Czech-German Young Professionals Program

Bilateral relations among members of the European Union are still playing an important role, despite the overall influence of the European integration process. Foremost because the integration process is connected with major challenges for the member countries, all European topics are having an impact on the relations among neighboring states. This is also true for the Czech-German neighborhood, which is nowadays marked by the challenges closely connected to the European unification process, like the liberalization of the labor market or the evermore increasing societal mobility.

How some of these challenges can be met in a local context by future decision makers is the purpose of the Czech-German Young Professionals Program. Although at first glance the tasks are varying significantly in the two countries, there do exist similarities regarding the strategies to tackle them.

Twelve young professionals from the Czech Republic and Germany will get together four times in four different places in both of the countries to become familiar with some phenomena of the European integration process. Furthermore, they meet with distinguished experts and – not at least – get to know and learn to apply practical, problem solving approaches. The program aims at giving practical incentives for the participants’ professional tasks, creating a basis for a deeper mutual understanding and building a durable and outstanding network of tomorrow’s leading executives.