Shaping Europe - strengthening Europe: Ideas for Europe

On the occasion of Germany’s EU Council Presidency, the DAAD organised an exchange with its alumni from the 27 EU member states around the questions on the future of the EU. The hybrid event under the patronage of Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas was joined by German and European, leading personalities.
1 October 2020, 6:00 – 8:00 PM // Online or at the Quadriga Forum, Werderscher Markt 15, 10117 Berlin // #DAADalumni4EU
- To the event report
- To the recording of the event
- Programm_Alumniveranstaltung_01102020 [PDF 133.98 KB]
Social Media Campaign
Under the hashtag #DAADalumni4EU, we are currently running a social media campaign, which portrays DAAD alumni from across the EU who are presenting their ideas for Europe. Follow our daily video posts on: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube
Sustainability and environment
- Poland – Dr. Mateusz Osiecki – Sustainable European civic aviation
- Estonia – Diana Gandera – European refund scheme for drink bottles and glass containers
- Hungary – Dora Dömötör-Nagy – European train network with a centralised ticket booking system
- Bulgaria – Stefan Dimitrov – Animal welfare in Europe #EndtheCageAge
Cooperation and network
- Netherlands – Durkje Salman – More European/joint degrees
- Slovakia – Lenka Kramolišová – Increased European data protection
- Greece – Sotiris Mitralexis – Transparent European decision making and debt mutualisation
- Croatia – Ivan Haiman – Interactive map for a sustainable spatial development in the EU
Politics and common values
- Portugal – Maria Beatriz Almeida – Study visits to the EU Institutions for all
- Ireland – Tara Collins – Europe of the regions
- Czechia – Jan Vařák – Stronger human rights dimension in European policies
- Romania – Gabriela Ghindea – Visionary, European peace prevention agenda
- Slovenia – Mateij Meza – European act to make social media more social
- France – Stefan Drawin – Leap frog over European borders
Education and society
- Italy – Sara Fascione – European awareness raising about common cultural past
- Lithuania – Salomeja Pranckiene – EU funding programme for young teachers and postgraduates
- Spain – Sofia González Goméz – More investments into European education and research
- Latvia – Maija Kale – European digital learning platform
- Luxembourg – Fee Madeleine Hinkel – Free public transport across the EU
- Cyprus – Marinos Ioannides – Digitalisation of the European cultural heritage
- Finland – Mia Raitaniemi and Mariann Skog-Södersved – EU-wide online course for cultural competences
- Germany – Stefan Daubner – More European music and theatre projects
#DAADalumni4EU – Ideas for Europe
