Projects

The winning teams and their teachers from the nationwide high school competition series “Youth in International Relations”, organized in cooperation between the Hungarian Atlantic Council and the International Centre for Development and Democratic Transition, and the Agria Universitas Association, participated in a four-day study trip to Brussels. They were accompanied by Dr. Ágnes Horváth, President of […]

Final Round of the High School Competition: “NATO and Youth – The Role and Place of Hungarians in Alliance Systems” The national final of the high school competition titled “NATO and Youth – The Role and Place of Hungarians in Alliance Systems” was held on January 30, 2025, in Eger, at the Glass Hall of the Town […]

Youth Environmental Camp – Summary (12–16 August 2024, Simonpuszta) The Youth Environmental Camp, organised by the International Centre for Development and Democratic Transition (ICDT), aimed to strengthen environmental awareness among Hungarian youth. The event was held at the Simonpuszta National Equestrian Culture Centre and brought together more than 50 participants, including secondary school students, university students, and doctoral candidates […]

Conference Summary – 28 March 2024 The conference organized by the International Centre for Development and Democratic Transition (ICDT) on 28 March 2024 was held in the Corner Room of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The conference consisted of two panels: “Jewish Life in Hungary” and “Hungary and Israel.” The event was opened by Dr. […]

Our reason for the implementation of the project was the assumption that in the 21st century, with the transition to the post-Westphalian international system and the change in the functions of the modern state, the system of tasks of law enforcement and the military also changes, and as a result of the change, they are […]

November 15th, 2022 | 10 AM Budapest time (CET) China’s policy, following the CCP’s most recent Congress, will undoubtedly have a considerable impact on the further development of the World economy and security as well as the changes in the International political order. ​​ Join our live session on 15 November 2022 at 10:00 (CET) on […]

November 15th, 2022 | 10 AM Budapest time (CET) ​ China’s policy, following the CCP’s most recent Congress, will undoubtedly have a considerable impact on the further development of the World economy and security as well as the changes in the International political order. ​​ Join our live session on 15 November 2022 at 10:00 (CET) […]

The ICDT, in cooperation with Bakamo, sponsored by NATO PDD implemented a project on resilience. Our aim was to investigate what people in V4 countries think on national security. We used an unorthodox methodology: the observation of social media. Analysis of public social media conversations by regular citizens mentioning national security, revealed the topics and issues […]

The main aim of our China Project organized and implemented by the International Center for Development and Democratic Transition (ICDT) is to assess China’s integration into-, and relation towards the current global status quo. The end goal and output of the project was a complex study examining the subject, while also serving as a source […]

NATO is as strong as its members. Therefore, it is indispensable that all members take up this program and do what they must and can: both ationally and also in the context of NATO’s joint effort. This is true to Hungary, too. That’s why we think the second half of 2021, immediately after the Summit, […]

Political leaders, as well as the public, often have different views of the same situation in international politics. Our series of interviews with leading personalities of the North Atlantic Alliance and the European Union aims to show what the world looks like from an office in Brussels.

With the implementation of the NATO Simulation project, our goal was to familiarize university students with the ways the North-Atlantic Treaty Organization functions, all this through a competition-based simulation. In the beginning of the organization process, our representatives held a meeting with our partner organization, STRATPOL’s representative, in order to discuss relevant details and set […]