The College of Europe is excited to announce it will host, beginning early 2025, a new diplomatic programme: the European Union Diplomatic Programme for the Enlargement Region. 

This programme, funded by DG NEAR, complements the recently established European Union Diplomatic Academy, funded by the EEAS.

The overall objective of the European Union Diplomatic Programme for the Enlargement Region is to foster regional cooperation among junior officials of the enlargement region and with their EU peers by creating a unified ‘esprit de corps’ and strengthening their knowledge in EU affairs. The Programme is especially tailored towards junior officials working in the field of foreign policy (EU Common Foreign and Security Policy - CFSP) and EU accession.

Interested candidates to join the first cohort of the new 5-month-long residential programme are invited to apply before December 09th (18:00 CET).

The programme welcomes candidates from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo*, the Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Ukraine and Türkiye.

All information about the programme and the application process can be found here.