YOUNG LEADERS XXXI 2024 - 2025

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20 January, Monday

17.30        Meeting in the hotel lobby: collecting tickets, originals of papers etc.
18.00        Fireside Chat with Michael WINZER, Resident Representative, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Hungary
19.00        Reception at Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Batthyány u. 49, Budapest

21 January, Tuesday
09.00 — 09.20 Opening of the second course of the XXXI Young Leaders
               Gábor BERCZELI, Director of the Robert Schuman Institute, RSI
               Alessandro D’ONOFRIO, Project Manager and Course Leader, RSI
               Imre RIMÓCZI, Project Coordinator, RSI
09.20 — 10.50 Leading with Purpose: Foundations and Practices for Effective
Leadership” I
Dr. Serge SYCH, Senior Lecturer, International Business School (Budapest
and Vienna), former Vice President at Central European University and
Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
10.50 — 11.05 Coffee break
11.05 — 12.35 Leading with Purpose: Foundations and Practices for Effective Leadership” II
               Dr. Serge SYCH
12.35 — 13.35 Lunch in the hotel
13.40 Departure to the Hungarian Parliament, Kossuth Lajos tér 1-3, 1055, Budapest
14.00 Entrance to the building
14.15 – 15.00 Visit to the building of the Hungarian Parliament
15.00 — 16.00 Study case: A view on Hungary’s national arrangements for minorities
               Imre RITTER, MP for the National Self-Government of Germans in Hungary, (MNOÖ), Hungary
16.00 – 17.00 Discussion
19.00 Dinner in the city

22 January, Wednesday
09.30 – 11.00 The European integration: deepening and enlarging
             From Common Market to budgetary and monetary coordination.
             Prof. Dr. Péter Ákos BOD, Chair of the Economic Policy Department
             Corvinus University, former Governor of the Hungarian National Bank and Board member of EBRD
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.00 What are the EU money for? Budgetary measures, taxation, fighting
inflation at the proof of energy crisis and war
Prof. Dr. Péter Ákos BOD
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch in the city
14.30 – 16.00 Brain Drain: Tackling the issue and becoming more resilient
Dora SZILAGYI, President, Hungarian Youth Conference from Romania,
MIERT, Member of YEPP
László SZEPESSY, Member, Hungarian Youth Conference from Romania,
MIERT
Györk PÜNKÖSTI, Member, Hungarian Youth Conference from Romania,
MIERT
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 – 18.00 Workshop: Brain Drain vs Brain Gain
Dora SZILAGYI
László SZEPESSY
Györk PÜNKÖSTI
19.00 Dinner in the hotel
23 January, Thursday
09.00 – 10.30 Local economic policy, issues of competitiveness and public-private
partnernship
Wim EILERING, EFF Trainer, former MLA, Regional Parliament of
Fryslân
10:30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12:30 Building a Local Economic Development Project
Wim EILERING
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch in the hotel
13.30 – 14.30 Political Education: Young Leaders and Democratic Development
Mariya IVANOVA GABRIEL, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister
of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, former European Commissioner and MEP
Doris PACK, President, Robert Schuman Institute, Germany
14.30 – 16.00 Healthcare systems in Europe: Reforms in Central, Eastern and South-
Eastern Europe
Zsolt GÁL, Assistant Professor of the Political Science Department,
Comenius University, Bratislava, RSI alumnus
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 – 18.00 Workshop: Healthcare systems
Zsolt GÁL
19.00 Dinner in the city
24 January, Friday
09.30 – 11.00 Family supportive policies and demographic challenges
Equlibrium Institute (tbc)
11.00 – 11.15 Coffee Break
11.20 Departure to the Embassy of the Republic of Ireland - Szabadsag ter 7.,
Bank Center, 1054 Budapest
11.45 – 13.00 Opportunities and Challenges of EU membership: the Case of Ireland’s
Success
Reception and discussion with H.E. Ragnar ALMQVIST, Ambassador of
Ireland to Hungary
13.00 – 14.00 Transfer to the hotel
14.00 – 15.30 The EU Foreign investments in the neighbourhood: An Overview
EFF trainer (tba)
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee Break
16.00 – 17.30 Workshop: Attracting Foreign Direct Investment from the EU into my
country
EFF trainer (tba)
19.00 Dinner in the hotel
25 January, Saturday
09.30 – 11.00 Social dialogue, labour relations, youth unemployment and retirement
systems in Europe
Robert GYÖRGY, Organizing Project Manager, GPA-Union and member of the Christian Trade Unionists (FCG), Austria, RSI alumnus
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.00 Workshop: social dialogue in Europe
Robert GYÖRGY
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.30 Becoming a Politician: How to grow into a person worthy of people's
votes I
Federico POTOČNIK, MD, Infectious Diseases Specialist, Stanford GSB
Sloan Fellow 2023 and Independent trainer, Slovenia
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee Break
16.00 – 18.00 Becoming a Politician: How to grow into a person worthy of people's
votes II
Federico POTOČNIK
18.00 – 18.15 Break
18.15 – 19.00 Evaluation of course 2 and brainstorming for course 3
Alessandro D’ONOFRIO
19.00 Dinner in the hotel
26 January, Sunday
Departure
Remark: The Robert Schuman Institute is funded by the European People’s Party and the Robert Schuman Foundation – Luxemburg