In partnership with
T a llin
with the support of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Tallin
BALTIC SEA SUMMER UNIVERSITY
« THE BALTIC COUNTRIES IN EUROPE »
REPORT OF THE SESSION
TALLIN (Estonia)
July 12th to 17th 2015
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The second edition of the Baltic sea summer university, was organised in Tallin from
July 11th to 17th with the kindly collaboration of Euroakadeemia, the same partner of
the 2014’s session.
The foreign students were accommodated in the guest hostel of the university, very
close to the old town and using common transportation very easily to join the
University.
The academic program was structured around some issues of “The Baltic countries
in Europe” The group, coming from all over the world, represented 7 different
countries.
The Academic sessions contained approximately 30 hours of lectures, seminar,
institutional visits and discussions in groups. They were conducted in English by
international experts from European Union, Russia, and of course Estonia.
All the participants enjoyed a rich program of additional studies that allowed them
to appreciate the culture of this special Baltic country. A very, very popular
excursion was offered to some famous places in the country.
All the candidates completed the program successfully and received a certificate of
participation. Additionally, those students who presented some more work after the
session acquired ECTS Credits.
We also asked our students at the end of the session to fill out the evaluation
questionnaire and comment upon our programme. Their observations, which can be
found further on in this report have been of a great value for us.
Thanks to the very friendly involvment of our Estonian partner Leonid who
immediately formed that special bond which made the group friendly for many and
many years.
Thanks to Konrad Adenauer Stiftung that facilitated the participation of a few very
interested candidates from Russia, Bielorussia and Ukraina.
We hope that this session in Tallin will be a very nice memory for each one
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PROGRAMME
Sunday 12 July 2015 :
During all the day. Arrival of the participants - Accommodation
Tuesday 13 July 2015 :
OPENING SESSION
09:00am : snack and coffee
at the University
9:30 – 10:00 Opening and Welcoming Words. Presentation of the
partners :
- Marie-France Perdigon, Director of the Summer University
Programme, CIFE Nice, France
- Thomas Schneider, Head of the Project Office Estonia and
the EU-Russia Dialogue, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Tallinn
- Leonid Karabeshkin, Acting Dean, Faculty of International
Relations, Euroacademy, Estonia
Presentation of the students
10:30
Introductory Session “Estonia and the Baltic States”
11:30 “Energy Security in the Baltic States”
Arvi Hamburg, Professor, Dean of the
Energy Faculty, Tallinn Technical University
“Energy Security in the Baltic States”
(continuation)
Hamed Alavi, CIFE Alumni, Lecturer,
Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
14:30
Lunch together
-3 15:00
Visit to Riigikogu, short excursion
and meeting with a MP
16:30 Guided tour through old City of Tallinn accompanied by:
Vladimir Sergejev, Professor, Euroacademy and Mark Ingerjas,
Master student, Tallinn Technical University
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09:00am Snack and coffee
9.30
“The Topical Trends of Economic
Development in Estonia and Beyond”
Raivo Vare, Chairman of Board,
Estonian Railways JSC, Tallinn,
Estonia
11:30 “Estonia and Transatlantic Relations”
Fred Lbaree, Program Manager, Partnership for
Peace Consortium, Garmich-Partenkirchen, Germany
Vlad Vernygora (New Zealand), Lecturer and NATO SPS Project Director,
Centre for Asia-Pacific Studies, Department of International Relation, Tallinn
University of Technology, Estonia.
Lunch together
14:45
“Russian-Baltic Relations: Political and Economic Dimensions”
Alexander Sergunin, Professor,
St.-Petersburg State University
Hamed Alavi, CIFE Alumni, Lecturer,
Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Wednesday15 July 2015
09:00am
Snack and coffee
9:30 “Neo-Regionalism in the Baltic Countries”
* Does the region of the Baltic states still exist?
* “Features of neo-regionalism in the area”
* “The Baltics’ involvement into the Eastern Partnership”
Vlad Vernygora (New Zealand), Lecturer and NATO SPS
Project Director, Centre for Asia-Pacific Studies, Department
of International Relation, Tallinn University of Technology,
Estonia
10:45
“Latvia: from transition to transformation”
* Key characteristics of post-Soviet Latvia
* Current economic and social challenges
* The way forward: strategic priorities for a sustainable
transformation
* Who is driving Latvia?
Claudio Andres Rivera, PhD, Associate Professor and Director of
Bachelor Program, Riga Business School, Riga, Latvia
12:00 – 13:00 Short lunch (brunch) before departure for the excursion
-5 Excursion and Interactive
Programme out of Talllin
Jagala Waterfall
and Rakvere Castle
…..with a medieval dinner
before departure
by bus !
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09 am Snack and coffee
9:30
13:00
“The EU’s 2020 Strategy and Estonia”
Laurent Baechler, Director of the MAEIS of CIFE, Anglophone branch.
Nice - France
Lunch together
with a surprise with the
special cake of the summer
university of Tallin!
pm : Examination Session for students wishing to acquire ECTS Credits
Free for the others
19:00 “Goodbye” !
Diploma’s Award and
Closing Reception in a pub
Speeches,
congratulations
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And kisses ....
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Friday 17July 2015 : Departure of all participants
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PARTICIPANTS
ADAME AMDI Miraïla
France
miraila.adame-madi@
etu.univ-lyon1.fr
mirailaa@yahoo
ALBORA Bella
Estonia
alborabella@gmail.com
ATRASHKEVICH Aleksandra
Belarus
alexandra.atra13@gmail.com
BONDARETS Dmitro
Estonia
dmyrgeux@gmail.ru
DERBINA Anastasia
Estonia
aderbina1987@gmail.com
ELOY Michaël
France
eloymichael9@gmail.com
DUT Maintenance and Industrial
(2nd year), IUT Lyon 1,
University Claude Bernard, Lyon
(France)
Higher Education Degree (International Relations)
Bachelor in International
Relations (3rd year), Belarusian
State University, Minsk, Belarus.
Applied Higher Education
Degreein International Relations
(3rd year), Euroacademy, Tallinn
Applied Higher Education
Degree in International Relations
(2nd year), Euroacademy, Tallinn
English Law Degree (3rd year),
of Amiens (France).
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KESKKÜLA Pilleriin
Estonia
pillerin-keskkula@hotmail.com
KONDRATENKO Maria
Russia
maria.kondratenko71@gmail.com
MARCHUK Oleksandr
Ukraine
marchsank@ukr.net
PUTON Maxence
France / USA
Applied Higher Education
Degree in International Relations
(3rd year), Euroacademy, Tallinn.
Graduate, Russian State
Pedagogical University, Public
Relations, St.-Peterburg, Russia
Kamyanets-Podolskiy National
University, Bachelor in History
(4th year)
Student (2nd year), University
Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris.
maxputon@hotmail.fr
REPETUN Karina
Estonia
Applied Higher Education Degree
in International Relations
(3rd year), Euroacademy, Tallinn
karinarepetun@gmail.com
ROTKINA Yuliia
Ukraine
julia.rotkina@mail.ru
Kamyanets-Podilskiy National
University, Bachelor in History
(4th year)
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RZAEVA Aitakin
Russia
ayka.rzaevaa@gmail.com
ŠEREMET-ANIKEJEVA Jelena
Estonia
jelena.sheremet@gmail.com
SULGER Risto
Estonia
risto.sulger@gmail.com
UUSMES Ievgeni
Estonia
Master Degree in International
relations (2nd), Akdeniz
University Antalya (Turkey).
Applied Higher Education
Degree in International Relations
(3rd year), Euroacademy,
Tallinn.
Applied Higher Education
Degree in International
Relations (3rd year),
Euroacademy,Tallinn.
Student, Euroacademy, Tallinn
ijevgeni@mail.ru
VASALIUT Alina
Romania
alina_vasaliut@yahoo.fr
ZHBANKOVA Anastasia
Estonia
a.zhbankova@gmail.com
Student (3rd year Biology),
University Pierre et Marie Curie,
Paris.
Higher Education Degree in
International Relations (3rd Year),
Euroacademy Tallin
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EVALUATION
This programme, organised in Tallin for the second time was considered as a success by all the
students and lecturers. The examination of the evaluation forms have proved a very large satisfaction. We
can consider that the program has been widely praised with a level of satisfaction of more than 94 %.
The candidates were nicely surprised by their hostel, located very close from the old city and
really comfortable. This campus, offering twin rooms and a large common kitchen with all the necessary
equipment, gave them the opportunity to organise, every evening, a “special dinner” testing all the
speciality of the represented nationalities. Due to the support of the Foundation Konrad Adenauer, a
group of candidates coming from Russia, Bielorussia and Ukrainia were invited to take part in the
program. They were considered as very good candidates, with a high academic level and very interested
with the program
A bus, just in front of the hostel was the best way to easily join the university each morning.
Regarding the lectures and the speakers, the candidates have all noticed a very large satisfaction
about - relations with the staff,
- administrative assistance offered before and during the program
- cultural and tourist activities offered outside the program
- conduction of the educational program, etc.
The choice of topics was appreciated and for the majority of the group, all the topics were relevant
and presented in a very interesting and proper way. All the students made many positive comments about
the team of lecturers, and judged the programme as a very high level even if really overbooked. The
academic programme was very intensive but with a good balance between courses and visits. They also
were very impressed by the visit of the Parliament.
Although the candidates, with the help of their new Estonian friends, have appreciated the
opportunity to explore the city openly and widely during the evening and the excursion, organised in the
middle of the week, was considered as a cultural, but very funny time, of this session.
The students also appreciated relationship with the director of the programme and the partner.
The general opinion was that the opportunity of an academic program and experience of living together
with so many representatives of other nationalities will benefit each and everybody in the future. As
usually, the group did not want to leave and the session seemed "too short"!
In conclusion, all candidates have been very satisfied with the program and expressed the wish to
follow another summer session of CIFE in the future. A "Goodby party" organised at the end of the
programme, gave the opportunity for every student to receive a certificate proving his participation in the
programme.
CIFE warmly thanks Euroacademy Tallin, specially the Dean of the Faculty of International
Relations, Leonid Karabeshkin who was a perfect partner, but also a very nice friend
Find all the photos of the session on facebook « Programme universitaire d’été du
CIFE »
https://www.facebook.com/#!/programmedete.ducife/media_set?set=a.101536269933588
16.1073741840.617453815&type=3
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SUMMER UNIVERSITY ORGANISATION
Direction of the Summer University Programme of CIFE
Marie-France PERDIGON
Director of the Summer University Programme
direction.mfp@orange.fr
CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE FORMATION EUROPEENNE
L’Adriatic – 81 rue de France - 06000 - NICE
Tel. 00 33 (0)4 93 97 93 77
Fax. 00 33 (0)4 93 97 93 71
ORGANISATION AND ASSISTANCE IN ESTONIA
EUROACADEMY TALLIN
Leonid Karabeshkin
Acting Dean
Faculty of International Relations
leonid@euroakadeemia.ee
This
project
has
been
funded
with
support
from
the
European
Commission.
This Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein
With the support of the
ERASMUS + Program