COMMENCEMENT OF THE JEAN MONNET PROGRAMME:

“UNDERSTANDING EUROPEAN INTEGRATION”

The Department of the European Studies and International Relations, in collaboration with the Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs and with the co-sponsorship of the Jean Monnet Programme, is organizing a series of seminars on European Integration.

 

The main aim of the first series of seminars is to provide easy-to-understand presentations about the process of European integration, to address basic but fundamental questions such as: How does the EU manage a range of policy areas and how is the EU governed. The series will also address current European issues, including EU relations with Cyprus, Turkey and the Balkans, the failure of the EU constitution and other.

 

The first series of lectures, titled Introduction to European Integration, will take place every Thursday night (18:30 – 21:00), commencing on November 6, 2008 and ending on February 12, 2009.

 

Two more series of lectures titled respectively, Diplomacy and Interest Representation in an Integrated Europe and The Economic and Social Aspect of European Integration, will be offered in the following semester. Specific information will be provided in due time.

 

The classes are taught by experienced faculty from the cceia of Nicosia and are free of charge. The language of instruction will be in English, and the lectures are open to all local or foreign residents of Cyprus who are interested in acquiring a more profound knowledge of the EU. Upon completion of each series, the participants will receive a certificate of attendance.

 

Summary of Lecture Series

 

Week 1

 

 

Week 2

 

Week 3

 

 

Week 4

 

Week 5

 

Week 6

 

Week 7

 

Week 8

 

Week 9

 

Week 10

 

Week 11

 

Week 12

6/11/08

 

 

13/11/08

 

20/11/08

 

 

27/11/08

 

4/12/08

 

11/12/08

 

18/12/08

 

15/1/09

 

22/1/09

 

29/1/09

 

5/2/09

 

12/2/09

Basic information about the EU (e.g. Flag, national anthem, member and candidate states, important EU cities, etc)

 

History and Origin of the EU

 

Development of organization: from coal and steel industry to EMU

 

Enlargement

 

EU Institutions

 

Euro

 

EU and the Balkans

 

EU and Turkey

 

EU and Cyprus

 

A failure of the EU Constitution?

 

Lisbon treaty and the day after

 

Democracy and the EU (i.e. the debate over the democratic deficit)

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