Our History

Euro Atlantic Diplomacy Society (EADSociety) is an international NGO and its history dates back to 2013, having its roots in a student initiative event organized in 2012 at the Free University of Brussels. Over time, the NGO gained important experience in implementing relevant flagship projects and programmes, but also acquired experience in EU and international affairs, building multiple stakeholder networks and working with diverse partnership instruments. Our initiatives have acted as a hub for raising awareness, policy making and best practices exchange, being implemented in multiple countries such as Belgium, Hungary, Gabon, Italy, Latvia, Montenegro, Romania and Sweden.

Our Vision

EADSociety is focused on European and international affairs, engaging with a wide range of stakeholders in order to reach an inter-disciplinary partnership for resilience. While being focused on increasing the knowledge and understanding of social, economic and political dynamics within society, our expertise is applied to tackle contemporary challenges in various disciplines. In addition, EADSociety is also relying on its advisory board in order to explore, develop and implement complex programmes.

Moreover, EADSociety is working with cross-cutting issues aiming at tackling concrete aspects based on the needs of society and industry. Our interest is to propose a coherent toolkit for policy and decision-making processes (including assessment, social innovation or use of emerging technologies). While being interested in fields such as democracy and governance, health and emerging risks, climate adaptation and food security, smart mobility and value chains, digital and artificial intelligence, we are also contributing to communication and dissemination, exploitation and innovation, lobby and advocacy. It is in our general interest to contribute to the global efforts of building a more sustainable and peaceful future for all, but also more resilient communities and societies.

Our Goals 

EADSociety seeks to contribute to preparing the next generation of leaders to deal with global challenges in a fast-changing world. In order to achieve this mission, our activities are based on four main pillars:

Leadership

Partnership

Engagement

Development of Emerging Technologies

 

Our Core Values

1) Inclusiveness and diversity – EADSociety is keen to create a sense of belonging to our volunteers, participants and advisors, promoting multiculturalism, multiethnicity and gender balance.

2) Integrity – EADSociety is a non-governmental, non-profit and apolitical organization, based on sound moral and ethical principles, including honesty, trust and respect. It represents the foundation of effective cooperation inside and outside EADSociety’s network.

3) Professionalism and commitment – EADSociety aims to provide professional experiences for future leaders through projects that enables them to gain valuable knowledge and become more competitive on the labour market.

Cooperation with International Organizations

  • NATO – EADSociety was involved in organizing study visits, crisis management exercises and/or simulation of decision making processes such as Model NATO Youth Summit, NATO International School, Defence and Dialogue in Eastern Europe, Initiative for Peace Programme, NATO Run. EADSociety was also involved within #WeAreNATO campaign at national level, in close cooperation with the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  • European Union – over time, EADSociety organized events in both EU and non-EU countries, working together with young professionals, academia and policymakers from all over the world. The actual aim is to focus on various projects and programmes by making use of EU’s instruments: Horizon Europe, Erasmus+, e-Calls Prospect, COST and CERV programmes. At the same time, we intend to strengthen the relationship with EU delegations on the ground and create opportunities for young people to volunteer or work (in their own community or abroad) under the European Solidarity Corps initiative.
  • United Nations – following the coordination and management meeting of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in New York, in April 2018, it was granted special consultative status to EADSociety. This includes privileges and benefits under ECOSOC Resolution 1996/31, attendance at meetings and access to the United Nations Headquarters, written statements at ECOSOC, oral presentations at ECOSOC, consultations with ECOSOC and its subsidiary bodies. It is a step forward in contributing to the global efforts of achieving 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals.

In our future endeavours and initiatives, we intend to expand our advisory board by including more experts, to continue our cooperation with young professionals, but also to boost our research profile by facilitating the interaction between academia, civil society, industry and EU policymakers.

If you want to be part of our team and/or propose a partnership with Euro Atlantic Diplomacy Society, please contact us at office@eadsociety.com. We are very much looking forward to fruitful and win-win cooperation.