Call for Application

Scholarship Opportunity for Professionals from Central and Eastern Europe

The European Forum Alpbach

The European Forum Alpbach stands for future oriented dialogue between stakeholders who shape peaceful and democratic coexistence in Europe. With the support of the National Endowment of Democracy (NED), the European Forum Alpbach has successfully supported civil society activists, journalists and academics from Central and Eastern Europe over the past three years. Due to rising authoritarian tendencies across Europe, this target group has less and less possibilities to connect and let their voice be heard.

The programme is consolidated this year: With NED’s support, we will enable the participation at the European Forum Alpbach for selected professionals. They can acquire the tools, knowledge and contacts they need in order to strengthen the civic spaces in their home countries within exclusive workshops during the conference.

This year for the first time, the Forum will be a 12-day online conference (23.08.-03.09.2020). We will receive inputs from partner organisations all over the world. Together we will discuss the restart of our societies after the pandemic and the Fundamentals of our future.

The Opportunity

Are you working in the field of civil society, media and academia in Central and Eastern Europe*? Would you like to share your expertise on the strengths and weaknesses of democracy in your country?

In cooperation with the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), the European Forum Alpbach Foundation offers scholarships for professionals to participate at the European Forum Alpbach 2020 online conference (23.08.-03.09.2020) and to take part in further online networking events organised especially for NED scholarship holders (between 28.08. -01.09.2020). Scholarships cover the participation fees and accommodation for the entire Political Symposium

Apply for a scholarship and challenge yourself in the international and intellectually stimulating atmosphere of Europe’s ‘Festival of Ideas’!

The Benefits

• Meeting high-level decision makers and renowned scientists on a screen-to-screen level • Building an international network of young academics, journalists and members of civil society • Experiencing an interdisciplinary and intergenerational dialogue • Access to the entire European Forum Alpbach online conference (23.08.-03.09.2020) and to a series of sessions organised exclusively for NED scholarship holders

How to apply

Candidates should apply with a short CV and motivation letter (max. 300 words) in which they explain how they can benefit from participating in the programme and describe one issue related to the topic of democracy and fundamentals which they would like to discuss during the European Forum Alpbach. Both documents should be submitted in English (the official language of the European Forum Alpbach’s online conference programme).

All documents should be sent to [email protected]

Application Deadline: 07.08.2020

*Eligibility: , , , Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia.