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Founded | 1995 |
Location | Budapest, Hungary |
President | Doris Pack |
Acting Director | Gábor Berczeli |
Area served | Europe, EU, Balkans, Eastern Europe |
Focus | politics, ecucation, development |
Political position | Center-right, European People's Party |
Website | schuman-institute |
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The Union of the Robert Schuman Institute for Developing Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe (short: Robert Schuman Institute, RSI) is the European level training institution of the European People's Party political family, based in Budapest, Hungary. It was founded in 1995 as the successor of the Christian Democratic Academy for Central and Eastern Europe. The members of the union of RSI are political parties, organisations and foundations and its main activity comprises political and civic education.
The institute is named after Robert Schuman, a French Christian-Democratic politician, former French Prime Minister and Finance Minister, who is also considered one of the "founding fathers" today's European Union.
The RSI was founded by: [1]
The RSI's mission is: [2]
LIST OF REGULAR MEMBERS | Country |
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European People's Party (EPP) | EU |
Robert Schuman Foundation (RSF) | Luxembourg |
Politische Akademie der ÖVP (PolAk) | Austria |
Foundation for a Civic Hungary (SZPMA) | Hungary |
Christen Democratisch Appél, (CDA) | The Netherlands |
Kristdemokraterna | Sweden |
Fondation Robert Schuman, (FRS) | France |
Youth of the European People's Party (YEPP) | EU |
European Union of Christian Democratic Workers (EUCDW) | EU |
European Democrat Students, (EDS) | EU |
European Senior Citizens' Union (ESU) | EU |
Europaisches Zentrum für Arbeitnehmerfragen (EZA) | Germany |
Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania, (RMDSZ) | Romania |
Partido Popular (PP) | Spain |
LIST OF HONORARY MEMBERS | Country |
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Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (CD&V) | Belgium |
Croatian Democratic Union of BiH (HDZ BiH) | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) | Bulgaria |
Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-CSL) | Czech Republic |
Isamaaliit, Pro Patria Union | Estonia |
Nea Demokratia (ND) | Greece |
MCL – Movimento Cristiano Lavoratori | Italy |
Pavel Shatev Institute | Macedonia |
Kristelig Volkeparti (KrF) | Norway |
Party of the Hungarian Community (MKP) | Slovakia |
Christian Democratic Movement, (KDH) | Slovakia |
Nova Slovenija (NSi) | Slovenia |
Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) | Slovenia |
Democratic Alliance | Ukraine |
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