Kakanien - New Republic of the Poets

Speech series at Vienna’s Akademietheater
Twenty years have passed since the autumn of 1989, when Austria ceased to be a small and insignificant state on the eastern periphery of the so-called free world. EU enlargement to the east has seen Austria move even more decidedly away from the edge towards the centre of the European map. But does this make it significant? The creation of an economic area does not automatically give rise to a cultural area overnight; the removal of passport checks alone does not expand the mind. What makes a modern state significant then? The highest gross domestic product possible? The possession of nuclear warheads? A leading cultural role?

Balkan Express / Return to Europe

What is so fascinating about the Balkans? Where are its myths coming from? What does this region mean to us, to our neighbours and the rest of Europe? How do the inhabitants view themselves? 

Hop on and let’s take a ride on the Balkan Express, where history is told on old Roman and Ottoman roads, through landscapes and cities on the Adriatic Sea, along the Danube River, across South Eastern Europe to the region's largest city, Istanbul. 

European Schools for a Living Planet

Until recently, natural resources have been more than sufficient to support human needs. However, WWF’s 2006 biennial Living Planet Report has shown how this has changed and that we are consuming about 25% more natural resources than the planet can replace. According to the Report, by 2050 we shall be using two planets’ worth of natural resources, unless they run out by then. 

Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence

Journalists from the Balkans did not have many opportunities to travel abroad or to participate in appropriate training. Hence, they are often under-prepared to tackle the challenges of reporting on complex reform issues that have regional or European dimensions. The Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence has been set up to change this.

aces - Academy of Central European Schools

Do you think that education contributes to the process of European integration? Would you like to participate in shaping the future of Europe? Do you want to develop friendships across borders and to take part in international school projects?

If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then you are at the right place! Let us tell you more about aces — Academy of Central European Schools.

Debating Europe

In the series “Debating Europe”, which follows the successful matinee series “Talking about Europe” in Burgtheater, politicians, intellectuals and scientists come to stage to publically discuss European politics.
On 28 February Vienna's Burgtheater offered the stage to politicians and intelectuals who discussed Obama's politics and his relationship with Europe. Next panel discussion scheduled on 21 March 2010.

European transformation and enlargement project

 Through this Project, we want to contribute to the European debate on enlargement and the social transformation that has accompanied it, in a way and style that reaches a large number of people, the high-level policy maker as well as the average interested citizen. An important target group are also students throughout South East and Central Europe. 

Archis SEE Network

A network of independent urban initiatives in South Eastern Europe.

In cooperation with local initiatives launched by architects, planners, artists, urbanists, sociologists and other professionals engaged in the process of improving various political and social dimensions of the urban environment, Archis Interventions intends to establish a network in South Eastern Europe and thereby to foster the exchange of knowledge and best practices, to integrate the issues discussed in international discourse on urbanism, and to support local initiatives.

United World College Mostar

 The United World Colleges (UWC) are international schools where young people aged 16 to 19 from different countries can complete their last two years of secondary education. Currently there are twelve schools of this kind worldwide, the newest of which was inaugurated. ERSTE Foundation supports the UWC Mostar by supporting two scholarships each year.

The Balkan Case Challenge

 If you are an excellent student of law, economics, political or technical sciences, if you are going to finish your studies within one year from now, and if you are a citizen of Austria, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, or Slovenia, then the Balkan Case Challenge is the right programme for you!  

Vienna Seminar

How do we overcome Enlargement Fatigue in Europe – what is it that will convince skeptics? A small, diverse group of thinkers meets and discusses concepts of enlargement and policies towards South Eastern Europe.

The Commission on Radio and Television Policy

The Commission on Radio and Television Policy was founded to encourage democratic policies and practices. Today, the Commission brings together media practitioners, managers, and experts in both the public and private sectors from more than 20 countries in Central, East, Southeast, and West Europe and the United States to discuss and debate alternatives for media policymaking.

Interviewproject Komarom (Hungary) – Komarno (the Slovak Republic)

 This research project is based on an oral history study undertaken at the borders of the Slovak Republic and Hungary in the towns of Komárno and Komárom, which used to be one and the same city before 1918. 

Milena Jesenská Fellowships for Journalists

If you are a journalist working in print, broadcast and electronic media and want to take time off from your professional duties in order to pursue in-depth research on a European topic of your choice, then the Milená Jesenska Fellowship is the right programme for you.