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The European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation opens the application period to apply for one of the 100 grants it offers. These are meant to cover the tuition, accommodation and maintenance expenses of the courses included in the Campus Yuste training programme. The courses are held within the framework of the 23^th edition of the University of Extremadura’s international summer-autumn courses. (24/04/2023)

The training sessions will be held from June to July at the Monastery of San Jerónimo de Yuste (Cáceres) and online.

The courses, with 30 grants each, are the following: “European Union – Latin America and the Caribbean Relations in the Framework of the Council’s Presidencies of the EU and the EU-CELAC and Ibero-American Summits”, to be held from 27 to 29 June 2023; “The Culture of Entertainment in the Worlds of Charles V: Social Life, Rituals, Parties, Games and Shows”, from 4 to 6 July 2023, and “The Protection of Common Values in the European Union”, from 11 to 13 July 2023. The course with a total of ten grants, “Youth and Human Rights Activism”, will be held from 18 to 20 July.

The deadline for applying for grants is 19 May. Further information and the form can be found at https://www.fundacionyuste.org/becas/

People whose nationality is a country of the European Union or one of the Member States of the United Nations or who maintain permanent observer missions at United Nations Headquarters, may be eligible for such aid. This is also the case for those who are nationals from a third-country if their resident status is certified in one of the above countries. Applicants should be enrolled in official degrees from universities in the EU or from one of the countries that are admitted in each call, and these should be conducive to obtaining an undergraduate, a teaching, a technical engineering, a technical architecture, a bachelor, an engineering, an architecture with degree level, a Master’s degree or a doctorate; they should have got their degree during the last five years prior to the publication of this call and be unemployed or have an internship contract in force, and not be the beneficiary of other grants and/or study grants for the same purpose and for the same course.

Questions and additional information can be found at: campusyuste@fundacionyuste.org

The courses are organised by Yuste Foundation along with the University of Extremadura and count with the collaboration of EU-LAC Foundation, the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB), Euroamérica Foundation, Mafresa, the Jean Monnet EUCOMMI Module, the Extremaduran Agency for International Development Cooperation, the Youth Council, the Cooperation Network of the Routes of Emperor Charles V – Cultural Route of the Council of Europe, the Regional Government of Extremadura, the Provincial Council of Cáceres, the Provincial Council of Badajoz and National Heritage.

CAMPUS YUSTE

This training programme aims to develop specialised courses and meetings from a multidisciplinary point of view. These are to foster debate and reflection among university students, researchers and professionals on the process of European construction and integration, as well as current European issues and other issues related to the history and memory of Europe and Latin America or the founding objectives of the foundation.

The purpose of the Campus Yuste grants is to make the training programme known and have as many people as possible participate in it, even beyond national borders, in order to facilitate the participation and presence of university students, researchers, experts and professionals interested in each subject of study.

Each year, the courses take place in a unique setting, as is the Monastery of San Jerónimo de Yuste, which facilitates the contact and exchange of knowledge between the students and the speakers. The former will share reflections with experts in the field and personalities of the first academic, political or social level, which, in short, makes it a space for reflection, thought, culture and science.