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INSTITUTUL EUROPEAN 

Institutul European Iaşi is an organization with European vocation, set up in 1990 as a non-governmental, independent, and non-profit institution.

AIMS

The main goal of Institutul European is to become involved in the process meant to secure the necessary prospects for Romania’s integration into a complex organization such as the European Union. It wishes to be an important partner in developing different projects aiming at facilitating Romania’s integration into the European Union. By its flexibility and by its capacity of maintaining a close and direct contact with the civil society, Institutul European can set in motion projects that are alternative (and complementary) to the proceedings taking place on the level of governmental policies and of departments in charge of preparing and achieving Romania’s integration into the EU. 
The cooperation with the European institutions is considered very important and is focused on communication based upon information, objectivity and transparency, not on an idealized image of the integration process and of its outcome. 
The European integration concerns first of all the European citizens, the Romanian ones included. The diversifying and professionalizing of the integration process involves the development in Romania of competences and institutions capable to work together with European partners. 

OBJECTIVES

• To study Europe’s national and regional diversity 
• To distribute in a systematic manner information concerning the main aspects related to the European integration with a view to establishing well informed political opinions (group meetings, seminars, press conferences, etc.)
• To work together with institutions (both governmental and nongovernmental) and professional associations of the Romanian civil society in order to establish partnership and lobby programs in cooperation with the corresponding European institutions, with a view to facilitating Romania’s integration process 
• To develop European integration studies
• To train specialists able to work out, apply and asses policies related to the European integration

STRUCTURE

Institutul European has a holding type structure, which includes a publishing house, a printing works and an audio-video production studio (as administrator of the local radio and television stations Europa Nova, Institutul European was able to broadcast its entire audio and video production between 1993 and 2001.)

MEANS

In order to achieve its goals, Institutul European combines several types of activities:

• Produces audio-video materials;
• Publishes essential titles in the fields of European culture and civilization, politics, economy, history, integration studies;
• Organizes specific events (training seminars, conferences, etc.);
• Participates in local, national and international debates on European topics;Organizes abroad events meant to promote a realistic image of Romania.

ACTION PRINCIPLES

• Realistic perspective
• Planning ahead
• Adequate organization
• Efficient communication
• Keeping up to date
• Consistent endeavour in carrying out projects 

ACHIEVEMENTS (Events. Programs. Projects)
(actiuni, programe, proiecte)

• The “Helvetic Confederation 700” Symposium, Iaşi, November 1991 (in co-operation with the Embassy of Switzerland in Romania); 

• The “Mass Media in Eastern Europe” Symposium, Iaşi, June 1992 (with the participation of experts working for the BBC, Deutsche Welle, Le Monde, the Francophone Belgian television);

• The first and second editions of the international symposium of language sciences, Suceava, November 1993 – November 1995, with participants from Germany, France, Portugal, Spain, etc (in co-operation with the “Ştefan cel Mare” University in Suceava);

• “The European Convention on Human Rights”, Iaşi, August 1994 (in co-operation with the Council of Europe, the “Al.I. Cuza” University in Iaşi and the “A.D. Xenopol” Institute of History in Iaşi); 

• Romanian Days in Greece, Salonic, May 1996 (in co-operation with the Romanian Embassy in Greece); 

• Days of the Romanian Culture at the Academia di Romania, Rome, June 1997 (in co-operation with the Culture Department of the Romanian Embassy);
  Romanian Days in Israel, May 1997 (in co-operation with the Romanian Embassy in Israel);

• Celebration of the City of Iaşi in New York, November 1998 (in co-operation with the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Romanian Embassy and the Romanian Cultural Centre in New York);

• Institutul European Days in Vienna, March 1999 (in co-operation with the Romanian Embassy in Vienna);

• Days of the Romanian-Austrian co-operation, March 1999, (event organized in co-operation with the Romanian Cultural Centre in Vienna and the Vienna City Council);

• “The Sky above Vienna”, March 2000 (event organized in co-operation with the Romanian Cultural Centre in Vienna and the Viennese Journalists Association);

• Civis, 1996-1997 (production of a TV documentary series having as its main subject the civil society) in co-operation with the SOROS Foundation; 
  Local problems. Local solutions, 1997-1998 (in co-operation with the Delegation of the European Commission, within the PHARE Program for Democracy), a program intended for the local public administration;

• Political conflict and the administrative litigation court, 1998-1999 (in co-operation with the Delegation of the European Commission, within the PHARE Program for Democracy), a program intended for the local public administration; 

• The Mayor’s Guide. The Local Councillor’s Guide, 1999-2000 (in co-operation with the Foundation for an Open Society), a program intended for the local public administration;

• Partner of the “Al. I. Cuza” University Iaşi in setting up and supporting the activity of the CREA (Regional Centre for Adult Education) as part of a program financed by the World Bank;

• The Youth Parliament, in co-operation with the Delegation of the European Commission, within the PHARE Program for Democracy;

• The SILOGRAPHIC Trans-National Program (vocational and professional training in “graphic designing” within the Leonardo da Vinci program) financed by the European Commission, 2006.

VIDEO AND EDITORIAL PRODUCTION

Institutul European produced in its own studio 44 documentaries (amounting to 1,126 minutes) and published 1071 titles (51 collections and 45 fields of knowledge).

MAIN PARTNERS AND SPONSORS

• The Administration of the National Cultural Fund, Bucharest, Romania 
• The National Agency for Scientific Research, Bucharest, Romania
• The Agency for Government Strategies, Bucharest, Romania
• The Austrian Embassy in Bucharest, Romania
• The Swiss Embassy in Bucharest, Romania
• The French Embassy in Bucharest, Romania
• The Romanian Commercial Bank
• The World Bank
• The French Community in Belgium 
• The Delegation of the European Commission in Romania
• The Open Society Foundation in Romania
• The International Cooperation Institute in Bonn, Germany
• The French Institute in Bucharest, Romania
• The “Goethe” Institute in Bucharest, Romania
• The Institute for European Studies in Brussels, Belgium
• The Kultur Kontact in Vienna, Austria
• The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris, France
• The Ministry of Arts, Letters and Audiovisual Techniques, Brussels
• The Ministry of Culture in Vienna, Austria
• The Ministry of Culture and Communications in Paris, France
• The Ministry of Culture and Cults in Bucharest, Romania
• The Ministry of Education and Research in Bucharest, Romania
• The Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Transport
• The City Council and the Prefect’s Office of the City of Iaşi, Romania
• The “Al. I. Cuza” University in Iaşi, Romania
• “Babeş-Bolyai” University in Cluj, Romania
• “Universitatea De Vest” in Timişoara, Romania

CURRENT PROJECTS

• To publish in Romanian a series of essential volumes in the field of European studies (with the participation of an international advisory board)
• To initiate two European master studies: one in the field of European studies (in co-operation with the CREA – the “Al.I.Cuza” University Iaşi ) and the second in the field of European journalism (in co-operation with the Faculty of Journalism in Bucharest and the School of Journalism in Utrecht – Holland)
• To organize an international seminar (March 2007) on Democracy and regional security; case study: the Middle East
• To produce a double CD “George Enescu’s Lieds”, in co-production with LAAR, ORF and ICR in Vienna, Austria
• The Romanian Days in Austria in co-operation with LAAR, ICR Vienna, ORF Austria, the Romanian National Television
• To build a digital platform with live-streaming, in co-production with LAAR, ORF Austria and the Romanian National Television.

THE INSTITUTUL EUROPEAN PUBLISHING HOUSE

Active since 1991, IE is considered one of the most prestigious publishing houses in Romania. It published until now approximately 1030 titles. The editorial platform (with a structure of 50 collections) covers the whole range of social and human sciences: philosophy, political sciences, sociology, European studies, anthropology, history, history of ideas, mentalities, literary theory and criticism, etc. It publishes essays, academic literature and studies, school manuals and auxiliary materials. It holds a nationwide distribution network, and it co-operates with approximately 150 companies owning 450 distribution units (bookstores) and approximately 90 university, city and county libraries in Romania, as well as with international libraries (Bibliothèque Nationale de France, the Frankfurt University Library, the Padua University Library). It maintains a permanent contact with more than 800 authors, book editors, preface writers and translators from Romania and abroad. 
IE signed publishing contracts with over 100 houses in Europe and the United States (Addison, Armand Colin, Blackwell, Cambridge, Chicago University Press, Columbia University Press, Complexe, Découverte, Fayard, Gallimard, Hatier, Il Mulino, Molden Verlag, Nathan, Oxford University Press, PUF, Routledge, Rowohlt Verlag, Seuil, Yale, etc). It was presented with numerous awards by professional associations, but also by the Romanian Academy. 

AWARDS

1993	The “Book of the Year” award at the Cluj-Napoca Book Fair (for Adrian Marino’s Evadări în lumea liberă)
1993	The Critics Award at the Oradea Book Fair (for Marian Papahagi’s Faţa şi reversul)
1993	The Poetry Award at the National Poetry Festival, Satu-Mare (for Dorin Popa’s Fără întoarcere)
1993	The Best History Book award at the “Libris” Book Fair, Iaşi (for V. Fl. Dobrinescu’s România şi sistemul tratatelor de pace de la Paris)
1994	The “Publishing House of the Year” award and the Special Award at the Cluj-Napoca Book Fair (for Al. Zub’s În orizontul istoriei)
1994	“The Grand Award” at the Oradea Book Fair (for Plata şi răsplata istoriei by V. Fl. Dobrinescu and Gh. Nicolescu)
1995	The award for the publication of Greek and Latin literature at the “Libris” Book Fair, Iaşi
1995	“The Special Award” at the “Gh. Asachi” Book Exhibit (for A. Carpinschi’s Deschidere şi sens în gîndirea politică,)
1995	The “Special Award” for scientific research at the “Gh.Asachi” Book Exhibit, Iaşi (for V. Dumistrăcel’s Sate dispărute, sate ameninţate)
1997	The “Grand Award” for translation at the “Libris” Book Fair, Iaşi (for the translation by N. Ionel of Vergil’s Aeneid)
1997	The “Grand Award” for debut and the Best History Book award at the “Gh. Asachi” Book Exhibit, Iaşi (for Irina Andone’s Mîngîios and for the Civitas collection)
1997	The “Publishing House of the Year” award at the Bucharest Book Fair
1998	The “Ioan Petru Culianu” Award for the promoting of exile literature, the “Libris” Book Fair, Iaşi
1999	The “Vasile Conta” Award presented by the Romanian Academy (for Anton Adămuţ’s Filosofia substanţei)
1999	The Bucharest Book Fair; the “Theophil Simensky” Award for the publishing of world literature, the “Libris” Book Fair, Iaşi
1999	The Romanian Editors Association Award for the most interesting collection at the Bucharest Book Fair (Constelaţia Gemenii)
2000	The “Diploma of Excellency” and the “Diploma for the exceptional artistic and scientific treatment of the most various fields”, the Bucharest Book and Magazine Exhibit
2000	The “Ioan Petru Culianu” Award for the promoting of exile literature, the “Libris” Book Fair, Iaşi
2000	The Romanian Editors Association Award, the Bucharest International Book Fair
2000	The Special Award for translation for King Lear (Opera Magna), the National Book Exhibit, Timişoara.
2001	“The Excellency Award for Thematic Diversity”, the Book and Magazine Exhibit, Bucharest
2002	The Romanian Editors Association Award for best scientific book (Adrian Nicolescu’s Istoria civilizaţiei britanice)
2004	The “Ovidiu” Award for the publishing of classic literature (Latin and neo-Romanic)
2004	The “Librex 2004” Book Fair, Iaşi; the “Diploma of Excellency” for the high-quality editorial activity, the Vth Education Fair, the University of Bucharest
2005	The “Ioan Petru Culianu” Award for “the most important publishing house promoting the history of culture and civilization”, the “Librex” Book Fair, Iaşi
2007	The “Ioan Petru Culianu” Award for “the most important publishing house promoting the history of culture and civilization”, the “Librex” Book Fair, Iaşi
2007	The “Alexandru Xenopol” Award presented by the Romanian Academy (Istoria civilizaţiei britanice, Adrian Nicolescu)
2008	The “Ioan Petru Culianu” Award for “The most important publishing house promoting the history of culture and civilization”, the “Librex” Book Fair, Iaşi
2008	The “Latin Union Award for Technical and Scientific Translation” (Periferia textului, Philippe Lane and Pragmatică pentru discursul literar, Dominique Maingueneau), Latin Union, Paris
2009	The “Bronze Medal”, The Romanian Book Exhibit, Iaşi (Curs de obstetrică şi ginecologie, Mihai Pricop)
2009	The “Mihail Kogălniceanu” Award presented by the Romanian Academy (România spre Uniunea Europeană. Negocierile de aderare (2000-2004), Vasile Puşcaş)
2010	The “Year’s Publisher” Award presented by the Biblioteca Centrala Universitara „Carol I”, Bucharest

INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIRS

    Institutul European participates every year to the most important international book fairs: Frankfurt am Main, Paris, Leipzig, London, Geneva, Budapest, Warsaw, Prague, Sank-Petersburg, Jerusalem, Istanbul.

[Aims] [Objectives] [Structure] [Means] [Principles] [Achievements] [Production] [Partners] [Current projects] [Publishing House] [Awards] [Book Fairs]