The aim of this award competition is to directly engage young members of the academic community in an open, reasoned debate on key aspects of Serbia’s accession process and its membership in the European Union.

This year, submissions should address one of the following three topics:

1. The cultural dimensions of European integration and the preservation of national identity.

2. Serbia’s foreign policy orientation in the context of European integration.

3. “Will Europe become what it really is — namely, a small promontory of the Asian continent?”

A committee composed of university professors and lecturers will assess the quality of the submitted papers. The authors of the three best papers will receive cash prizes of RSD 110,000, RSD 80,000 and RSD 60,000, respectively.

In addition to the three highest-ranked papers, the Ministry will publish other submissions that meet the competition criteria in an electronic collection of student papers.

The competition is open to students enrolled in undergraduate and master’s academic programmes at all universities in Serbia.

The deadline for submitting papers is 16 November. Further information about the competition is available on the website of the Ministry of European Integration.

Source: srbija.gov.rs