13th Warsaw Euro-Atlantic Summer Academy – WEASA will take place at the College of Europe Natolin Campus, Warsaw, from July 6 to 13, 2025. The event is addressed to professionals from countries of Eastern Partnership who are interested in geopolitics, democracy, security and digital technologies.
The theme is: “Digital Resilience in the Age of Disinformation”
In the face of dynamic geopolitical changes and increasing disinformation, it is essential to build digital resilience, especially in the countries of Eastern Europe and Southern Caucasus. This year’s round of the Academy will focus on experience sharing and presenting tools allowing counteracting disinformation in these regions of the world.
Agenda
The participants of this year’s round of the Academy will have the opportunity to improve their knowledge on such issues as:
- Disinformation and an introduction to OSINT. How to detect and counteract fake information using open sources?
- Media literacy. Media functioning and practical exercises developing analytical skills.
- Digital security. Tools and knowledge on how to protect yourself in the digital world.
- Democracy and human rights in Eastern Europe and the Southern Caucasus. Practical challenges and support strategies
- Cybersecurity in the democratic process. How to maintain integrity of electoral processes in the digital era?
The formula
WEASA combines lectures, workshops and discussion panels, offering the participants both theoretical basis and practical solutions in a way that meets the contemporary challenges best.
Key information
- Date: from July 6 to 13, 2025
- Place: the College of Europe Natolin Campus, Warsaw
- Application deadline: May 11, 2025
- Travel costs: reimbursement of up to EUR 350. The cost of room and board is covered by the organizer.
Who can apply
We invite mid-career professionals with at least five years of professional experience, such as policy analysts, experts, advisers, civil servants, journalists, private sector specialists and NGO employees.
Application procedure
Registration takes place on https://www.weasa.org/editions/weasa-2025/
Questions: contact@weasa.org
About WEASA
WEASA is a joint initiative of Polish-American Freedom Foundation, The College of Europe, and The German Marshall Fund of the United States. The hitherto twelve rounds of WEASA (2013-2024), were attended by 522 participants from Eastern Partnership countries (and from 2017 to 2024 from Western Balkans), including: 51 people from Armenia, 38 from Azerbaijan, 47 from Belarus, 92 from Georgia, 45 from Moldova, and 114 from Ukraine. It is a cyclical offer of lectures, workshops and meetings with experts addressed to people from the countries of Eastern Partnership and Western Balkans (from 2017 to 2024). Invited to take part in the Academy are, among others, policy analysts, political and government advisers, think-thanks and NGOs employees, civil servants and journalists. Since 2017 one of the main topics at WEASA have been issues related to development of new technologies and their impact on man’s life, society and policy. Due to the outbreak of the Russian full-scale war against Ukraine, since 2022 the Academy has been more focused on subjects of security and geopolitics.
