22-2.08.2010

The third ICEUR summer school in Moscow

The third ICEUR summer school took place from the 22nd to the 29th August 2010 and was aimed at everybody interested in Russian politics.

20-27.9.2009

ICEUR, the Russian State University for the Humanities RSUH (Moscow) and Gleb Pavlovsky's Effective Politics Foundation (FEP)

Special Knowledge Building Seminar in Moscow...

03-08.08.2009

The first ICEUR International Summer School

The World Economics and International Affairs Faculty / Higher School of Economics (SU-HSE) in Moscow...

 SUMMER SCHOOLS 2009-2010

The third ICEUR summer school in Moscow

The third ICEUR summer school took place from the 22^nd to the 29^th August 2010 and was aimed at everybody interested in Russian politics.

In cooperation with the Faculty of Politology at Lomonosov Moscow State University (MGU) the program offered a balanced mixture of lectures read by leading experts on Russian domestic and foreign politics, open discussions with renounced specialists and practitioners, as well as a cultural program (State Duma and Federation Council of Russia; Troitse-Sergiyeva (Trinity) Lavra in Sergiyev Posad (UNESCO World Heritage Site); Kremlin and Red Square; „Moscow at Night” etc.) aimed at “conquering” Moscow.

Furthermore the program included experts’ presentations, interactive workshops and open discussions on the following topics:

- Russian domestic politics
- EU-Russia relations after the Treaty of Lisbon
- Foreign and Security politics of the Russian Federation
- Energy politics
- Impacts of the global financial crisis on Russian economy

In conclusion it can be said that ICEUR- Vienna summer school 2010 was a huge success.

The 1st Special Knowledge Building Seminar in Moscow 20 - 27.9.2009

Russian politics today: Myths, Realities, Practices

The 1st Special Knowledge Building Seminar was held in Moscow on 20-27 September 2009. Organized jointly by ICEUR, the Faculty of History, Political Science and Law at the Russian State University for the Humanities (RGGU, Moscow) and the Foundation for Effective Politics (FEP, Moscow), this event had the objective to provide participants with first-hand knowledge and insights into how Russian politics is made and how it is orchestrated. The highlights of the program were:

- A round table with leading Russian Public Relations specialists, experts in political communication, members of the Social Chamber as well as political scientists under the heading “D.A. Medvedev`s smart politics: cadres for the apparatus or enlightenment for society?” The contributions fleshed out the role of information and communication management in contemporary Russian politics. Issues such as political education and “spinning” as a component of political campaigns were discussed. This unit was presided by the top pundit and political advisor Gleb Pavlovskii. His team included experts such as sociologist Olga Kryshtanovskaia, the general editor of the site “Kremlin.org” Pavel Danilin, the members of the Social Chamber Yosif Diskin and Aleksei Chadaev as well as the Dean of the Department of History, Political Science and Law of the Russian Humanities State University (RGGU), Aleksander Logunov etc.

- A visit to the State Duma of the Russian Federation, where the participants were received and briefed by the chairpersons of all parliamentary fractions.

- A lecture by the well-known reform economist and liberal politician Grigorii Yavlinskii on economic reasoning in Russia, its political context and the impact of the global financial crisis. The speaker came out for closer cooperation with the European Union, which, in his view, has the potential to set off the dominance of the US and the coming superpower, China.

- A visit to the headquarters of the TV Channel “Ren TV”. Ren TV is the last remaining independent TV channel in Russia which has a track record of investigative journalism. Journalists reported on the nitty-gritty of their daily work and the obstacles they face.

Among the participants were students and graduates from Austrian universities who were joined by representatives of the EU Delegation in Russia and the Minister Plenipotentiary of the Austrian Embassy in Moscow.

The cultural program, a visit to the historical Moscow city center (Kremlin, Kolomenskoe) was of exceptional academic quality. The tour guides were university professors who made this trip an event full of surprises and discoveries, even for long-standing Muscovites. ICEUR is grateful for this great opportunity and also wants to extend special thanks to all those who contributed to organize and to realize this unique seminar. Drawing on the experience of this first experimental run, we would like to invite interested audiences from politics, business and science to sign up for the next special knowledge building seminar to be held in August 2010 in Moscow.

Summer School in Moscow

ICEUR announces its first master class featuring Grigory Yavlinsky, the economic reformer and opposition

The first ICEUR International Summer School took place from 3rd to 8th August 2009 on the World Economics and International Affairs Faculty / Higher School of Economics (SU-HSE) in Moscow. The Summer School was organised in the framework of the ICEUR training programme The State University – Higher School of Economics is among the leading elite universities in Russia today. The SU-HSE is in this select group of institutions of higher learning not only in terms of the high level of education and liberal-democratic traditions in university management, but also regarding long-lasting relations with leading European and US universities and numerous international contacts.

The Summer School was initiated and conceptualized by the center’s scientific director Dr. Ludmilla Lobova and the local coordinator of the summer school, Mr. Alexander Dubowy. The Russian counterpart was Dr. Natalia Vinokurova, Assistant Dean for International Relations and Exeutive Manager of the “European Studies” Master Programme. 14 students of political science and law from Austria and Slovakia came to Moscow. The SU-HSE students warmly welcomed them and also supported their Austrian colleagues as tour guides

The Austrian students spent a week of intense learning about contemporary Russian politics, society and economics and familiarized themselves with the Russian system of higher education. Lectures were given by eminent Russian economists, political scientists and historians, such as Prof. Georgy Mirsky, Prof. Maksim Bratersky, Prof. Vladimir Evstigneev, Dr. Andrey Ryabov etc. Prof. Sergey Karaganov, Dean of the World Economics and International Affairs Faculty, picked the lectures and thematic blocks with due care (http://eng.karaganov.ru). On top of that, students visited the major sightseeing monuments in Moscow, and learned about the city’s history, culture and tradition.

ICEUR would like to express its special thanks to the Austrian Embassy in Moscow and to the Minister Plenipotentiary Mag. Dr. Gerhard Sailler, who supported our initiative and welcomed the Austrian students in the Embassy and provided them with interesting information on the political and economic situation and Russia as well as on the bilateral relations between the Russian Fed

The cultural programme of the Summerschool in Moscow included a visit to the Kremlin and the Red Square, as well as the Sparrow Hills (Vorobyovy Gory), the park museums “Kolomenskoe” and “Tsaritsino” and many other interesting places. The Austrian students ended their visit to Russia in the historical center Sergiev Possad, where they received their diplomas in the Sergei-Pecherska Lavra academy. eration and Austria.

The Austrian students obtained new knowledge in the framework of the joint training programme and also gained friends among their Russian colleagues. For the ICEUR the Higher School of Economics has proved to be a reliable partner for training programmes in future, as well as for other joint projects and policy consulting.