Popper Synagogue

Shlomo Avineri, ISR

Saturday, 4 July

The Visegrad Group in the region

10.00–15.00 Auschwitz Birkenau – study visit
16.00-18.00 Heritage Park – Wygiełzów – study visit

Sunday, 5 July

In search of common cultural heritage

Study visit in Kraków

Monday, 6 July

European City of Culture

10.00–10.30

European Cities of Culture – history – introduction

Danuta Glondys, PL

10.45–12.00

European Cities of Culture – presentation of European Commission policy

Vladimir Šucha, SK

12.15–13.30

Creative cities – lecture

Tom Fleming, GB

15.00–18.00

V4 student projects (3)

Tuesday, 7 July

European identity

10.00–11.30

Facing the Berlin Wall: on the crisis of European identity  – lecture

Zdzisław Mach, PL

12.00–13.30

Europeisation of civil society – lecture

Michal Vašečka, SK

15.00–18.00

Europeisation of civil society – workshop

Michal Vašečka, SK

Wednesday, 8 July

Areas of gender consensus

10.00–11.30

Gender sensitivity: new issue in Central Europe – lecture

Andrea Petö, H

12.00–13.30

Women in politics  – lecture

Magdaléna Vášáryová, SK

15.00–17.00

The need for European remembrance  – panel debate

H.E. Robert Kiss, Ambassador of Hungary to Poland

H.E. Frantisek Ružička, Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to Poland

H.E. Jan Sechter, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Poland

Andreas Meitzner, Charge d’Affaires, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Poland

Maciej Szpunar, Undersecretary of State of the Office of the Committee for European Integration

Moderator: Martin Ehl, Hospodárske Noviny

18.30

multiCOOLtural marathon
Thursday, 9 July

Business for society

10.00–12.00 Patrons or sponsors – panel debate

Severyn Ashkenazy PL, Jerzy Brniak, PL, Dorota Ilczuk, PL,

Karol Szyndzielorz, PL

Moderator: Wojciech Przybylski, PL

12.30-14.00

15.00–18.00

Visegrad talks in Europe. The most important debates in V4 countries

Samuel Abraham, SK, Carl Henrik Fredriksson, SE, Eva Karadi, H, Marek Sečkař, Cz,

Moderator: Wojciech Przybylski, PL

V4 student projects (4)

Friday, 10 July

Looking to the future

10.00–11.30

IVF – areas of new challenges in cooperation

Kristof Forrai, H

11.45–14.00

Closing session:

Project presentations by working groups

Evaluation session

Presenting of Visegrad Summer School Certificates

Evening

Kraków by night

Saturday, 11 July

Departure of participants

programs