Academy for Political Development organized a political debate “European Parliament elections – how important are they?“ of the candidates in the Croatian elections to the European Parliament, which was held on April 4th in the European House Zagreb...

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Academy for Political Development held it's first annual seminar „Citizen, society and politics in modern democracies“ in Poreč, 15-17 March 2013. This year's participants, also the 10th generation of participants of our educational programme, were addressed by Ms. Nevena Crljenko and Mr. Domagoj Račić, members of the Steering board of the APD, as well as Ms. Danijela Stepić, APD's Programme Assistant...

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A new project of the Academy for Political Development, Razbor consultancy and Banka magazine, namely a cycle of roundtables on the role of EU funds in implementing public policies in Croatia, kicked-off on 19 February in Zagreb with the round table „Banking Sector and EU Funds“...

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The conference „What lies ahead? Croatia at the turn of the year“ was held in Hotel Dubrovnik in Zagreb, on 21-22 December 2012. The conference gathered around 90 alumni of the Academy and 20 panelists and was organized by the Academy for Political Development with the support of the Council of Europe...

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The 6th Annual Conference of the Academy for Political Development entitled  „Sustain Croatia – Sustainable Development Policy and the Republic of Croatia” was held in Zadar from 28th to 30th September 2012. The Conference was supported by DOOR (Society for Sustainable Development Design), German GIZ, the Embassy of the United States in Zagreb, the City of Zadar and Heinrich Böll Stiftung...

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The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon delivered on Friday, 20 July 2012, in the Old City Hall in Zagreb a lecture for members of the Academy for Political Development, the diplomatic corps and other representatives of Croatia's political establishment and civil society. The lecture, titled „Croatia and the UN: Engagement and Opportunity“, was organised by the Academy for Political Development and the UN in Croatia, in cooperation with the Croatian United Nations Association. The event opened a three-day official visit of the UN Secretary General to Croatia, in the framework of Mr Ban's tour of the countries of the region...

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Four young political leaders from Croatia were chosen to participate in the American Council of Young Political Leaders program in the US. The ACYPL exchange program provides in-depth exploration of the governance, politics, policy making, bilateral relations, culture, and geographic diversity of the host country. Participants are provided opportunities to strengthen their personal leadership and public diplomacy skills and enhance their understanding of international relations...

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First seminar took place in Hotel Kaj, Marija Bistrica.  After welcoming speeches given by Academy’s Executive Director Morana Sušec and the president of the Steering Board Ana Brnčić, participants gave short introductions about themselves...

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Under the sponsorship of British Council Croatia, the Academy for Political Development has organised a panel discussion on the participation of youth in politics. The guest lecturer was Mr Alex Sergent, Director of “Catch 21”, a charitable production company which produces videos and other new media content to help engage young people with politics and their communities in Great Britain...

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Dr Aleks Szczerbiak, Sussex Professor of Politics and Contemporary European Studies and Co-Director of the Sussex European Institute, has visited Croatia only a few days ahead of the EU referendum,  held on 22 January 2012, on which 66,27% of voters supported Croatia's EU accession. Prof. Szczerbiak is an expert in the field of European integration, referendums and euroscepticism...

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Academy for Political Development, in cooperation with the European Fund for the Balkans, organized a round table entitled „Croatia and the region: heading in the right direction?“. The event took place on 26th November 2010 in the EU Information Centre, Delegation of the European Commission to the Republic of Croatia...

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The third and the final seminar of the project „School of Local Democracy in the Western Balkans” organized by the Council of Europe and Association of Local Democracy Agencies in co-operation to Academy for Political Development as a local partner took place in Sisak from 21st to 24th October 2010.  The last seminar of the project entitled „Realities and perspectives for inter-municipal co-operation“ gathered mayors, local officials and members of ALDA staff from the region (Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia, Albania and Serbia)...

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The 4th annual conference of Academy for Political Development entitled “Leadership as a tool for change” was held in Zadar from 3rd to 5th September 2010 which aimed to introduce a concept of leadership in time of crisis Croatia’s currently facing...

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The 5th Summer University for Democracy was held from 28th June to 2nd July 2010. The event entitled “The crisis of leadership” gathered participants from 16 organizations – members of the “Schools of Political Studies” network. ...

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Academy for Political Development organised regional seminar „Europeanisation of National Policies: Introduction to Policy Analysis“ in IMPACT center in Zadar, 21-23. May 2010. This project is a follow-up activity of the first regional seminar „Public Policies and Political Decision-Making: Shifts and Challenges to Making Politics More Rational“, organised in Zagreb in September 2009., and was prepared in cooperation with Faculty of Political Science.

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From 6-9. May 2010 on the island of Brač (Postira) Academy for Political Development has organised 2nd annual educational seminar entitled „Communication Skills for Public Affairs“. The purpose of this training seminar was to enable participants acquiring practical skills (public speech, public relations, negotiations, lobbying), applicable in their professional environment and to discuss the practice and effects of media, and the quality and dynamics of public discourse in general.

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First annual seminar of Academy for Political Development in 2010. took place in Crikvenica from 7-9. March 2010. Thirty selected participants had the opportunity to learn and discuss topics such as traditional political ideologies, controversies of democracy, civil society in the process of democratic transition and consolidation, as well as process of Croatian accession to the EU, its final steps and main challenges ahead. The interactive workshop on political parties and their programmes enabled participants to go through the simulation of election process, including formulating party programmes, presenting it, and negotiating and forming coalitions.

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Academy for Political Development finalized the selection process and composed a group of 30 participants of the annual programme in 2010. List of participants is available here.

We’ve received 195 valid applications this year.  Unfortunately, due to the limited number of participants, many good candidates could not be included in this year's programme. All candidates were notified about the outcome of the selection process.
The selection process was managed by the Selection Board, consisting of members of APD’s Steering Board and a representative of National Foundation for Civil Society Development.

Due to humanitarian catastrophe that has befallen the people of Haiti, following the devastating earthquake, Academy for Political Development made a donation in amount of 1,500 kn.
The fundamental values that Academy represents include the principle of solidarity and individual responsibility towards the community at large; although our mission and vision are democratic development of Croatian society, we have decided to (at least symbolically) contribute to easing the awful amount of human suffering and pain taking place in Haiti.
We invite all of our members and participants to support the action of the Red Cross and Caritas:

• By calling 060 90 11 ili 060 90 10 (call price 6,15 kn with VAT)
• By making direct payment on the account  2340009-1511555516 (reference number 01) or 2340009 – 1100080340 (reference number 10)
• By online payment: Crveni križ or Caritas

Based on the article "HTV journalist confirmed to Index: director of HRT called a journalist Chetnik whore" published on the website Index.hr on 18th October 2009, and taking into consideration  that incident had been confirmed by four prominent journalist (Lela Knežević, Maja Sever, Robert Zuber, Sanja Pavić-Mikleušević), The Steering Board of  Academy for Political Development, with support of over 60 members and participants of Academy’s programme, publicly objects the statement made. ....

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The 3rd annual conference of the Academy for Political Development, entitled “Responsibility for Change” took place in Zadar from 25th to 27th September 2009. This event gathered over one hundred members and participants from class 2009.

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One of the most important cities in Europe, home of the Council of Europe, the European Court of Human Rights and the European Parliament - Strasbourg, for the fourth time hosted more than 600 participants from 16 organizations – members of the „Schools of Political Studies“ network. The program lasted from 6th to 10th July 2009. and the main topic was  „Global challenges to democracy“. The programme began with the opening address of Council of Europe’s Secretary General Mr. Terry Davis, who welcomed all participants and spoke about the challenges facing democracy, human rights and the European project.

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The 2nd annual seminar of the 2009. programme of Academy for Political Development  took place in Postire, the island of Brač, from May 21st to 24th. The purpose of this seminar is to enable participants to acquire practical skills, applicable in everyday situations. The programme began with the opening speeches by Nevena Crljenko, Executive Director of the Academy, and Branislav Bibić, the president of the Steering Board...

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Mr. Aharon Nathan, an Israeli intellectual living in London, was  guest lecturer of an evening lecture organized by Academy for Political Development on the 21st April 2009. Mr. Nathan’s visit to Zagreb was organized for the occasion of launching of his book „Total Representation”, co-authored by Mr. Ivo škrabalo.

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First seminar of this year’s APD’s educational programme, entitled „The Citizen, Society and Politics in a Modern Democracy“, was held in Crikvenica from 20th   to 22nd March 2009. Dominant themes of the seminar included contemporary politics, political ideologies through history, political parties and their activities, and the role of the civil society in liberal-democratic political system. The focus of interest was also on current status of Croatia’s accession negotiations...

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On 7th February 2009, Academy for Political Development organized a dialogue seminar entitled: „Education for values in compulsory education: what is the place of catechism, religious culture, ethics and human rights?“ as a start of a new initiative questioning religious issues in public discourse....

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Academy for Political Development, in partnership with the European Fund for the Balkans, organized a round table entitled „Croatia – Tired of EU Reforms?”. The event took place on February 6th 2009. in EU Info Center, Delegation of the European Commission to the Republic of Croatia....

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Academy for Political Development organized an evening lecture on the 11th November 2008,  with an intention to analyze the election campaign and the results of the American presidential elections of 2008.  Lecturers were dr. Dražen Lalić (Faculty of Political Science), Tomislav Klauški (portal Index.hr) and Marko Rakar (pollitika.com)...

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The 2nd annual conference of Academy for Political Development took place in hotel Kolovare in Zadar,  from September 26th -28th 2008.  This event enables cross-generational and cross-sector gathering and collaboration of members of the Academy.  The  topic „Accession to the EU – Perspectives of Croatia and SE Europe“ gathered respectable lecturers and significant media coverage....

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President of National Committee for Monitoring of Accession Negotiations, Ms. Vesna Pusić met with members of Academy for Political Development to discuss the latest developments regarding Croatia's EU accession. The meeting was held in Croatian Parliament on 10. July 2008...

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From 30. June to 4. July 2008, the Council of Europe has successfully organized the  Third Summer University for Democracy in Strasbourg. More than 600 participants from 16 countries, from the organizations of „The Schools of Political Studies“ network have come together to discuss governance, power and democracy and its many aspects.

The programme began with the opening address of Council of Europe’s Secretary General Mr. Terry Davis, who welcomed all participants and addressed the issues of democracy, human rights and the European project...

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The 2nd annual seminar of the 2008. programme of the Academy for Political Development, entitled “Communication Skills for Public Affairs”  took place  in Postire, the island of Brač, from May 8. – 11. The programme began with the opening speeches by Nevena Crljenko, Executive Director of the Academy, and dr. Volker Haak, former German ambassador to Croatia and member of Tönissteiner Kreis...

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The Academy for Political Development, in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, organized from 6th to 8th of October a three-day-seminar "Croatia in the 21. century – development prospects and challenges" in Stubičke Toplice. The seminar was opened by Branislav Bibić, Director of the Academy, Luka Đurić from the Konrad Adanauer Foundation and Uwe Muller from the Council of Europe.

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Academy for Political Development organized a seminar entitled  „Media and civil society in political processes” from 18 till 21 May in Postira on the island of Brac. While the previous seminar focused on lectures and discussions, this time the emphasis was on workshops and trainings with experienced practitioners.

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First seminar of this year’s programme of the Academy for Political Development, entitled „The Citizen, Society and Politics in a Modern Democracy“, took place in Opatija from 17 to 19 March 2006. Topics of the seminar included contemporary politics, political ideologies through history, political parties and their activities, and the role of the civil society in liberal-democratic political system.

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