Representatives and participants from Central and Eastern Europe shall discover the opportunities and possibilities, frontiers and obstacles of European Neighbourhood by talking with each other. The goal is to find a way how to create a common European Neighbourhood. The project is organized in co-operation with the HypoVereinsbank . The purpose of the Kempfenhausen Round Table is to meet European neighbours to get a view of the variety of the larger Europe. This dialogue process has one term, as in the tradition of the Kempfenhausen Round Table, of two years.
Questions concerning culture and identity are the main issues of the debate.
The results of the discussions are refined and published by the partners in the project. The perceptions of the dialogue shall offer a contribution for the understanding between the European neighbour states. The Eastern Enlargement of the European Union from 15 member states to 25 or more will substantially change its policies, structures and decision processes. The political culture and identity of the Central and Eastern European states have been influenced by a history of insecure borders, nationality conflicts and experiences of marginality. For the next few years the development of European neighbourhood relations will seem to be even more important.