The European Leadership Programme is an initiative of the Jesuit European Social Centre, supported by the Jesuit Conference of European Provincials. The University Centre Saint Ignatius Antwerp supports the programme by hosting the academic paper presentation session before a jury at the University of Antwerp and co-organizing the graduation ceremony.

The programme’s final aim is to help reform the spiritual, social and political life in Europe, reorienting it towards a quest for the common good, in line with the long Jesuit tradition in forming leaders to change the world.

It is a fellowship for ten to twelve master students per semester, who participate to develop their leadership skills in international policy and advocacy. The programme offers a comprehensive formation experience, consisting of a semester-long internship, encompassing five modules:

• immersion in the administrative and political setting of EU institutions,
• academic classes and workshops with practitioners,
• voluntary work in a marginalized community in Brussels,
• spiritual training,
• living in community.

This is the second graduation ceremony to celebrate the completion of the programme by the second cohort of students. It will symbolically be held on the premises of the new Jesuit College Matteo Ricci in Molenbeek.

Programme

6.00 p.m. Welcome address by Alain Deneef, President of the World Union of Jesuit Alumnae WUJA

6.05 p.m. Welcome address by Stijn Latré, Director of the University Centre Saint Ignatius Antwerp UCSIA

6.10 p.m. Welcome address by Peter Rožič SJ, Director of the Jesuit European Social Centre JESC

6.17 p.m. Video testimonies of ELP Fellows

6.30 p.m. Keynote address by Frans van Daele

Frans van Daele joined the Belgian diplomatic service in 1971 and was appointed to the Permanent Mission of Belgium to the European Union in 1973. After postings in Athens, Rome and at the Belgian mission to the UN in New York, he served at the Belgian Foreign Office as Director General for Political Affairs at the Foreign Office. In 1997 he was appointed as Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the European Union. In 2002 he became Ambassador of Belgium to the USA. Since 2006, he has served as Ambassador and Permanent Representative to NATO. In 2013 he became the first chief of the Royal private cabinet of King Philippe of Belgium. He held the office from 2013 to 2017. Upon his retirement he was made a Minister of State.

7.00 p.m. Q & A

7.15 p.m. Graduation ceremony

7.35 p.m. Closing remarks by Botond Feledy, Secretary for Leadership at the Jesuit European Social Centre JESC

7.45 p.m. Reception

8.30 p.m. End

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