The first Summer School will be organized in Vilnius 6-10 of June 2016. Summer School Country Image and Information Warfare was influenced by armed conflict in Ukraine, and related with that active information war and propaganda from Russia. These events raised the topic of information warfare and propaganda that was mostly the topic related with political sciences and journalism but not so much with communication and public relations.

Network partners are willing to achieve those learning outcomes through the respectful, professional discussion with participants during activities planned in the program of the intensive course:

• To gain knowledge and skills in country image formation and communication campaigns;
• To gain knowledge about information warfare and propaganda and to obtain skills for critical; analysis of those activities and their manifestation especially in media;
• To get knowledge and skills on analysis of various methods and techniques that are used for propaganda and communication campaigns, to critically analyse their distinguished features;
• To get knowledge and skills to deal with persons from different cultures and to overcome individual and cultural barriers to reach the task.

Innovativeness of the course is not only the topic of the intensive course, but as well the set of exclusive teachers working in different fields related with the topics, teaching methods that would be used in intensive course (problem solving, case – studies, presentations, discussions and role playing), and as well one of the most important aspects – group of participants from different countries with different understanding of the issue.

According to the number of hours and activities that are planned after successful accomplishment of the intensive course participant will get the certificate from Vilnius University and from the network. According to number of hours that are devoted to lectures and seminars, work in groups and as well for substantive work as well the number of 6 ECTS credits would be provided and number of 24 contact hours. According agreement between partner institutions the credits obtained for intensive course would be reckoned by the participant’s home institution.

Keynotes

Dalia Bankauskaitė (Vilnius University, Lithuania)

Beata Grebliauskienė (Vilnius University, Lithuania)

Kristina Jakutytė – Ancienė (Vilnius University, Lithuania)

Ilkhom Khalimzoda (Turiba University, Latvia)

Mari Kooskora  (Estonian Business School, Estonia)

Claes Levinsson (Uppsala University, Sweden)

Agrita Lujāne (Turiba University, Latvia)

Liga Mirlina (Turiba University, Latvia)

Andris Petersons (Turiba University, Latvia)

Chutinon Putthiwanit (Turiba University, Latvia)

Gregory John Simons (Uppsala University, Sweden)

Agu Uudelepp (Estonian Business School, Estonia)

Jurgita Vizgirdaitė  (Vilnius University, Lithuania)