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Category: EIPA
“The European Parliament and the Right of Initiative: Change Practice, Not Powers”, Edward Best (EIPA, Maastricht)
Should the European Parliament have more power to propose EU laws? As the Conference on the Future of Europe was […]
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“Getting Fit for Public Procurement: The Push for Professionalism”, Gracia Vara Arribas (EIPA, Maastricht)
Public procurement is a key policy area for the proper functioning of the internal market, accounting for 14 % of […]
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Workshop: “Diversity, Equality, Inclusion @New Work: Managing a Diverse Workforce Successfully Inside Public Administration”, September 13-17 (EIPA, Maastricht)
In Diversity United! Three words that are extremely important for life and work in the EU. For business and administration, the […]
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Master of European Legal Studies (MELS Online) 2021-2023, 5 July (EIPA, Maastricht)
In partnership with renowned universities and leading experts in the academic and professional world throughout Europe, we organise specialised Master […]
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EIPA establishes institutional ties with Albania (EIPA, Maastricht)
On 16 June 2021, EIPA and the Albanian School of Public Administration (ASPA) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) to […]
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“Health Crises and the Growth of EU Agencies: The Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic”, Christoph Klika (EIPA, Maastricht)
Health crises have often triggered the creation of EU agencies. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), for […]
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“Enforcing EU chemicals policy: the multi-level pursuit of zero tolerance”, Christoph Klika (EIPA, Maastricht)
In October 2020, the European Commission published a ‘Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability’. The Communication is subtitled ‘Towards a Toxic-Free Environment’, […]
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“Competitive Dialogue – A tool with many uses”, Michael Burnett (EIPA, Maastricht)
Competitive Dialogue was initially conceived by the European Commission as a tool for awarding infrastructure contracts and complex service contracts […]
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“Competitive Dialogue – How to make best use of the dialogue phase”, Michael Burnett (EIPA, Maastricht)
In Directive 2014/24/EU– the latest EU Public Procurement Directive – Competitive Dialogue was made easier to justify than in the […]
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Call for Applications: “Master of European Legal Studies Online 2021-2023”, Deadline August 30 (EIPA, Maastricht)
A two-year postgraduate programme leading to a Master’s degree in European Legal Studies. Since 2010, the Master of European Legal Studies […]
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Online Course: “Challenges Posed by the Technological Disruption, Data Protection and Artificial Intelligence”, June 29-30 (EIPA, Maastricht)
Artificial intelligence has become the mainstream data-driven technologies during these last years due to its ability to drive transformation across […]
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Roundtable “How to successfully influence EU negotiations?”, June 29 (EIPA, Maastricht)
Background information This round-table initiates a series on Negotiation & Influence. The events aim to provide participants with a toolbox to […]
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“Member States and EU agreements: Is it really national parliaments that are standing in the way of EU strategic autonomy?”, Wolfgang Koeth (EIPA, Maastricht)
In voicing their ambition for a ‘stronger Europe in the world’ the European Commission has indicated to strive for ‘Open […]
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Book Launch: “The Making of European Security Policy”, June 18 (EIPA, Maastricht)
EIPA expert, Sabina Lange, together with key scholars in the area, has edited and authored a new volume on The […]
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Online Course: “Recent Developments in European Public Procurement and Case Law”, 17-18 June (EIPA, Maastricht)
This online seminar will provide you with an update on the legal issues in European public procurement. Legal experts and […]
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Online Course: “EU Legal Information Resources on the Web – Finding What you need in a Couple of Clicks”, 15-16 June (EIPA, Maastricht)
This hands-on, practical and interactive online course has as an aim to provide its audience with a chart on the […]
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Online Course: “Data Protection Certification Course”, 14-18 June 2021 (EIPA, Maastricht)
Are you willing to go that extra mile to become the next generation Data Protection Officer? Because this is what […]
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Online Course: “EU Financial Services Law for Non-Lawyers: Institutional and Regulatory Framework – What’s New?”, 7-8 June 2021 (EIPA, Maastricht)
In March 2019, the European Parliament and the Member States reached a political agreement to reform the current system of […]
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Online Course: “Advanced Course on the Annulment Action: Challenging EU Acts Successfully Before the Court of Justice of the EU”, 24-25 June (EIPA, Maastricht)
A sophisticated understanding of Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU) procedures, practices and case law is quintessential to […]
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Online Course: “The New ESF+ Regulations and Programmes 2021-2027”, 22-24 June (EIPA, Maastricht)
ESF becomes ESF+ for the new programming period 2021-2027. The New Structural Funds Regulations have been agreed recently and are […]
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Roundtable Series: “EIPA in conversation with…” (EIPA, Maastricht)
Regular round-tables on timely topics, hosted by our experts Latest insights in an approachable format Key speakers from policy and […]
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Online Course: “Competitive Dialogue and Negotiated Procedures Master Class”, 29-30 June (EIPA, Maastricht)
Competitive dialogue and negotiated procedures are difficult to implement effectively but are essential for complex infrastructure and ICT projects and […]
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Call for Experts: European CAF Resource Centre (EIPA, Maastricht)
As of 2000, EIPA has hosted the CAF Resource Centre – one of the largest EU communities of practice in […]
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Job Vacancy: “Expert in Impact Assessment and Evaluation” (EIPA, Maastricht)
EIPA wishes to reinforce its in-house capacity to provide services in the area of Better Regulation and Evidence-Based Policy-Making. This […]
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Online Course: “Cybersecurity Policies and Practices in the EU – for Non-IT Experts”, April 12-15 (EIPA, Maastricht)
This 2-days training focuses on the policy aspects of cybersecurity, covering cybersecurity standards in the EU, how to adopt them […]
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“The Use of KPIs for Exclusion on Grounds of Past Performance in Public Contracts”, Gracia Vara Arribas (EIPA, Maastricht)
The latest EU Public Procurement legislative package, the 2014 Directives, provided new grounds for excluding suppliers from public tendering procedures. […]
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“The Gender Gap in the EU’s Public Employment and Leadership”, Clara Cotroneo, Olivia Brown and Iwona Karwot in collaboration with Lukas Adomavicius and Elena Velasco (EIPA, Maastricht)
This Study has been commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request […]
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Call for Applications: European Public Sector Award (EPSA), 2021 (EIPA, Maastricht)
We are delighted to announce the launch of the European Public Sector Award (EPSA) 2021, organised by EIPA for the […]
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“Recovery and Resilience Plans for the Next Generation EU: A Unique Opportunity that must be taken Quickly, and Carefully”, Marco Lopriore and Marina Vlachodimitropoulou (EIPA, Maastricht)
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a severe economic contraction in EU countries through a massive shock to demand and a […]
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Online Course: Evaluation and Monitoring of EU Structural and Cohesion Funds Programmes, 2014-2020 and 2021-2027, May 5-7 & 11-12 (EIPA, Maastricht)
Member States continue to conduct evaluations of their 2014-2020 EU Structural and Cohesion Funds projects and programmes. Have they collected […]
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Online Course: Introductory and Practitioners’ Seminar- European Public Procurement Rules, Policy and Practice, May 4-7 (EIPA, Maastricht)
This comprehensive online seminar will provide you with an understanding of the principles and procedures of European public procurement policy, […]
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Online Course: “Understanding EU Decision-Making: Principles, Procedures, Practice”, April 20-23 (EIPA, Maastricht)
This course will get you up to speed on the essential elements of how the EU system works: the different […]
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Conference: “Challenges and Opportunities for Public Administrations in Times of Recovery”, March 4 (EIPA, Maastricht)
On 4 March 2021, from 09.00 to 12.00 CET, EIPA will hold an online conference on ‘The Challenges and opportunities […]
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Online Course: “Financial Management of EU Structural and Cohesion Funds: Moving from 2014-2020 to 2021-2027”, April 20-22 (EIPA, Maastricht)
What are the key live issues for Programme finance and Financial Management of Operational Programmes in the 2014-2020 period? What […]
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Online Course: “Data Protection: Refresher and Advanced Course for DPOs and Data Protection Experts”, March 23-25 (EIPA, Maastricht)
The data protection officer (DPO) is a key element of accountability as required by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR),which […]
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Online Course: “The New Cohesion Policy Regulations 2021-2027 and Implementing New Structural Funds Programmes”, March 11, 12 and 15 (EIPA, Maastricht)
The New Regulations are expected to be agreed by the end of 2020 and in place in 2021. What changes […]
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“Brexit and Aviation: Flying High or Crashing Out?”, Alexander Türk (EIPA, Maastricht)
This Briefing will set out the current state of the Brexit negotiations in the field of air transport. The Briefing […]
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“The Parliamentary Dimension in EU Governance”, Edward Best and Nora Vissers (EIPA, Maastricht)
The parliamentary dimension in EU governance still needs attention, and is sure to be addressed in the Conference on the […]
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“Helping to spend it wisely: REACT-EU and the challenges of good projects”, Marco Lopriore (EIPA, Maastricht)
EU Member States are urged to use the new financing instrument, the REACT-EU initiative, to support regional and local economies […]
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“More important than ever – EU agencies in times of crisis”, Michael Kaeding (EIPA, Maastricht)
The latest European Court of Auditors (ECA) Special Report on EU agencies is worth a thorough read. This audit is […]
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“The Perplexities of the Petruhhin Judgment”, Petra Jeney (EIPA, Maastricht)
It is not often that an Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) calls on […]
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“Evaluation of the EU’s Response to the US GAG Rule”, Petra Jeney and Clara Cotroneo (EIPA, Maastricht)
EIPA published a new study ‘Evaluation of the EU’s Response to the US GAG Rule’ commissioned by the European Parliament […]
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“Delegated act or implementing act: clearly delineated?”, Sabina Lange (EIPA, Maastricht)
Almost a decade after the Lisbon Treaty introduced the division, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission agreed on […]
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“The EU agenda and the right of initiative”, Edward Best (EIPA, Maastricht)
The Conference on the Future of Europe was to be launched on 9 May 2020 to debate the EU’s priorities, […]
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Dr Nathalie Tocci delivered the first JEI Annual Lecture
Resilience in the Western Balkans, Sabina Lange (ed.) (EIPA, Maastricht)
Resilience in the Western Balkans, Edited by: Sabina Kajnč Lange, Zoran Nechev, Florian Trauner According to the 2016 EU Global […]
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EIPA European Public Sector Award 2017
EPSA brings together the best, most innovative and efficient performers from the European public sector. The nominees of the EPSA 2017 […]
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EIPA conducts training for Bulgarian administration in preparing for the Council Presidency
EIPA has been conducting a training programme for the Bulgarian administration in preparation for the Bulgarian Presidency in the first […]
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Engaging the World: The European Union as a subsystem of International Relations, Simon Duke & Sophie Vanhoonacker (EIPA, Maastricht)
in International Relations and the European Union (May 2017), Christopher Hill, Michael Smith and Sophie Vanhoonacker (eds.) International Relations and the European […]
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EU-NATO Relations: Running on the Fumes of Informed Deconfliction, Simon Duke & Carmen Gebhard (EIPA, Maastricht)
Events in Ukraine have rekindled discussions about NATO’s post-Cold War purpose and the way it relates to the EU. Through […]
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EIPA’s Master of European Legal Studies kicks off 29 September
EIPA’s Master of European Legal Studies – MELS online in Luxembourg is kicking off on 29 September with an introduction […]
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The European Public Sector Award (EPSA) 2017 entering last phase
The EPSA Team is currently visiting a series of short-listed top-ranked projects identified by the previous evaluation phases and will […]
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EIPA expert Prof. dr. Simon Duke gives keynote address at final conference of Jean Monnet Network PACO on parliamentary cooperation & diplomacy
EIPA Expert Prof. dr. Simon Duke gave the keynote address at the final Jean Monnet Network ‘Parliaments in EU Diplomacy […]
Read moreIntroducing the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA), Maastricht
Established in Maastricht in 1981 and having centres in Luxembourg and Barcelona, the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) is […]
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EPSA 2017 Best Practices are published
The full list of Best Practices Certificate Recipients within the framework of EPSA 2017 is now published. This is a […]
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EIPA publishes 2016 Annual Report
The Annual Report 2016 of EIPA is now available in two languages. English | French
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Three scholarships for the Master programme in European Legal Studies (MELS Online)
The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Luxembourg (MFEA) offers three scholarships for officials, members of the judiciary, representatives […]
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News from EIPA
Presentation of the CEFG Group at the XII Metropolis World Congress on “Global Challenges: Major Cities in Action”, Montreal, 19-22 […]
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Past events at EIPA
Preparing Bulgarian officials for their turn in the chair EIPA’s experts started to prepare the Bulgarian officials for their country’s […]
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The Regulation of Executive Pay in the Public and Semi-Public Sector across the European Union, Paola Bruni (EIPA)
The regulation of top income, especially, the remuneration of senior civil servants, public officials and top-level executives in the semi-public […]
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Can the Investment Court System (ICS) save TTIP and CETA?, Wolfgang Koeth (EIPA)
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) currently under negotiation between the EU and the US continues to divide public […]
Read moreSeminar “The European Arrest Warrant: Ten Years of Practice” 22-23 September 2016, European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA)
Target group Practitioners in the fields of the judiciary (judges, prosecutors) and law enforcement (police, customs and other national forces), […]
Read moreSeminar “Performance Assessment: Skills for Leadership” 19-20 September 2016, European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA)
Target group Middle and higher management of public administrations, at the national, regional and local level. Description It is very […]
Read moreSeminar “Mastering Theory-Based Impact Evaluation” 19-20 September 2016, European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA)
Target group This two-day seminar is directed towards public officials from EU Member States, candidate countries, the EU institutions and […]
Read moreSeminar “EU Negotiations: The Six Skills to Shape EU Decisions in Commission Committees and Council Bodies” 20-22 September 2016, European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA)
Target group This course is directly relevant for all regional, national and EU officials who take part in the negotiations […]
Read moreSeminar “Tackling the Skills Gap – The Golden Key to Economic Growth” 26-27 September 2016, European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA)
Target group This seminar has been especially designed for individuals working in the fields of education and training, economic growth, […]
Read moreInteractive Seminar “Public Sector Innovation Lab: Innovation Update, Business Cases and Practical Tools”
10-11 December 2015 European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) Facing increasingly complex challenges and tight budgets, the public sector needs […]
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