Greetings from the organising committee

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2 Table of contents Greetings from the organising committee... 3 Programme of the Trilateral Youth Forum... 4 Information about experts... 9 Maps and directions Information about organisers

3 Dear participants, dear guests, Greetings from the organising committee After many months of preparation, we are pleased to welcome you to the youth forum Germany, Poland and Russia On the Path towards a Common Future?. Indeed, there are many ways to answer that question and many questions that follow from it. You have come to Warsaw to pose your own questions under this basic theme, and to not only find your own answers but also ways to transform your ideas about German-Polish-Russian cooperation into reality. We are very happy that you have the courage and motivation to join this initiative and enter in this complex and sometimes controversial, yet crucial trialogue between Germany, Poland and Russia. Not only is this forum a platform on which the future relations of the three countries can be shaped, it is also an endeavour to stand up to the responsibility that our common history poses to us. In this sense, we are grateful to be able to welcome the public to two panel discussions in the course of the forum, on which viewpoints and opinions can be exchanged with panellists as well as our participants. We hope to raise important questions and the awareness towards the diverse nature of German-Polish-Russian relations, especially the potentials of their positive future development but also the limits that need to be taken in account. We look forward to extending, deepening and re-orienting these discussions on the two youth forums in Moscow (2014) and Tübingen (2015). Our organisations, in particular the trilateral project organising team, have done their best in to prepare these five days in Warsaw so as to make this youth forum an unforgettable and unique experience. We would like to express our outspoken gratitude towards those who have made this forum possible, in first instant the supporters: German-Polish Youth Office, Foundation for German-Polish Cooperation, Robert Bosch Stiftung, University of Warsaw Foundation and Commerzbank. We would also like to thank our patrons, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, the University of Warsaw and the German Embassy in Warsaw, for their support in realising this event. Most importantly, the forum benefits from the numberless experts who volunteer to contribute and share their knowledge with participants and guests. We hope that the trilateral youth forum will serve to open up new perspectives and unlock potential among participants, as well as all other involved individuals, so as to facilitate an honest and respectful interaction in order to understand and define a path towards the common future of Germany, Poland and Russia. Yours sincerely, The Organisers, represented by Theresa Lauterbach Piotr Müller Karolina Pietkiewicz Alexey Potemkin Chairwoman of the Alumni President of the President of the Board of Chairman of the Association of the German- Students Parliament the University of Warsaw Russian-Polish Russian Youth Parliament of the Republic of Students Union Youth Council 3

4 Sunday, 29 September 2013 Programme of the Trilateral Youth Forum until Arrival of participants, Hostel Tamka, Tamka 30 St. Monday 30 September 2013: Introduction, Get-to-know, first impressions Time Module title Official opening of the forum, Greetings by Karolina Pietkiewicz, Rector Alojzy Nowak University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 32, Pałac Tyszkiewiczów-Potockich, Sala Balowa, 1 st floor Main Campus sightseeing Expedition through Warsaw: Traces of German-Polish-Russian past, present and future in today s Warsaw (three groups) Group I The experience of World War II Visit at the German Historical Institute, Al. Jerozolimskie Lunch, Pierrogeria Pl. Konstytucji Museum of the Warsaw Uprising Grzybowska University of Warsaw Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28, location: Old Library building, room no 207 Group 2 Warsaw s Socialist heritage Visit at the Institute of National Memory (IPN) 12:30 Marszałkowska 21/ Lunch Pierrogeria, Pl. Konstytucji Guided tour to Socialist memorials and landmarks Guide: Katarzyna Chudyńska-Szuchnik Workshop at the History Meeting House (DSH) Karowa 20 Group 3 Modern Poland and its relationship towards Poland and Russia Visit at the Centre for Polish-Russian dialogue and understanding (CPRDiP) Jasna 14/16A Lunch Zapiecek, Al. Jerozolimskie Russian Embassy Belwederska 25C German Second Channel (ZDF) studio in Warsaw Armin Coerper, Head of Office of Second German TV channel (ZDF) in Warsaw Dąbrowskiego Dinner Hula-Kula, Dobra 56/ Reflexion, exchange in groups and in plenary University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 24, room no 200, 2 nd floor 21:00 Informal gathering 4

5 Tuesday, 01 October 2013: Past German-Polish-Russian Relations in Historical Perspective Time Module title Opening discussion: The relation between Germany, Poland and Russia in historical perspective (Plenum, external experts) University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 24, room no 200, 2 nd floor Track 1: Culture of remembrance of the Second World War Prof. Boris Sokolov, literature scientist and historian Track 2: Post-war period, political turnaround around 1990 and their meaning today Katarzyna Chimiak, Historian, University of Warsaw Track 3: Polish-German-Russian triangle in the post-cold War era Witold Rodkiewicz, historian (University of Warsaw) Continuation of tracks Lunch Hula-Kula, Dobra 56/ Ending of tracks 1-3 Formulation of results and hypotheses to present in closing discussion Closing discussion (Plenum) University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 24, room no 200, 2 nd floor Dinner Hula Kula, Dobra 56/ Evening programe Wednesday, 02 October 2013: Images of the Other in International and Domestic Perspective Time Module title Short Introduction and Programme Overview (Plenum with experts) University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 24, room no 200, 2 nd floor Workshop bloc I: Self-images and imaginations How do people from the three countries picture their own identity? (Plenary with group phase) Yvonne Poerzgen, historian, University of Bremen; Maria Eremenko, political scientist, Higher School of Economics Moscow; Prof. Aleksander Wirpsza, Faculty of Applied Linguistics, University Of Warsaw Polish- German-Russian triangle in the post-cold War era Workshop bloc II: The media image of the respective other: (Re-) Production of stereotypes? (Plenary with group phase) 5

6 Lunch, Hula-Kula Dobra 56/ Public panel discussion about German-Polish-Russian relations and their role in the media Moderation: Yvonne Poerzgen, historian at University of Bremen/Armin Coerper Panel: Lukas Wenerski, expert, Institute of Public Affairs Maria Eremenko, political scientist, Higher School of Economics Moscow Prof. Aleksander Wirpsza, Faculty of Applied Linguistics, University Of Warsaw University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28, Old Library building, Aula Workshop bloc III: Representation and Representation and perception of the respective other in arts and (pop) culture Konrad Szolajski, Film director (Plenum with group phase) Dinner, Hula-Kula, Dobra 56/ Cultural evening programme Thursday, 03 October 2013: Current Issues and Future Challenges - Everyday Realities of Young People in Germany, Poland and Russia Time Module title Opening discussion: Current Issues and Future Challenges - Everyday Realities of Young People in Germany, Poland and Russia, (Plenum with experts) University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 24, room no 200, 2 nd floor Workshop phase I 1) Current issues and debates of immigration and integration in/across the three countries Dr. Dr. Olga Gulina, Institute on Migration Studies (tbc) 2) The role of political and social involvement" Simon Bujanowski, University of Bonn 3) Democracy and democratisation in the digital age Igor Lyubashenko, New Eastern Europe 4) The effects of social media and new communication technologies Alexey Sidorenko, Karol Chwedczuk-Szulc, social media experts (division into 4 groups, participants decide between one of five topics) Workshop phase II ( division into 5 groups, participants decide between one of five topics, see above) Lunch, Hula-Kula Dobra 56/ Workshop phase III (division into 5 groups, participants decide between one of five topics) Reflection and day summary session Exchange and discussion of the workshops; introduction of the participants into the 6

7 future and solution-oriented approach which will be embrace on the following day New Library building, Dobra 56/66, room no Transfer to German Embassy Visit of the German embassy on the occasion of the German Unity Day Friday, 04 October 2013: Future - Germany s, Poland s and Russia s Perspectives for Joint Paths into the Future Time Module title Opening discussion: Future - Germany s, Poland s and Russia s Perspectives for Joint Paths into the Future (Plenum and 2 experts), University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 24, room no 200, 2 nd floor Workshop I: Regional, supranational and global integration, opportunities of shaping sustained relations towards a European integration Development of future scenarios. Drafting of short and middle term policy approaches to the conduct of the trilateral relations Andrey Makarychev, Professor of International Relations, University of Tartu University of Warsaw, Old Library building, room no 308, 3 rd floor Workshop II: Discussions or deeds? Project management in multilateral contexts Sharing of ideas in social engagement and project work Brainstorming and formulation of new project ideas (Participants decide for one of the workshops) Heidi Beha, expert on project management and communication, Future Lab Europe University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28, Pałac Kazimierzowski, Sala Brudzińskiego Continuation of the workshops (titles and rooms see above), Lunch, Hula-Kula Dobra 56/66 Short plenary presentation of the workshop results in plenum - Presentation of the project ideas and future projection results from the two tracks, further informal talk on the ideas fair New Library building, Dobra 56/66, room no 256 Public Fair Opportunities for cooperation between Germany, Poland and Russia Visiting and host organisations and NGOs can present themselves and thereby offer the participants and visitors of the fair new input and information on how to realise project ideas and take steps towards a career in international cooperation New Library building, Dobra 56/66, room no 256 Public panel discussion: Germany, Poland and Russia on the path towards a common future?? Moderation: Karol Chwedczuk-Szulc Panel: Wolfgang Templin, head of office of Boell Foundation in Warsaw Sergei Antufev, head of Rossotrudnichestvo in Warsaw (tba) Representative of Polish MFA (tba) University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28, Auditorium Maximum, Sala A. Mickiewicza Reception, Klub Harenda, Krakowskie Przedmieście 4/6 7

8 Dinner and closing ceremony Speeches, handing out of certificates, etc. Location: see above Farewell celebration, location: see above Saturday, 05 October 2013 after Departure of participants 8

9 Information about experts Slawomir Debski is a Polish foreign policy expert. He worked for the Institute of History at the University of Warsaw, was a director of the Polish Institute of International Affairs. Mr. Debski also served as a representative of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage for the Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding. Since 2011 he is the Director of this Centre. He is also a member of the Polish-Russian group for difficult matters. Professor Boris Sokolov is a Russian historian who graduated from Moscow State University. He also researches Russian literature. Among his professional interests are the WWII, occupation, famous Russian military officials and analyses of Russian classical literature. Katarzyna Chimiak is a Polish historian. She is a PhD student at the Institute of History of Warsaw University. Her research interests lay in the area of modern social and economic history with a particular focus on Germany and East-Central Europe. She also has published a book titled ROAD Polityka czasu przelomu Yvonne Pörzgen is a historian at the University of Bremen. She is oriented in Eastern European culturalscience and foucuses inter alia on russian and polish literature of the 20th century and cultural-scientific methods. Maria Eremenko is a political scientist at Higher School of Economics. She is also responsible for international cooperation at the Faculty of Political Science. Among her professional interests are European integration and identity, political institutions and EU. 9

10 Aleksander Wirpsza is a professor at the University of Warsaw. His interests include Polish-Jewish relations, history of Poland and socialism. Konrad Szolajski is the director, screenwriter, film producer and university lecturer (doctoral thesis at Faculty of Radio and Television at University of Silesia in 2012). He graduated from Polish studies at University of Warsaw, Faculty of Radio and Television at University of Silesia. Since 1990 he creates documentaries and feature films. Mr Szolajski is also a member of the Programming Board of TVP S.A, leader of Film Authors Association. In 2005 he founded a production company ZK STUDIO. Olga Gulina (Dr. Dr.) is an expert on migration and human rights. She works for the Institute on Migration Policy. She is a human rights activist and has a web-site devoted to these issues ( Olga Gulina has studied human rights in Potsdam and has strong connections with human rights activists in Russia and abroad Simon Bujanowski is employed at Germany Trade and Invest. He obtained his master s degree in Political Science with minors in Economics and Modern History at the University of Bonn and also got his PhD there. He is also active politician in Germany, belonging to the Social Democratic Party. Mr.Bujanowski worked and studied in Warsaw and in Moscow and Kostroma under the Egon Bahr Fellowship Alexey Sidorenko is an expert on the Russian internet and an experienced web developer. He is the head of the Moscow-based project Teplitsa of Social Technologies (te-st.ru), an innovation incubator dedicated to creating citizen web applications and enhancing NGO IT-skills. Currently he lives and works in Warsaw. 10

11 Igor Lyubashenko is an academic teacher, new media enthusiast and international relations analyst. He has a PhD in Political Science from the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin. His scholarly interests include external policies of the European Union, political and economic processes taking place in Central and Eastern European states (in particular in Ukraine and Moldova), and more recently influence of information technologies on social and political processes. Andrey Makarychev is guest professor at the Institute of Government and Politics, University of Tartu. He also was Alexander von Humboldt Foundation fellow at Institute for East European Studies, Free University of Berlin, as well as Professor of International Relations at the Linguistic University (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia). His research interests include Russian foreign policy analysis, international security and regionalism. Heidi Beha is a communications specialist based in Germany. As a project manager she worked in the field of international cooperation in Russia and Ukraine, currently in Frankfurt. She is involved in promoting women's football through workshops and tournaments across Europe. Wolfgang Templin is the head of office of Böll Foundation in Warsaw, leader of the democratic opposition in Eastern Germany, publicist, concerned with the history of the GDR, the former Eastern Bloc and the German reunification, associate of many institutions of citizen education. In 2009 he was awarded Dialog Magazine Prize of the Polish-German Society and the 2010 European Solidarity Centre medal. Since July 2010 Wolfgang Templin has been the Director of the Warsaw office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation. Sergei Antufev is the head of Rossotrudnichestvo (Russian agency for international cooperation) in Warsaw. He served as the Governor of Smolensk Region from 2007 to

12 Lukasz Wenerski is a project coordinator of the European programmes at the Institute of Public Affair. He graduated from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (BA, International Relations and European Studies) and Warsaw University (MA, European Studies). His areas of expertise include: relations between the EU and the Eastern Partnership countries and Russia, Polish Eastern Policy. Stephen Lehnstaedt is a historian at the German Historical Institute in Warsaw, Poland. He also worked as a research assistant for the Institute for Contemporary History Munich-Berlin, a lecturer for Ludwig- Maximilians-University Munich. His professional interests are occupation in Poland during WWI and WWII, history of imperialism, Third Reich and Holocaust. Armin Coerper is the Head of the Office of Second German TV channel (ZDF) in Warsaw. He is responsible for reporting on Poland and Baltic countries. He studied literature and theatre in London, Marburg and Berlin. Mr.Coerper also holds a MA degree from Humboldt University Berlin. He started working for ZDF in Witold Rodkiewicz is a Polish historian, lecturer at the University of Warsaw as well as a researcher at the Centre for Eastern Studies. He studied at the University of Warsaw and got his PhD from Harvard University. His professional interests include the history of Russia and the CIS region as the whole. Marek Menkiszak is the Head of Russian department at the Centre for Eastern Studies at the University of Warsaw. His research interests are Russia s internal, foreign and security policy, situation in the CIS area and European security and strategic studies. 12

13 Michał Polakowski is a section coordinator of social and economic policies at the International Centre for research and analysis. He has received his Ph.D. in Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, where he completed a doctoral thesis on the transformation of social policy in post-communist countries. He also studied at the University of Warsaw and the Central European University in Budapest. 13

14 Maps and directions Route: Hostel Tamka University Campus Central Campus of University of Warsaw is located in close distance from the hostel, bit further on the North. It is the most convenient to go there by foot, the directions are on the map below. You will notice entry to the University campus by the big gate on your right hand side. Google says the walk would take you up to 15 minutes. 14

15 Route: UW Campus workshop venue on Bednarska street. The distance is approx. 1 kilometer. If you prefer you can walk all the way (and enjoy Krakowskie Przedmieście street ) as on the map. The trip should take up to 15 minutes. Eventually you can make it faster by taking a bus no. 518 / 180 / 116 / 503 / 222 and getting out at the next stop, which is Plac Zamkowy. Later you should continue trip by foot, according to the map below. 15

16 Route: From Bednarska st. to Hula-Kula: Again, the route is by foot and it should take you no more than 10 minutes. The way is on the map below. Hula-Kula entrance would be next to the small roundabout. 16

17 Route from Hula-Kula to the Harenda Club: Again: Easiest way to reach it is going by foot. That distance should not take longer than 15 minutes, directions are on the map below. 17

18 Information about organisers Drjug/ Друг ( the Alumni Association of the German-Russian Youth Parliament, founded in July 2011 and officially registered since May 2012 in Passau, Germany. The goal of the association are the strengthening of friendly relations between Germany and Russia through providing young people from Germany and Russia a platform for dialogue and the realisation of bi- or international youth exchange projects. The University of Warsaw Students' Union SSUW( constituted by all of the University s students.the Board is an executive organ of Students' Union at the University level. It is responsible for dividing the funds designated for Students' Union activity within the university and organises as well cultural events. One of the most significant duties of the Union is taking care of observance of students' laws. The Board represents the students to the University organs. Russian-Polish Youth Council, ( This social organisation is responsible for the strengthening of the relations between the russian und polish youth. They promote the exchange between the youth of both countries and inform the youth about current occurencies. The Students' Parliament of the Republic of Poland ( is the representative body of student self-governments. Student selfgovernments embrace obligatory all students in the country according to the university law. They codecide about the distribution of grants for students and student organisations within the university. They activate student cultural life and take part in elections of authorities of university departments and institutes. They influence the work of bodies deciding about schedules and progress of students and graduates on the "job market" and law consultations. 18

19 The organisers would like to thank the supporters of the trilateral forum: The event is realised under the the patronage of: Deutsche Botschaft Warschau 19