28.08-02.09.2022 International Seminar of Ventotene 2022

From August 28 to September 2, 2022, the Ventotene International Seminar 2022 will be held in Ventotene, this year's theme "FEDERALISM IN EUROPE AND THE WORLD. From Monetary Union to the United States of Europe."

This island off the coast of Lazio is where Altiero Spinelli, author of the Ventotene Federalist Manifesto, was imprisoned during World War II. Every year, young federalists gather here to discuss federalist ideas on European and global issues with leading experts from the European and World Federalist Movement. The Institute of Federalist Studies "Altiero Spinelli" has organized this international seminar on the island of Ventotene (Province of Latina) for 38 years.

The seminar is a unique and intense experience on Federalist Studies and is held entirely in English.
The numbers of this edition:
- 150 participants
- 60 hours of training and discussions
- 30 speakers

Main topics of the International Seminar 2022:
- Human Rights and Peace
- European Union and regional imbalances
- European Union and the global economy
- Federalism and federalist organizations

The international seminar is the culmination of the "Let's Become European Citizens" competition for young people and schools organized by the European Federalist Movement in collaboration with Europe Direct of the City of Venice to stimulate active and conscious European citizenship (Link to the dedicated page of the contest) and gather a delegation of the young people who won the European vacation and training stay in Canazei from July 25-30, 2022(Link to the dedicated page of the stay in Canazei).