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SUMMARY:UNITED KINGDOM- UNIVERSITY OF BATH - Margarita STARKEVICUITE
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A former member was invited by the University of Bath to attend a roundtable session assessing the Lisbon Treaty 10 years after its implementation and the challenges Europe has faced since the Treaty. The member also shared their expertise with graduate students during several lectures. \nThe roundtable session was attended by our member Margarita STARKEVICIUTE. You can find here below her article that was published on the June 2019 FMA Bulletin.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”ROUNDTABLE ON THE TREATY OF LISBON IN BATH”][vc_column_text]The University of Bath received its royal charter in 1966. Over the years the College grew and moved from Bristol to Bath and today offers students a high-quality education\, as University ranked at 6th place among top UK universities in 2019. \nTotally 17 000 students study at the University of Bath\, non-UK residents comprise around 30 per cent and female students account for 45 per cent of the total number. University has its own Sports Training Village and students have an opportunity successfully balancing sporting career with studying. According to QS Global World Ranking in sports related subjects\, the University of Bath is among the ten best Universities in the world. University achievements in research also should be highlighted – 87 per cent of research is classed as world-leading or internationally excellent by the recent Research Excellence Network. Former MEP Margarita Starkeviciute upon request of the University of Bath took a part in a Roundtable Event on 10 Years of the Lisbon Treaty. The event was attended by Euromasters students\, and two University professors also were making short presentations on impact of the Lisbon Treaty on EU security and Trade policy. \nThe goal of the presentation on Lisbon strategy was to clarify the powers of the European Union and types of legal competence: exclusive competence\, shared competence and supporting competence. Public debates tend to exaggerate EU powers and students were interested to learn that the Treaty of Lisbon offers to the Member States a significant number of mechanisms for flexibility and an involvement of national parliaments in the decision-making process\, while to everyone it grants participatory democracy in form of citizen’s initiative. \n \nThe roundtable included one hour a Q&A session. Majority of questions were about the European Parliament role in the EU decision-making process. A group of undergraduate students  expressed an interest to chat about European careers\, so the afternoon was dedicated to a student-question driven session on the subject. Students were well informed about EU wide youth programs and consider them as relevant and useful. They got some more information on the posts open to young people at the different EU institutions and agencies. \nOn Tuesday a Master’s class in a module on International Trade was attended not only by the UK students but also by foreign students.Students were keen to learn about trade in digital services\, use of new  technologies like blockchain in trade\, protection of privacy. It was noted that obligation to protect privacy as a fundamental right and creation of a level playing field for technology companies could be achieved by setting a new policy framework in international negotiations. \nEU cities fair and ethical cities award results were presented as an example of how new policy can change the life of developing nations. The leading in this field EU Cities have a special policy that includes procurement\, establishing long term relations with partner cities and regions from developing countries and citizens’ education in fair trade programs. That creates a framework for maintaining direct contacts and promoting fair trade. \nThis policy allows ensuring more efficient aid programs to deprived regions and cities in Africa\, Asia and the Americas. During Q&A session students wanted to learn more about MEPs experience in international negotiations. A visit was very successful thanks to the well  prepared program by Dr Maria Garcia a representative of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Bath and FMA.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:http://www.formermembers.eu/event/united-kingdom-university-of-bath-4-march-2019/
CATEGORIES:EP to campus
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SUMMARY:UKRAINE - UKRAINIAN ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSORS AND RESEARCHERS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION - Andrew DUFF
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A former member was invited to participate to an international conference on “Uniting Europe: a quarter century of institutionalization of the EU-Ukraine relations”. The audience mainly consisted of representatives of academic community from Ukraine and foreign countries\, Jean Monnet projects coordinators and teaching members\, students and graduates\, representatives of NGOs\, national and international experts from a variety of professional backgrounds\, public officials\, policymakers. \nAndrew DUFF participated in this event.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN LVIV\nMission report” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23002fb2″ google_fonts=”font_family:Raleway%3A100%2C200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800%2C900|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]In the run up to the presidential elections in Ukraine\, I was invited to participate in the annual conference of the Ukrainian Association of professors and researchers of European integration and the Ukrainian Association of international law. The event on 19-20 March was held in Lviv but gathered participants from across Ukraine\, including those displaced from Crimea and Donbass. \n \nThe centre of attention was Ukraine’s association agreement with the EU\, signed in 2014. Too few of the Ukrainian participant soffered in-depth analysis of the origins\, negotiation and ratification of the controversial agreement: more were concerned simply toxpress dissatisfaction at the alleged unfairness of the asymmetric treaty. It became apparent that the potential of the association agreement is not being well exploited by the government in Kiev. Politics inUkraine remains overwhelmed by corruption fuelled by oligarchs and radically de-stabilised by the Russian invasion. Civil society\, especially of a secular bent\, is weak. The EU is blamed for imposing harsh conditions that work to impede Ukraine’s ambitions to join it as a full member state. I explained the nature and purpose of the association agreement as seen from the EU\, and spelled out how problematic further enlargement now seems to be in general – and with regard to Ukraine in particular. I argued that the EU is at present too weak to contemplate its territorial expansion to Eastern Europe\, and described the factors which inform the debate on the ‘future of Europe’\, especially rule of law issues. Statements by Presiden tTusk that encourage Ukraine’s European aspirations do not reflect a Brussels consensus. Much interest was expressed in Brexit and many speakers drew analogies between the joint predicament of Ukraine and the UK on the outskirts of the Union. I argued that it is more difficult to leave the EU than to join it\, andp osed questions. Could Britain’s prospective association agreement offer hope to others\, including Ukraine? Is the Ukrainian association agreement a useful template for the British negotiations? \n \nAt a second event\, I spoke to a largec rowd of students from the (public)Ivan Franko National University of Lviv and the (private) UkrainianCatholic University. In a long andlively exchange of views I was struck bout how important it is for EU pokesmen to stress that the valuesand principles of the European Union are those of liberal democracy. Viktor Orban is not a good role model forEuropean students.I was also reminded how necessary it is for young people to have goodducation in the history of their ownnations. It was alarming that so fewstudents evinced interest in the storyof pre-Soviet Ukraine or seemednterested in connecting their historywith their future. Even in Lviv/Lvov/Lemberg one hundred years afterthe fall of the Habsburg monarchy\,there was no obvious effort to reflecton the history of this remarkablecity\, and people seemed especiallyindifferent to its previous Jewishcharacter.I am most grateful to the excellentorganisation and warm hospitality ofmy Ukrainian hosts. The value of theEP to Campus programme is much ppreciated. \n  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:http://www.formermembers.eu/event/ukrain-ukrainian-association-of-professors-and-researchers-of-european-integration-19-20-march-2019/
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SUMMARY:UNITED KINGDOM- De MONTFORT UNIVERSITY IN LEICESTER -Seán O NEACHTAIN
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”9065″][vc_column_text]The University invited two former Members to participate in a series of events held from 20 to 22 March 2019 with the topic Britain and the European Union after Brexit. The event took place in the context of the work of the University Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in European Governance on the reform and future direction of the European Union. The event was organized the week before the UK is scheduled to leave the EU. \nSeán Ó NEACHTAIN participated in these event.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”9076\,9085\,9083\,9088″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:http://www.formermembers.eu/event/united-kingdom-de-montfort-university-in-leicester-20-22-march-2019/
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SUMMARY:SPAIN- UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO - Francisca SAUQUILLO PÉREZ DEL ARCO
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The University invited Francisca Sauquillo Pérez Del Arco to participate in the Jean Monnet conference: Political and economic legitimacy of the European union in current time. \nA report in Spanish is available here.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”9009″][vc_column_text] \nFrancisca SAUQUILLO PÉREZ DEL ARCO with students  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:http://www.formermembers.eu/event/spain-university-of-deusto-21-march-2019/
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