14th Portuguese Atlantic Youth Seminar
The Portuguese Atlantic Committee and the Portuguese Atlantic Youth Association are organizing the 14th Portuguese Atlantic Youth Seminar.This year the Seminar will be held at Alfeite Naval Academy, near Lisbon, from the 1st (arrival) to the 8th of August (departure). The lectures and educational activities of this seminar will discuss the drafting of NAT0’s new strategic concept. For this purpose, Portuguese and foreign researchers and policy-makers will be invited to have fruitful discussions with the participants. Furthermore, a set of social activities will be arranged in order to allow everyone to have a pleasant stay in Portugal.
Summer School in Bratislava
Central European Studies: Transformation Process.
The Euro-Atlantic Center is co-organizing with the University of Economics of Bratislava, the University of Vienna and the University of Prague a two weeks long Summer School on "Political and Economic Transformation of Central Europe after 1989: Successes and pitfalls". The program of the Summer School is a combination of interactive lessons, case studies and excursions to various locations in Slovakia and other Central European states to provide a comprehensive and authentic “Slovak Story” associated with the particular topic of study and to compare this story with the experience of other Central European states.
Crisis Management Simulation
From the 12th to the 18th of July, 15 YATA members will participate to the fourth international Crisis Management simulation organized by the Queen’s Centre for International Studies and Mannheim University in Kingston, Canada. The scenario for the simulation will be the current state of affairs in Afghanistan. This simulation will make use of few standardized procedures – allowing for a natural and unobstructed process in which participants will analyze the diplomatic, military and economic aspects of the situation in Afghanistan.
NATO in 2020: What role will the Alliance have?
Three hundred young people of fifty-seven nationalities will celebrate the 60th anniversary of NATO and contemplate the Alliance's future during a three day Youth Summit organized in Strasbourg from the 1st to the 4th of April.
The Youth Atlantic Treaty Association will participate to the event with a consistent delegation of international students and young professionals.
The Danish Atlantic Youth Seminar 2009
Seminar on diplomacy and crisis management in the backyard of Europe.
From the 6 to 12 of July the Danish chapter of the Atlantic Treaty Association has organized the 24th annual Danish Atlantic Youth Seminar - DAYS. The Seminar will be held at the Airbase of Aalborg.
The guest list includes international students representing over twenty different nationalities as well as renowned scholars, all at the top of their fields. Through academic and social exercises the seminar will give young students from across the globe a unique opportunity to enlarge their intellectual and cultural horizon.
YATA General Assembly
From the 8th to the 12th of November, the 13th General Assembly of the Youth Atlantic Treaty Association has taken place in Berlin. More than 130 YATA Delegates have participated to two day conference, having the opportunity to meet with delegates coming from all the 39 YATA Chapters, as well as from partners countries and youth associations.
Akhaltsikhe International Security Seminar
nGnI, the Information Centre on NATO in Georgia and Latvian Transatlantic Organisation (LATO) are currently implementing the Akhaltsikhe International Security Seminar (AISS) - a 4-day long intensive seminar, with the support of the Latvian and Georgian Ministries of Defence.