The Jean Monnet teaching module on ‘Agenda-setting in the EU’ is due to begin on February 11 at the University.

Co-ordinated by Dr Marcello Carammia of the University’s Institute for European Studies, the module will address key theoretical and empirical aspects of EU agenda-setting, such as how problems enter (or are left out of) the EU political agenda.

The first part of the module will deal with institutions, actors and processes relevant to EU agenda-setting, while the second part will analyse EU priorities in eight key policy areas, namely migration, environment, the Mediterranean, the economy, morality policies, agriculture and fisheries, responses to the economic crisis in southern member states, and foreign aid.

The module will end with a two-day simulation of inter-institutional negotiations in the EU, coordinated by a researcher and training officer who regularly delivers training on negotiation in EU institutions and bodies.

The module lectures will be given by leading scholars from overseas universities and academic staff members of the institute.

The module, which is supported by the Lifelong Learning Programme, is open to both University students and the public.

Members of the public may register for the module through the link: www.um.edu.mt/publiclecturesregistration.

For more information e-mail Dr Carammia at marcello.carammia@um.edu.mt.

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