The 2023 edition of the Brussels Field Trip takes place on November 20-21, 2023. The event is organized for 1st-year students and EPS obligatory classes are canceled in the days of November 21-22.
During the first semester of the study period, a two-day trip to Brussels offers students the chance to get in contact with stakeholders in the core of EU decision-making and to better understand the day-to-day operations of the “EU capital”. During the event, students meet experts from EU institutions, think tanks, NGOs, and consultancies including EPS Alumni based in Brussels.
Programme:
20.11
- 10:00 – 12:00 – European Parliament Research Service, Empowering through knowledge: EPRS supporting EU decision-making
- 12:00 – 14:00 – Lunch Break and time for a “surprise activity”
- 14:00 – 17:00 – Council of the European Union – visiting the Council’s premises
- 17:30-19:30 – meeting with the EPS alumni working in Brussels + drinks after
21.11
- 9:30 – 12:30 – European Commission
- 09:00 – Arrival – Charlemagne – Security Checks
- 09:20 – The role of the European Commission – Institutional Affairs – issues connected to a democratic deficit of the EC and the power struggle between the EC and other institutions presented by Senior Expert, Member of internal speakers’ team for the Directorate General for Communication
- 10:20 – Break
- 10:40 – EU Enlargment and Neighbourhood Policy presented by Deputy Head of Unit
- 11:40 – Future of Europe – was the conference successful, how did it generally go?
- 12:30 – Human rights – EU and promotion of HR abroad, in its closest neighbourhood, presented by Speaker from EEAS
- 13:15 – End of the information visit in the European Commission
- 13:30 – 14:30 – Lunch break
- 15:00 – 18:00 – House of the European History – group visit (audioguided).
See the programme of previous editions:
EVENT INFO :
- Start Date:20. 11. 2023
- Start Time:09:00
- End Date:22. 11. 2023
- End Time:18:00
