Training for Estonian civil servants to strengthen the EU Presidency capacities

Client: Government Office of Estonia, 2016/01 – 2017/05

ESTEP, together with partners, the Center for Political and Diplomatic Studies (CPDS) and the Estonian School of Diplomacy (ESD), has conducted training for Estonian civil servants to prepare them for the Presidency of the Council of the EU. The project developed training programs “EU Institutions and Decision-Making Process”, “EU Legal Framework”, “EU Negotiations and Intercultural Communication”, “Cooperation and Negotiations with the European Parliament”, “Preparation for Chair of Working Group Meetings”.

The training has helped Estonia, during its first Presidency of the Council of the EU, to carry out Presidency tasks smoothly and successfully.