As a part of the Young Women and Next Generation Initiative (YWNGI), the VCDNP hosted a webinar featuring Véronique Christory, Senior Arms Advisor at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), on the ICRC’s role in negotiating the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
The Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) is recruiting an intern for summer 2026, under the Japan Chair for a World without Nuclear Weapons programme. Eligible applicants must be Japanese nationals. The VCDNP is an international non-governmental organisation based in Vienna, Austria. The Center conducts research, facilitates dialogue, and builds capacity on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation […]
VCDNP’s Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova and Federica Dall’Arche, on behalf of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium (EUNPDC), visited the University of Malta to engage with students and scholars on non-proliferation, disarmament, and arms control issues.
VCDNP Executive Director Elena Sokova and Senior Research Associate Federica Dall’Arche participated in the Annual Conference of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium (EUNPDC) and held a series of activities with Mentors and Mentees of the YWNGI Mentorship Programme.
The VCDNP, IAI and ISYP held the third edition of the “Engagement Opportunities in Arms Control, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation for Young Professionals and Students” event.
The VCDNP launched the 5th edition of the Young Women in Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (YWNPD) Mentorship Programme, an activity of the Young Women and Next Generation Initiative (YWNGI) established by the VCDNP in 2021 on behalf of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium (EUNPDC).
VCDNP senior staff members Laura Rockwood, Ingrid Kirsten and Federica Dall’Arche took part as speakers in the Universalization Youth Academy on the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT), organised by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna.
The final meeting of the 2024–2025 cycle of the Mentorship Programme under the YWNGI took place on 14 May 2025. Hosted virtually, the event brought together mentees, mentors, and experts in the field to share insights, celebrate the achievements of the mentees, and reflect on the Programme’s outcomes.
The Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP), on behalf of the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium and in the framework of the Young Women Next Generation Initiative (YWNGI), organised the second Mentorship Alumni meeting in Vienna.
The VCDNP and the International Affairs Institute (IAI), on behalf of the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium and in the framework of the Young Women Next Generation Initiative (YWNGI), organised the first Mentorship Alumni meeting in Brussels and a webinar on conventional weapons diversion, featuring Dr. Nils Duquet.
The VCDNP and the International Affairs Institute (IAI), on behalf of the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium and in the framework of the Young Women Next Generation Initiative (YWNGI), visited the University of Split to engage the next generation on non-proliferation, disarmament, and arms control issues.
On behalf of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium (EUNPDC), Senior Research Associate Federica Dall’Arche (VCDNP) and Senior Research Fellow Paola Tessari (IAI) visited the Ludovika University of Public Service in Budapest to engage the next generation and raise awareness of non-proliferation, disarmament, and arms control issues.
VCDNP Executive Director Elena Sokova and Senior Research Associate Federica Dall’Arche participated in the Annual Conference of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium (EUNPDC) and met with Mentors and Mentees of the YWNGI Mentorship Programme.
The VCDNP, IAI and ISYP held the second edition of the “Engagement Opportunities in Arms Control, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation for Young Professionals and Students” event.
The VCDNP and the International Affairs Institute launched the 4th edition of the Young Women in Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Mentorship Programme in the framework of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium.
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