On October 16, 2009 our Association has cooperated with the CIRCaP in organizing the events connected with the Inauguration of the Academic Year of the Graduate School in Political Science.
The day, with the degrees ceremony, the distinguished lecture of Doctor Bini Smaghi (Central European Bank), the conversation of Professor Yves Mèny (President of the European University Institute) on the problems of postgraduate studies, the General Assembly of the Association, and the participation of many professors, students, post-docs and alumni has been a great success.
After a lively discussion, the general assembly has expressed a fully positive evaluation of the activities undertaken by the Association during the past year – among which are research projects and communication among Alumni – and has agreed on the need to further develop its activities.
In particular, there was a large consensus that the Association should contribute to the creation of a “mobility fund” for Circap PhD and Master students.”
It is a matter of fact that students suffer from a shortage of funds to finance their attendance to international conferences. This sometimes prevents them from attending the best conferences, especially when they are held overseas.
Following this recommendation the Executive Committee of the Association has decided to set as a goal for the new year to establish a Student Mobility Fund and devote all donations from December 2009 until April 2010 to this purpose. Once this Fund will have been established, a call for applications will be launched, independent external referees will evaluate the student proposals and assign the award.
In order to make this goal possible the Association needs your help. On behalf of the board and of the whole Association, I am asking you to be generous.
It is now time to help others to accomplish their own mission of students. It is a onetime donation that will last a lifetime.
We have an online donation system that is quick and easy and you can decide how you want to donate (http://circapalumni.org/donations/).
