Dear ESN-sections! Dear Presidents! Every year in August a very special event takes place in Austria: the European Forum Alpbach! The European Forum, a non-governmental, not-for profit organization grants scholarships worth EUR 500,- (participation fee) or more! I was asked by the European Forum in Vienna (which is organising this unique event in the tyrolean mountains) to make it even more public all over Europe. Now I am asking you to promote it according to your possibilities in your section and at your university.
IMPORTANT: The deadline is May 17! The IDEA: Free of all the usual barriers in both academic and political life, important topics of our time are discussed at the �European Forum Alpbach�. Debates are very informal and the exchange of ideas in an open atmosphere and with respect for differing points of view is guided by the common search for truth. Major goals are the reconciliation of theoretical knowledge and practical life and the establishment of lively contacts between the international academic elite and young students from all over the world. I participated last year myself and would not send you this e-mail, if I wouldn't be convinced by the idea and programme of the European Forum Alpbach. The unique "Alpbach Spirit" is hard to describe but worth discovering. Last year Carlo Lanzinger, NR of Italy, and myself organised an ESN-BBQ during the AGM, as you could read in the January edition of Incommon (www.incommon.info, or directly: http://myy.helia.fi/~kantopor/incommon/03_11/esnnews_bbq.htm) I will for sure apply this year again for a scholarship and hope to see many of you and your section in August at the European Forum Alpbach! Please give as many international students as possible the chance to participate in this fantastic european event! (further details see below or at www.alpbach.org) Pallomeri from Scotland, Christoph Graf! Since 1945, the European Forum organises a high-ranking interdisciplinary congress, the European Forum Alpbach, taking place annually in August in the picturesque Tyrolean mountain village of Alpbach. The Forum Alpbach brings together academics and professionals, scientists and practitioners of specialised fields and disciplines of the social and natural sciences, as well as politicians, artists and economists. Depending on the general subject chosen for a particular year, discussion groups are being held, both in small compact seminar form and in plenary meetings, dealing with the main issues of our time, as well as with aspects and problems of our society related to the general subject. This year's European Forum Alpbach will focus on the general topic "Boundaries and Beyond" (August 19 - September 4th, 2004). There is also an annual Alpbach Summer School on European Integration which is running concurrently with the European Forum Alpbach. The chief objective of this intensive Summer School is to offer senior students and young graduates of law, economics, the social and political sciences, an intensive basic course on the law, economics and politics of European integration. In addition to the lectures provided by distinguished teachers of European Community Law, practitioners of the EU, the Austrian Government, the Austrian Parliament, and of organisations and socio-economic interest groups representative of a broad spectrum of civil society will also participate in classes of the Summer School from time to time, to answer questions and to contribute to discussions. Please send the registration form which you can find at www.alpbach.org to European Forum Alpbach Invalidenstra�e 5/7 A 1030 Vienna Application deadline is May 17, 2004!!! Student who cannot afford to participate get the possibility to apply for a SCHOLARSHIP but you must be under the age of 35. The scholarship is supposed to be for students and recent graduates from all over Europe. The project's aim is to broaden the circle of participants with motivated and critical young people, who want to discuss their ideas and views aside of the daily political discourse. Applications can only be submitted by mail to the office of the European Forum Alpbach and should also contain: # Letter of motivation # Curriculum Vitae # Confirmation of study performance See www.alpbach.org for more infos. ____________________________________________ Christoph Graf National Representative of ESN-Austria 2003/04 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: +44 (0) 7906 885550 temporary address: permanent address: 8 Mayfield Terrace Rotensterngasse 5/12 EH9 1SA A-1020 Wien Edinburgh Austria United Kingdom _______________________________________________ Esn-sections mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://list.esn.dk/mailman/listinfo/esn-sections ************************************************************************** * [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Suomen ESN-jaostojen yhteinen postituslista. * * * * Listoille liittymisest� ja poistumisesta huolehtii [EMAIL PROTECTED] * L�het� yll� mainittuun osoitteeseen s�hk�posti, jonka TEKSTIKENTT��N * * kirjoitat jonkin alla olevista komennoista: * * * * subscribe esn-sf [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * unsubscribe esn-sf [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * Jos et saa tolkkua ohjeista, ota yhteytt� [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * Arkisto: www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/maillist.html * **************************************************************************
