Agenda

The delay in opening EU accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia in October 2019 was received with concern across the Western Balkans. Of particular interest was the possibility that accession talks with other candidate countries might be delayed as well. Still, despite the decision, the enlargement fundamentals remain clear: the future of the Western Balkans is and remains in the EU.

The conference, organized by the Istituto Affari Internazioneli (IAI) in cooperation with European Western Balkans and with the support of the EU Delegation to the Republic of Serbia, aims at discussing how the incoming ‘geopolitical’ Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen could and should pick up the pieces of this geostrategic blunder. The event aims to address the question how to transform present obstacles into opportunities to reconfirm commitments made, while seizing the opportunities to reshape and reinvigorate the EU enlargement policy for a more effective and rapid transformation of the Western Balkans.

13 December 2019

Belgrade, Serbia

Find the program and more information here.

The lectures will be given by Dr. Nicolas Stelgias, scientific associate of the Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs. The thematic includes issues such as the Turkish state and its institutional problems, Turkey under AKP and Erdogan, Turkish foreign policy, Turkey and the Turkish-Cypriots and the Cyprus issue.

16 December 2019 and 13 January 2020, 18:00-20:00,

University of Nicosia, Cyprus, Room M115 Conference Room, Millennium Building (1st floor)

RSVP – 22841600, e-mail: cceia@unic.ac.cy

The College of Europe in Natolin has the pleasure to invite the College of Europe Alumni based in Poland to the Natolin Christmas Alumni Gathering, which will take place on Friday, 13 December 2019.

Come and join us all to celebrate the end of the exams and to wish you all a happy and fruitful end of 2019!

Your housekeepers and host families will be invited as well.

Natolin, Warsaw

19 December from 18:30-21:30

More information available here.

For the last few years the fault-lines dividing the United States and the People’s Republic of China seem not only to consolidate but to deepen further. Some voices suggest that we might be on the edge of the formation of a new bipolar system with dynamics mimicking those of the Cold War in the 20^th Century between the US and the USSR. From trade wars to technological competition the effects of their current incipient contest are already affecting the contours of the global order. Amid the potential clash between Washington and Beijing, the European Union is asking itself whether it could become a third global pole in its own right and if it is interested in it to happen. After the Parliamentary elections in May 2019 and the constitution of the new EU Commission, new European leaderships must take strategic decisions on what the role of the European Union amid this contest should be. At the same time, Russia also tries to play a leading role in shaping the new world order. What should the EU do in order to secure its positions as a third independent voice? How would transatlantic relations be reshaped in this context? A new distribution of power might come hand-in-hand with substantial changes in the international order. How would the global liberal order change in light of a tripolar distribution of power? Is there anything different the EU can offer amid this change?

18 January 2020

Palau de Pedralbes, Barcelona

More information on the event available here.

Editors and authors of the Special Issue of the Journal of Common Market Studies will present and discuss their findings.

Open to all. Attendance is free but registration required.

Bruges, Belgium

14 February 2020

More information about the event available here.

The seminar “EU Project Management: the management of projects from A to Z” will take place in Bruges from 1 to 5 June 2020 and is organized by the College of Europe Development Office.

This seminar is an interactive journey through the lifespan of European projects, from EU funding to tender writing, project implementation and evaluation. Participants will gain a comprehensive knowledge of the essential techniques for successful, cost-effective management of EU projects. This is a particularly pertinent course for those wishing to understand the EU funding process in these most uncertain economic times.

Bruges, Belgium

1- 5 June 2020

More information available here.

This technical and interactive training programme presents the purpose of M&E and useful practices. The objective of this course is to ensure that participants are thoroughly acquainted with the main principles and techniques of M&E of EU-funded projects.

Bruges, Belgium

8-10 June 2020

More information available here.

All you need to know about the EU, its decision-making process and policies! Choose the three-, two- or one-week course tailored to your level of experience.

Bruges, Belgium

29 June -17 July 2020

More information available here.

After four successful editions of the two-week executive training course on the “Energy Union”, for 2020 we have developed a new one-week programme which will give participants a thorough understanding of EU energy policies and governance (including the Clean Energy for All Europeans Package), affected also by international climate change concerns.

Bruges & Brussels, Belgium

6-10 July 2020

More information available here.