Call for participants! Advanced training course “Challenges and Perspectives of Science Diplomacy in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe”
CEI announced the Call for Participants to join the Advanced training course “Challenges and Perspectives of Science Diplomacy in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe”, which will take place in Trieste and Gorizia (Italy) on 24 – 27 November 2026.
The course is co-organised by the CEI, the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Trieste and the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region (FVG). It is funded by the latter in the context of the CEI-FVG Joint Work Programme 2026-2027 – with the support of the European Union Science Diplomacy Alliance, the FVG Scientific and Innovation System (SIS), the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) and Area Science Park.
The course aims at building capacities on Science Diplomacy, its evolution in the European and global context and applications to real-world examples and case studies.
During the activity, participants will have the chance to interact with top-level speakers and lecturers in the framework of 15 lectures, 3 interactive sessions, 3 roundtables and 1 study visit to research infrastructures.
The course will admit a maximum of 30 participants by selecting the following candidates who must be affiliated to organisations based in CEI Member States:
- Diplomats and other civil servants working in international relations who want to explore Science Diplomacy as a field of professional practice.
- Scientific officers and administrators in research and higher education institutions who have a role in developing the international portfolio of their organisations.
- Journalists, non-governmental organisations’ employees, business professionals, graduate students, and anyone else who professionally engage with diplomats, or seek to enhance their comprehension of topics related to Science Diplomacy.
A number of mobility grants (up to 600 EUR) in the form of reimbursement of travel and accommodation costs will be made available by the organisers.
The submission deadline set on 30 June 2026 at 5 PM CET.
For further queries, do not hesitate to contact the organisers by writing an email to Alessandro Lombardo (lombardo@cei.int).
More information and Terms of Reference are available here.