We warmly invite you to participate in the 5th Economic Forum of Young Leaders which will take place between 7th and 11th of September 2010 in Nowy Sącz (close to Cracow), Poland.

The Economic Forum of Young Leaders in Nowy Sącz is a meeting of young people from Europe and a venue for discussion about important processes in our continent and world as well as challenges for young generations of politicians, economists and leaders of NGOs. FORUM gives room for debate about the future of the European Union and its relation with neighbouring countries.

This year, for the first time we introduce a fee for participation in the Forum. The introduction of fees aims to support financially the idea of the Forum and its development in the coming years. Read more about the registration fee.

Each year, FORUM engages over 300 young leaders of political, economic, social, and non-governmental organisations from the European Union countries, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, from altogether over 42 European countries, to come to Poland to Nowy Sącz.

The venue of the conference is determined by a partner programme – the Economic Forum in Krynica. Subsequently, outstanding politicians, economists, businessmen and heads of the countries, governments and corporations can participate not only in the “central - European Davos” but also have an opportunity to meet Young Leaders in Nowy Sącz and to share experience, knowledge and to answer questions bothering young people.

Guests of the Economic Forum of Young Leaders 2010 will be outstanding politicians, economists, and leaders. In previous years FORUM was honoured by presence of: Profesor Reinhard Selten (Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics), Robert Sutor (Vice-President of IBM Co.), Dalia Grybauskaite (European Commissioner for Financial Programming and Budget), Aleksander Kwaśniewski (President of the Republic of Poland in 1995-2005), Giorgi Baramidze (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for European and Euroatlantic Integration of Georgia), Algirdas Brazauskas (f. President of the Republic of Lithuania), Jorge Sampaio (former Priesident of Portugal), Rudolf Schuster (f. President of the Republic of Slovakia), Leopold Unger (Commentator, Le Soir), Erhard Busek (Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe), Vitalino Canas (Chairman of Foreign Affairs Commission of Portuguese Parliament), Zyta Gilowska (Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance of Poland), Hanna Gronkiewicz-Walz (Mayor of Warsaw), Grigorij Jawliński (Politician, Russia), Milan Kućan (f. President of Slovenia), Janusz Lewandowski (Vice-Chairman of the Budget Committee, European Parliament), Siergiej Markov (Politologist, Russia), Aleksander Milinkiewicz (Leader of the Movement for Freedom), Jaroslav Neverovic (Vice- Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania), Viviane Reding (EU- Commissioner for Information Society and Media Challenges for the societies in the 21st century), Christoph Rosenberg (Representative of International Monetary Fund for Central Europe and the Baltic Countries), Ludwik Wiśniewski (Dominican), Maciej Zięba (Director, Tertio Millennio Institute) and many others.

The official language of Forum is English.

The Economic Forum of Young Leaders is organized by the European Meeting Centre – Nowy Staw Foundation, the Economic Forum in Krynica and the Foundation for the Development of the Education System - Polish National Agency of the Youth in Action Programme.

Young leaders meet in Poland and create ideas for the future of Europe. Join us! We warmly invite you to fill in the on-line application form.

• REGISTRATION FEE
• APPLICATION FORM TO THE FORUM 2010