Best practices

Over years now the Political Academy of the Austrian People’s Party organises in cooperation with the Robert Schuman Institute a series of seminars for young politicians from South-Eastern and Eastern Europe. The last two courses in 2008 focused on the topic „Media and Politics”. The topic in 2009 the topic is “City campaign management”.

The course for promising politicians is an initiative of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Alfred Mozer Stichting and supported by several other political foundations. The aim is to invest in a new generation of leaders in the western balkan region. The project will enter its eigth year in 2009.

Training in sign language have been provided for 40 students from 4 different universities in Sofia. The main aim of the course was young people, who studies and future professional occupations will be related to people with disabilities, to be involved in the active participation in the process of creation of hospitable and sustainable environment for people with hearing impairment in order to facilitate their integration in the civic society.

The LIBSEEN network of the liberal parties, organisations and institutes of south-eastern Europe was established in 2006 and re-lau­nched at a reunion in Skopje in April 2008 by the leaders of the liberal parties in the region. The conference held in Zagreb aimed at assisting political parties in their efforts to determine the current and future role and work of the liberal in south-eastern Europe, examining a number of policy topics which are reflective of the liberal ideology and initiating the topic of political party foundations or training centres.

The priority of the seminar held in Zagreb, Croatia is to educate the elected officials about the problems and ways and techniques of solving them in county, city and governments councils and governments.

International study visit enabling youth of democratic political powers from Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova and former Yugoslav countries to examine electoral process in a country which successfully overcame the undemocratic legacy of communism to achieve membership of EU and NATO and also to network with political organizations from other EU countries.

ISTAME-Andreas Papandreou has successfully completed in 2008 an Action Project under the aegis of the Ministry of the Greek Ministry of Employment and Social Protection concerning awareness raising of citizens in regions with social exclusion and environmental problems.

When Latvia re-gained its Independence in 1991, nobody could imagine that after 20 years of gradual economical rise suddenly large part of the population will face economical pressure to leave the country.

The FSF brought together specialists, scholars and politicians to discuss the demographical situation and growth perspectives for Latvia.

This LYMEC seminar focused on the future of the different forms of International Cooperation in Europe (Council of Europe, OSCE, European Union, Meda Union) and what relations should be established between these organizations in view of the enlargement of the European Union.

The idea of this project was to make employers aware of discrimination at work (due to sex orientation). A conference was an especially important part of the project. Its members shared the most effective methods of preventing discrimination.