Under the patronage of Egemen Bağış, Turkish Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator, the fifth edition of “My Europe” took place in Istanbul on 17 and 18 May.

Thirty students from Doğa Schools had the chance to hear about the Turkey-Europe relationship from Prof. Karabulut of Istanbul University. They learnt about the history of the European Union and current legal relations from Dr. Mehmet Köksal (Partner, Köksal Avukatlık Ortaklığı). In order to prepare them for the international writing contest, Zeynep Gürcanlı of Hürriyet coached the teenagers in news writing and gave them insight into the daily work of a journalist. As closing session of the “My Europe” workshop followed a reception in the Ministry for EU Affairs.

17 May 2012
ATAŞEHİR DOĞA SCHOOL CONFERENCE (Barbaros mah. Halk cad. kardelen sok. no:2 INCITY C blok Ataşehir ISTANBUL)
9.30 am to 3.30 pm

18 May 2012
MINISTRY FOR EU AFFAIRS / ISTANBUL OFFICE (Muallim Naci Cad., No:18, Postal Code: 34347, Ortaköy / İSTANBUL)
12.15 am to 1.30 pm

“My Europe” patron and Vice-President of the European Union, Viviane Reding, launched the broadest ever public consultation on EU citizenship matters and citizenship rights.

Between 9 May and 9 September you have the chance to give your view on your rights as EU citizen! For more information click HERE

Radio Bulgaria

Author: Iliana Raicheva

Bulgaria joined My Europe Project

My Europe is a two-day seminar that meets young people with political figures, business leaders and media. Language of the seminar is English and it is already a traditional event in other European countries,…

The Bulgarian “My Europe” workshop is under the patronage of Yordanka Fandakova. On behalf the Mayor of Sofia, Dr. Todor Chobanov (Deputy Minister of Culture) opened the workshop on 25 April 2012 on the premises of our corporate partner OMV Bulgaria, and Teodora Georgieva (CEO OMV Bulgaria) welcomed the young people.

Students from First English Language High School, German Language High School and Sofia School of Mathematics had the chance to discuss European affairs with experts from business and politics and reflected on the role of Bulgaria in Europe. Among the experts were: Prof. Dr. Manfred Pohl (Chairman of the Institute for Corporate Culture Affairs), Dr. Solomon Passy (President and Founder of the Atlantic Club of Bulgaria, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs), Prof. Dr. Anna Krasteva (Director of the Department of Political Sciences, New Bulgarian University), Yoanna Ilieva on behalf of Monika Pananyotova (Chairwoman of the EU Affairs Committee, National Assembly) and Mariyana Hamanova (Managing Director, Cleantech Bulgaria).

On the second day of the workshop, Konstantin Vulkov (Program Director, Darik Radio) and Krasimira Temelkova (Standart) shared their knowlegde of news editing with the students, and Elitsa Zlateva of euinside, an online media, focused on EU affairs and gave special advice on European journalism.

What: “My Europe” Workshop: Discussion with experts of European politics and journalistic tutorial

When: 25 & 26 April 2012

Wednesday: 14.30 to 19.00

Thursday: 14.00 to 17.30

Where: OMV Bulgaria – 1 Sofiiski geroi, Prima Business Center – 1612 Sofia

Il Messaggero

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Unicredit unico partner di My Europe

Unicredit è il partner unico in Italia del progetto My Europe, un’iniziativa promossa da Institute for Corporate Culture Affairs (ICCA) e Frankfurter Zukunftsrat (Future Think Tank),…

Gazzetta di Parma

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Studenti di Economia a “My Europe”

Non ancora ventenne, poliglotta, con un curriculum di studi eccelente: è questo il profilo tipico dei 12 studenti del dipartimento di Economia dell’Università di Parma selezionati per prendere parte a Milano,…

Il Matino Napoli

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“My Europe”, via al workshop con le università di Napoli

L’iniziativa lanciata da Unicredit riunisce a Milano studenti, politici imprenditori e giornalisti…

Corriere della Sera

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“My Europe”, i giovani e la Ue di domani

Si svolgerà domani e mercoledì a Milano il workhop di due mezze giornate del progetto europeo My Europe, riservato a studenti fino a 20 anni, con l’intento di riaccendere l’interesse dei più giovani verso l’Europa, e di promuovere un dialogo tra studenti, imprenditori e media su quali dovrebbero essere i valori portanti dell’Europa di domani…

UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC

In cooperation with UniCredit and the Universities of Naples and Parma, 24 students met in Milan on 17 and 18 April for the Italian “My Europe” workshop.

The first day, Europe Day, started with a warm welcome by Federico Ghizzoni. As CEO of UniCredit he underlined the importance of Europe and its common currency not only for the bank but also daily life of Europe’s citizens. Count Bernadotte (Board of Directors, Future Think Tank) and Professor Pohl (Founder, ICCA & Future Think Tank) extended the welcome on behalf of the organisors and encouraged the students to seize the chance to enter into dialogue with experts from politics and economics. The first expert was the diplomat Giuseppe Scognamiglio, since 2010 Executive Vice President and Head of Public Affairs at Unicredit. He was followed by Silvia Chiave, Chief of Staff of the General Directorate for Country Promotion at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Valentina Aprea, Councillor at the Regional Committee of Lombary and responsible for Education, Training and Culture. Even though the students had already had the opportunity to ask questions immediately after each talk, the last hour of the workshop was reserved for discussions in small groups were dialogue with the three speakers was more informal.

The second day, Journalism Day, began with a talk by Maurizio Beretta, Head of Identity and Communications at UniCredit. Moreover, in order to prepare the students for the international writing contest, three high-profile journalists shared their own experience with the youth: Luciano Fontana (Co-Director at Il Corriere della Sera), Giangiacomo Schiavi (Deputy Director of Corriere della Sera) and Vittorio Da Rold (Senior foreign correspondent at Il Sole 24 Ore). Also UniCredit COO Paolo Fiorentino did not want to miss discussing current European economic affairs with the students and joined into a spontaneous exchange of ideas.

The jury choosing the three winners of “My Europe” in Italy consists of Maurizio Beretta, Luciano Fontana, Vittorio Da Rold, Professor Massimiliano Delfino, Professor Gino Gandolfi and Professor Pohl.The winning articles will be announced soon.