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Otilia Dhand: a top leader creates trust and has a clear vision

Madeleine Worner — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 09:59:30 +0000

On 17.11.2021 Otilia Dhand finds herself sitting in the middle of the 4th cohort of the ELP European Leadership Programme. She seems to be full of confidence and she is concentrating. Her voice is warm and kind. For the next two hours, she will tell us about her life. Otilia begins sharing with a […]

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How to become a better and more mature leader

Lukacs Hayes — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 14:24:44 +0000

The European Leadership Programme is about personal and professional growth. It opens a career pathway for those who want to become European leaders. It also gives them the possibility to decide how to manage their life in Brussels and define their learning process. The ELP involves commitment, effort, interest, curiosity, meeting deadlines, participation in sessions and […]

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Can the Amazon rainforest be saved?

JESC — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 13:42:02 +0000

In the context of the Amazon Synod, the question of the impact of humankind on nature has been put forward. On Thursday 24 October, the ELP Fellows had the pleasure of a discussion with Juan Diego, a Jesuit from Chile specializing in Indigenous human rights. The Amazon rainforest; a place of biodiversity and people The […]

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Shabka is my family

JESC — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 11:48:24 +0000

Lukas WANK, the director of Shabka, was thinking a lot about how to engage people in critical thinking. He worked as a conflict analyst, a political advisor, a civil engineer, a kitchen hand, a soldier and a graphic designer. He has a lot of experience and ideas, especially in the field of security, and he […]

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ELP Meets Commissioner Violeta Bulc

JESC — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 11:33:00 +0000

On October 17, the European Leadership Programme Fellows met with Violeta Bulc, the Transport Commissioner of the Juncker Commission. The one and one-half hour long discussion gave us plenty of food for thought about the virtues of the current EU political structure and the techniques of successful leadership. EU institutional structure: A unique and exemplary […]

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Stratagem Simulation Game – When Union is Strength

JESC — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 11:08:46 +0000

On Sunday 13 October, the ELP fellows, together with other participants, attended a seminar titled “Call to Public Life”. We had the opportunity to get involved in the “government” of an overpopulated, but resourceful country, through a role-play called Stratagem, where different teams, representing the executive branch of a fictional country, had to find the […]

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From the ground to the sky

JESC — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 10:04:28 +0000

The Call to Public Life On Friday October 11, the ELP Fellows and Jesuit Alumni met together to open a week-end seminar on “The call to public life: reshaping Europe”. Edmond Grace SJ opened the session with an introduction to the notion of “call to public life”, by tackling the challenges of meeting faith and […]

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Conference & graduation of the ELP fellows

JESC — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 09:59:54 +0000

We are happy to invite you to the concluding conference and graduation ceremony of the first cohort of the European Leadership Programme (ELP). Please join us to discuss the importance of forming young leaders in Europe. After defending their dissertations, the ELP fellows will take part in afternoon panels with professors and institutional partners. The conference will […]

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New leaders for a new Europe

JESC — Mon, 13 May 2019 10:35:45 +0000

Dear friends, we are forming new leaders for Europe. Would you like to know more about our project? This edition of the Leadership post is dedicated to the European Leadership Programme (ELP) that has just opened new applications for next semester. It is now possible to apply for the next semester that starts on October […]

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Van Rompuy talks at the ELP

JESC — Mon, 13 May 2019 10:09:35 +0000

Former President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, talked to the JESC team and European Leadership Programme fellows, on April 24. He spent a whole evening with us, in the chapel of the Foyer Catholique, in Brussels, answering questions raised by the ELP fellows, Director Peter Rožič SJ, and the JESC team. Below, you […]

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