CAVIRC.net - The 11th Cervia International Summer School 2005

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<table cellpadding="0" width="630" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="5">XI Cervia International Summer School 2005 </td></tr></tbody></table><table width="630"><tbody><tr><td width="630">The School OfferThe School offers its students a unique international arena where the problems of the Enlarged Europe can be analysed in depth through the active participation of a prominent and well experienced <a href="http://www.omserver.com/balkans/_admin/2004summerschool_08.htm">International Faculty</a> and a select, widely differentiated group of <a href="http://www.omserver.com/balkans/_admin/2004summerschool_09.htm">students</a> from various countries. Thanks to its scientific and methodological approach, tested during the past ten editions, the School contributes in creating strong roots for high standards of self-understanding and tolerance, looked upon as basic values for the advancing of the civil societies, for the consolidation of political institutions in South-Eastern Europe, Caucasus and CIS, and the overcoming of conflicts in these Regions. Indeed, these are the basic prerequisites for the integration of this Area inside the EU in the next future, or for the establishment of a good neighbourhood. At the same time, the young generations coming form these areas are expected to become members of the new leadership, supporters of democratic principles, human rights values and free market economies. These generations could also become able to create, in their own countries, positive expectations from economic and democratic integration in <place>Europe</place> or from a strong cooperation with the EU, reversing the current trends, particularly in South East and CIS Europe, where strong national confrontations and ethnic contrasts are often considered as values. Both the high quality of the Faculty and the trans-European character of the School students provide an ideal environment for the development of interpersonal and intercultural relationships between East and West Europeans and for the shared learning about political questions of common concern. The School is, in this sense, a good opportunity to foster a cultural rehabilitation of young generations coming from countries involved in nationalistic tensions and, sometimes, in war activities. Taking into account this consideration, the goal of the School deals with the post-Cold War challenges, designed in particular to help the South-East Europe and CIS students to learn about democratic development, human rights, peace and security issues, European integration, and to look into emerging patterns of economic growth and commerce based on new technologies, institutions and work practices, as well as on integration factors and the new policies of EU neighbourhood. </td></tr></tbody></table></PRE>