Augustin Ignatov: “I really wanted to share my ideas with the public, including abroad, to make them known to the world and thus contribute to promoting European values”
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Augustin Ignatov, a 22-year-old from Lipnic, Ocnița, has become a finalist in the “Youth Essay Prize Competition”, held for young people from Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia, the three signatories of the Association Agreements and DCFTAs with the European Union. He discusses his win in an interview.
The competition was chaired by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels. Of about 35 registered participants, only 6 were selected as winners. Besides participation diplomas and cash prizes, they could publish their essays on www.3dcftas.eu, which hosts work by recognised experts from the EU, Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia.
In the interview, Augustin says the victory meant his voice was heard. He names the EU’s main impacts on his life: visa-free travel (he was in the delegation on the first visa-free flight to the EU in 2014), Erasmus+ projects in higher education, EU events and the country’s stability. He calls the EU Moldova’s key economic partner and guarantor of prosperity through fair trade, investment, technology transfer and financial support. He thanks Expert-Grup, CEPS, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency and the Swedish Embassy, and urges young people to take part.
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