The CEP/AFP Experience: What it meant to me?

How did the CEP/AFP experience impact your personal and professional development? How do you look back on the CEP experience?
Jonathan Stein, faculty fellow, Charles University and Palacky University, Czechoslovakia; Edil Baisalov, student, American University of Kyrgyzstan; Oleksei Haran, faculty sponsor, University of Kiyv Mohyla Academy, Ukraine; Phil Henderson, faculty fellow, University of Timisoara and the Polytechnic University of Timisoara, Romania and Regional Director, Southeast Europe; Elena Kim, student and AFP Fellow, American University of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan; Vladyslav Rashkovan, Local Faculty Fellow, Odesa State Economics University, Ukraine; Abbey Gardner, Country Director, Baltics; Hans Gutbrod, faculty fellow, Tblisi State University, Georgia; Marta Dyczok, faculty fellow, University of Kiyv Mohyla Academy; Brian Whitmore, faculty fellow Odesa State University and St. Petersburg State University; Liana Ghent, Country Director, Romania, Regional Director, Co-President CEP, Senior Program Manager, HESP/AFP (Moderator)