Workshop
Details
7th April, Thursday
09:30 – 10:30
Introduction of the seminar, organizers and participants
Welcoming words:
- Ms. Hanna AKOPIAN, Coordinator of the European Program, International Renaissance Foundation
- Mr. Ralf WACHSMUTH, Head of Kyiv Office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation
- Ms. Olha STRUK, Director of the Institute for International Studies of Integration and Globalisation
- Natalja WEHMER, Center for Applied Policy Research, Junior Teams Europe
- Cáit KINSELLA, Center for Applied Policy Research, Junior Teams Europe
10:30 – 12:30
Impulse talk
Review of the European Union- Institutions and policy fields
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 14:15
History, Introduction to the European enlargement process, Copenhagen criteria,
enlargement decision process, voting procedure
Introduction to the simulation „Shaping the Future of Europe“
14:15- 15:00
Distribution of roles / Reading time/Questions and answers
15:00 – 15:20
Coffee break
Simulation
15:20 – 15:45
Speech of the President of the European Commission and Questions from the media
15:45 –16:30
First Roundtable in the Council of Ministers, the Commission and the European
Parliament, clarification of positions, formulation of accession applications, Press start first
background articles
16:30- 17:00
Presentation of the Accession Applications by the Candidate Countries to the EU
Commission, the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament. Review of
applications within the institutions
17.00 – 18.30
Presentation of the Applications by the Candidate Countries to the EU-Commission, the
Council of Ministers and the European Parliament.
18:30 – 19:00
Press Conference and questions of the media
19:00
Dinner
8th April, Friday
09:30 – 11:30
Presentation of the Accession Applications by the Candidate Countries to the EU
Commission, the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament.
11:30 – 12:00
Press Conference (interviews and reports prepared by the representatives of the media)
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch
13:00 – 15:00
Negotiations in the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament, Formal statement
and recommendations by the EU-Commission, Council of Ministers (unanimously) and EP
statement (with absolute majority) decide on a formal statement, instruction to the EU
Commission to start – together with the presidency of the council –with the accession
negotiations
15:00 – 15:45
Press conference
15:45 – 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 - 19:00
Negotiations with the Candidate Countries
19:00
Dinner
9th April, Saturday
09:30 – 11:00
Negotiations with the Candidate Countries
11:00 – 11:30
Vote on the negotiated Accession treaties by the Council of Ministers (unanimously) and
EP statement (with absolute majority)
12.00 – 13.00
Lunch
13.00 – 14.00
Signing of the Accession treaties, speeches by representatives of the EU-Commission,
the presidency of the Council, the EP and the candidate countries
Reflection
14:00 – 15:00
Evaluation of and reflection on the results of the simulation
15.00 – 18.00
Tour of Dnipropetrovsk
18:30
Dinner in Dnipropetrovsk
10th April, Sunday
09:00 – 14:00
Didactic workshop- Simulation theory, Methods of teaching the institutions and the history
of the EU
14:00 – 15:00
Lunch and departure