Call for applications to the 41st Ventotene International Seminar

The “Altiero Spinelli” Institute of Federalist Studies (ASI) and the Municipality of Ventotene has been organizing an international seminar on the island of Ventotene for 41 years, in partership with the Union of European Federalists and JEF Europe. In the same period the Ventotene Italian Seminar (43 edition) is organized.

This island off the Italian coast is the place where Altiero Spinelli, author of the Federalist Manifesto of Ventotene, was imprisoned during the Second World War. Every year, young federalists gather here to discuss federalist ideas on European and global issues with the leading experts of the European and World Federalist Movement. The seminar is a unique and intense experience on federalist studies.

Here we are building the future of Europe!

APPLICATIONS

• Application forms must be submitted online by June 25, 2025.
• Applications submitted by candidates older than 35 years will not be taken into consideration.

The form to apply is this LINK

For any request here, send an email to: director@istitutospinelli.org

ADMISSION

By July 15, the ASI will select the participants and will provide them with detailed information concerning the procedure for confirmation, the program, and how to reach Ventotene.

PARTICIPATION CONDITIONS

A) CONDITIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS

Participants (with the exclusion of Italian participants)

Selected participants will receive, without any cost, full board and accommodation from lunch on
August 31 to lunch on September 5 (included).

Travel expenses will NOT be reimbursed. With advanced booking it will be possible to fly to Rome or
Naples (the closest airports) with low–cost flights from many European airports.

Seat Deposit
A seat deposit of 100 € shall be paid in advance by both European and non-European participants,
once they have been selected, in order to confirm their participation. The full amount of 100 € will be
returned to each participant at the end of the seminar, provided that s/he will have attended all sessions. Instructions for providing the funds will be given in the notice of acceptance. The deadline for
the payment of the deposit is July, 24. The deposit might be returned to participants who eventually
will not take part in the Seminar but only if they communicate to the ASI their impossibility to participate before July, 30.

Participants will be invited to provide the details (Beneficiary, IBAN code, BIC/SWIFT code) of the bank
account where the reimbursement will be transferred.

B) CONDITIONS FOR ITALIAN PARTICIPANTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR

The conditions for Italian participants are the same designed for the participants of the national seminar (150 € participation fee and 70% travel reimbursement up to a maximum reimbursement of 50 €: for more info, see the “Bando” on the ASI website). Participants selected to take part in the seminar
shall pay the participation fee of 150 € before July, 24. No seat deposit is requested. The fee might be
returned to participants who eventually will not take part in the Seminar only if they communicate to
the ASI their impossibility to participate before July, 30. Participants will be invited to provide the details
(Beneficiary, IBAN code) of the bank account where the reimbursement of travel expenses will be
credited.

C) WORKING LANGUAGE

English will be the working language for the international seminar.