The Independent Think-Tank Expert-Grup in partnership with the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) from Brussels announce a new competition inviting young (under 30 years) citizens of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine to submit essays of up to 3,000 words in English on any topic relevant to the Association Agreements & DCFTAs of their countries with the EU.
The essays should be of good analytical and linguistic quality, and preferably choose a theme where the author is able to demonstrate knowledge in some depth through studies, research or professional experience. The essays should have an interesting argument or proposition to make.
The winning prizes will be published at www.3dcftas.eu. For background reading see the attached links.
Up to four prizes of €500 will be awarded. Submissions should be made by 31 August 2017 to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
The competition is organised within the project "Understanding the Association Agreements and the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas (DCFTAs) between the EU and Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia" carried out with the financial support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). The project is coordinated by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) and implemented in partnership with the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting (IER) in Kiev, the Reformatics Policy Consulting Center in Tbilisi and the Expert-Grup Think-Tank in Chișinău.
For further questions please feel free to call us on +373 22 92 99 94 or at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Contact person: Natalia Chitii.
More information about the awarding ceremony of the first winners of Youth Essay Prize Competition here.