European Student Think Tank

The 2013-2014 Strategy Groups (Youth Employ­ment & Migra­tion) will take place from June 10th-12th 2013 in The Hague, The Netherlands

Do you have what it takes to become the next Barroso? This is your chance to let Brussels know what you think! The future of Europe? You decide! The European Student Think Tank is organizing Strategy Groups focusing on European Migration policy and European Youth Employment policy.

We are looking for a small group of Europe’s most driven and knowledgeable students with a passion for EU-politics. We will give you the opportunity to sit down with students from different countries, cultures and disciplines to discuss, analyze and come up with solutions for the European Commission.

What is an EST Strategy Group?

An EST Strategy Group will focus on an issue in or an aspect of the European com­munity and will come up with strategies for future policy in order to tackle this par­tic­u­lar problem.

Who will par­ti­cip­ate in a strategy group?

The mem­bers of a strategy group prefer­ably con­sist of 15 stu­dents, from dif­fer­ent European coun­tries. Two mem­bers will take the pos­i­tion of chair­per­son, the remain­ing 13 will be reg­u­lar members.

So, what is in it for the participant?

• Rel­ev­ant exper­i­ence in your field of study;
• Oppor­tun­ity to go ‘in depth’ in a par­tic­u­lar field of knowledge;
• Work in an inter­na­tional envir­on­ment, in an inter­dis­cplin­ary manner;
• Exper­i­ence with qual­it­at­ive as well as quant­it­at­ive research.

The role of the mem­bers is primar­ily based on con­tent and ideas. They will have less respons­ib­il­ity and will be less occu­pied with spread­ing the group’s ideas. Non­ethe­less, par­ti­cip­a­tion in a Strategy Group forms a great oppor­tun­ity to dive into a cer­tain area of European policy and gain expert­ise and exper­i­ence in this field.

The EST Strategy Groups offer you:

• Fully organ­ized three days in the inter­na­tional city of The Hague
• Your reports with policy advises will be handed to the European Com­mis­sion
• An offi­cial EST Strategy Group Cer­ti­fic­ate
• Rel­ev­ant work- and study exper­i­ence related to EU-politics
• Oppor­tun­ity to meet lead­ing sci­ent­ists, politi­cians and other offi­cials of great stature
• Oppor­tun­ity to pro­foundly study and ana­lyze a particular issue
• Oppor­tun­ity to work in an inter­na­tional and inter­cul­tural environment
• Oppor­tun­ity to work in an inter­dis­cip­lin­ary manner
• Develop research skills: qual­it­at­ive and quant­it­at­ive research skills, present your find­ings in a report

Pro­gram

The EST will take care of the refresh­ments dur­ing the dis­cus­sions super­vised by EST appoin­ted chairs, social pro­gram, food (two lunches and a din­ner) and acco­mod­a­tion. How­ever the trans­port­a­tion fee is to be arranged by the par­ti­cipants them­selves. Par­ti­cip­a­tion fee will be: 70 EUR.

Can­did­ate Profile

• Rel­ev­ant edu­ca­tional back­ground (in line with the focal point of the Strategy Group);
• Genu­ine interest in policy-making and EU-politics;
• Rel­ev­ant exper­i­ence in your field of study;
• Exper­i­ence with qual­it­at­ive as well as quant­it­at­ive research;
• Great social skills;
• Excel­lent com­mand of the Eng­lish language.

Applic­a­tion requirements

Please send the fol­low­ing to president@studentthinktank.eu before 25th May 2013 to be considered.

• Proof of excel­lent Eng­lish command
• Motiv­a­tion let­ter (import­ant: dis­play interest in theme of strategy group, inter­dis­cip­lin­ary cooper­a­tion and gath­er­ing know­ledge in an inter­act­ive way, instead of pass­ive lecturing)
• Aca­demic edu­ca­tion (copy of certificates/transcripts/diploma’s that sup­port your interest in EU-politics stated in your motiv­a­tion letter).

Have a look at this video to dis­cover The Hague.

The 2013 EST Strategy Groups event is made pos­sible by: