The EU - Central Asia in the International System project was organised with significant funding from the VolkswagenFoundation.
Since its founding (1959) the IEP has been a non-profit organisation research and training Institute dedicated to the study of European integration and of the EU in the international system. It is one of the first foreign and European policy research centres in the Federal Republic of Germany and serves as a forum for exchange between academia, politics, administration and political education.
More information: www.iep-berlin.de
Established in 1954, CIFE is a private, non profit-making international organisation, receiving the support of the European Union and other organisations. CIFE has offices in Nice, Berlin, Brussels and Istanbul.
The programmes of CIFE encompass educational and research activities concerning European integration, federalism, regionalism and changes within the structure of contemporary society in accordance with a federalist perspective.
More information: www.cife.eu