Class of 2022

A Transatlantic Approach to the Developing World

The Bertelsmann Foundation Fellowship (BFF), formerly known as the Congressional European Parliamentary Initiative (CEPI), is a transatlantic fellowship now in its fourteenth year. The class of 2022 was the first to engage in a hybrid experience that spanned across months.

Fellows started with a trip to Brussels to meet with European experts, followed by several virtual sessions, before finishing with a trip to Washington, DC to meet with American experts. A publication will be released in January 2023.

The BFF Class of 2022 focused on the topic of a Transatlantic Approach to the Developing World. Over the course of several months, BFF participants engaged with diverse, high-level stakeholders across a variety of sectors to discuss transatlantic cooperation with actors in the developing world on issues ranging from migration to digital development. The goal of these experiences was to provide participants with tools to enhance policy formulation, deepen participants’ understanding of transatlantic legislative processes, and to build bridges to safeguard the long-standing partnership between the European Union and the United States. Throughout the program participants met with a wide range of speakers from the European Commission, the Red Cross EU, the U.S. Department of Treasury, The World Bank, Migration Policy Institute and more.

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2022 Participants