Monthly Archives: September 2009

Aspen’s Young Leaders Program, three days of policy ideas

Radu Oprea September 25, 2009
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Three more days into Aspen’s Young Leaders Program have passed with intense and hot debates over issues like energy efficiency, EU funds and bureaucracy, education for the EU labor market, economic and social effects of political instability in Moldova, immigration, …

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Aspen Institute’s Young Leaders Program, Module 3, Day 1

Radu Oprea September 21, 2009
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I am attending the Young Leaders Program from Aspen Institute Romania these days. It is the third module out of four that I had the privilege to contract out, as a result of a highly selection process that consisted in …

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Third day of the Swedish Conference, the “Opinion Square”

Radu Oprea September 21, 2009
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The third day of the Conference was productive in terms of policy ideas. The “Opinion Square” is a wonderful tool to give feedback on all the issues that the 10 working groups discussed. To be short, every working group presented …

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Second day of the Swedish Conference, marathon of policy ideas.

Radu Oprea September 15, 2009
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The second day of the Swedish Conference on Future EU Cooperation in the Youth Field started with key messages of important stakeholders on youth policies: The Swedish Minister for Youth Affairs, Ms. Nyamko Sabuni, emphasized the need for a new …

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First day of the Swedish Conference, great hosts, great expectations!

Radu Oprea September 13, 2009
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The first day of the Conference on Future EU Cooperation in the Youth Field kicked off with great expectations. The hosts have done a great job organizing the events. The workshops from tomorrow look very promising, too. It is hard …

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I am attending the Conference on the Future European Union Cooperation in the Youth Field, Stockholm, Sweden, September 12-14, 2009

Radu Oprea September 8, 2009
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Watch live webcasts at www.se2009.eu/youth Sweden has the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU). The Council is the highest decision-making body in the EU and consists of one minister from each Member State, who has the authority …

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Two Romanian landmarks in my summer 2009 travels.

Radu Oprea September 4, 2009
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This is my first post. The website is not ready yet. Actually, it will never be ready because it will include presentations and accomplishments of the projects that I am engaged in. And I hope I will always have at …

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