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June – July 2012 – The Villa Decius Association once again offers work practice as part of the prestigious programme “Play for an Internship.” To win the competition, you need to solve a task in the selected area and present yourself well during an interview. This year the winner was Kaja Cygankiewicz, a graduate of history and pedagogy, a student of tourism and cultural management. The winner will have the opportunity to learn and contribute to one of the largest educational endeavours of this type in Central Europe – the Visegrad Summer School.

Presentation of the Villa Decius in the Polish Institute in Budapest – 21 May, 2012, Monday, at 5:00 p.m. On 1 July, Poland will take over the presidency of the Visegrad Group. This event is an opportunity to talk about experience of the cooperation of the Visegrad Group countries in the field of culture and education, as well as about plans and new projects for next year. The aim of the meeting, for which the Director of Villa Decius, Danuta Glondys, PhD, was invited, is to exchange information, knowledge and to present the Association’s activities.

On 31 May in Prague, during the inauguration of the Polish Presidency of the Visegrad Group the International Visegrad Prize will be awarded. This is the most prestigious award in whole Central Europe, which was established by Ministers of Culture of Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary in 2004 and is awarded annually to individuals and institutions for their actions for the development of cultural cooperation of the Visegrad Group countries. This year’s prize winner is the Villa Decius Association of Krakow, whose flagship programmes focus on the cooperation of V4.

Ecoweek. Reunion in Green District – 17-18 May, 2012. Ecoweek in co-operation with The Villa Decius Association, Krakow University of Technology and the Administrative District No. VII Zwierzyniec is holding, for the first time in Poland, a conference entitled “Reunion in Green District”. The conference programme includes lectures of foreign and domestic experts. Among the invited (and confirmed) guests are the world-renowned experts such as: Matha Pozo (MVRDV/the Netherlands), Vasilis Maroulas.

Polsko-Brytyjski Okrągły Stół to najważniejsze, nieformalne forum polsko-brytyjskie, w którym udział biorą czołowi politycy, dyplomaci, urzędnicy, intelektualiści oraz przedstawiciele biznesu i mediów z Polski i Wielkiej Brytanii. Poprzez dyskusję nad najważniejszymi problemami europejskimi i globalnymi projekt ma umocnić pozytywną opinię o Polsce w Wielkiej Brytanii, a także na forum europejskim, jako o kraju zaangażowanym, zdolnym do działania i posiadającym jasną wizję polityki zagranicznej.

(POL) Konferencja będąca bilateralnym forum dyskusji polityków, dyplomatów, urzędników, intelektualistów i przedstawicieli mediów Polski i Wielkiej Brytanii. Podczas organizowanych corocznie wydarzeń poruszane są najważniejsze zagadnienia będące na agendzie europejskiej. Tegoroczne obrady rozpoczęła debata Uncertain Europe, Post-Western World? z udziałem Christophera Patena, Kanclerza Uniwersytetu Oksfordzkiego oraz Aleksandra Kwaśniewskiego, b. Prezydenta RP.

The Villa Decius Association invites you to a debate on „Uncertain Europe, Post-Western World?” This will be an opening event of a fifth Polish-British Round Table, organized by demosEUROPA – Centre for European Strategy (Warsaw), the European Studies Centre (Oxford), the Royal Institute of International Affairs (London), Unia & Polska Foundation (Warsaw) and Villa Decius (Krakow).

(POL) Promocja publikacji Parki Krakowa. Park Decjusza – 26 kwietnia 2012, czwartek, godz. 13.00. Promocja serii zeszytów monograficznych o krakowskich parkach i terenach zielonych wydawanych przez O?rodek Kultury im. C. K. Norwida. Wstęp wolny.