Dear website visitors,  

I would like to introduce briefly myself, since we will be working closely together from now on. I'm working as Regional Media Coordinator of Youth Initiative for Human Rights (http://www.yihr.org), an organization that will take over website management after Belgrade seminar. 

For those coming to Belgrade, we will have a chance to meet f2f and discuss more about website content and hopefully enjoy some of Belgrade as well.

For others who will not be in Belgrade, I'd like to hear all your suggestions and needs for the website content and design. It would be very useful for both users and website managers.

It is raining today in Belgrade and is very cold, but last weekend we have experienced real spring time. So, hope for a nice weather and welcome to Belgrade!!!!

This should be the begining of a beautiful friendship :) 

Hi! My name is Jared, and I work for the Information and Communications Technology team with the National Democratic Institute. You'll find me at the conference deep in conversation about the great political possibilities for social networking tools, the best football team in the world, Barça, and the latest geo-political hotspots!

I look forward to meeting each of you in Belgrade. Please don't hesitate to contact me (jfordATndiDOTorg) for any political technology related questions, and be ready to take an upcoming survey on your own internet and technology behavior that will help us to understand and support you as effective leaders. 

Cheers!

p.s. For anyone who has been to Belgrade before, are there any places not to be missed?

Welcome to EEYPL!

We are very excited that you will travel to Belgrade and participate in the third Europe and Eurasia Young Political Leader Seminar from December 5 to 9, 2007. You will find below a brief outline of the goals and activities for this event, as well as the draft agenda. Please note that the agenda is still a work in progress and some of it may change before the beginning of the seminar. (Read more)

A good article with background on the negotiations taking place this week and the situation itself.

UPDATED: the transcript of this webchat has now been posted in the issues library. 

Friday Nov 16, 2007   10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. EST (15:00-16:00 GMT)

In honor of International Education Week, the US State Department will host a live, online discussion with Peter Van Buren, Chief of the Department of State's Educational Information and Resources Branch, and Wesley Teter, Regional Educational Advising Coordinator for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The online discussion will take place on Friday, November 16th, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. EST (15:00-16:00 GMT).

You must be an alumnus of a US State Department sponsored exchange in order to participate in the live chat, but I will post the transcript of the chat after it takes place.  The chat will happen at http://alumni.state.gov/.

In the meantime, you can learn more about studying in the US at www.educationUSA.state.gov.  You may also be interested in the Opportunity Initiative, a new program from the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs that will have significant implications for non-elite students in over 20 countries.

Just a quick hello from the folks here at IRI in Washington--thought I should properly introduce myself now that Uli has welcomed everyone. My colleague Chris (I'm sure he'll pop up here soon enough) and I are working hard on all the details of the seminar here along with everyone over at NDI and ACYPL.

The next few weeks are going to be very busy as we finalize the seminar agenda, confirm guest speakers and trainers, and work on all of the logistical details that are so important with a group this large. I hope you are patient with us if we seem a little stressed! Please do leave a message or send an email if you have any questions about the seminar and we'll be happy to get back to you.

I'm looking forward to meeting people from all over the region and experiencing the dialogue from so many dynamic individuals. See you in Belgrade!

Hi and Welcome!

My name is Ulrike ( "Uli" ), from the National Democratic Institute (NDI), and I am part of the team that organizes the Europe and Eurasia Emerging Young Political Leaders Seminar in Belgrade from December 5 to 9, 2007, funded by the United States Agency for International Develpment (USAID). We are all very excited about this event and will use this forum to keep you regularly updated about the seminar itself and what's going on around it. "We" is a team of people from NDI, the International Republican Institute (IRI), and the American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL). I'm sure you will meet Rebecca, Jared, Kate, Christopher, and Bronwyn (who has been involved with this site for awhile and whom some of you may already know) as we go along. 

We will post more information shortly, so stay tuned!

6 full scholarships will be awarded to MA students from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden to spend Spring Semester 2008 at the University of Tartu, Estonia, participating in the Prometheus Program on Transition Studies.