JEAN MONNET CONFERENCE 2009 "20 Years of Support for European Integration Studies: From the Jean Monnet Action to the Jean Monnet Programme"

Brussels, 7-8 September 2009

On 7-8 September 2009, the Jean Monnet Action celebrated its 20th anniversary with a two-day Conference entitled "20 Years of Support for European Integration Studies: From the Jean Monnet Action to the Jean Monnet Programme".

It brought together 450 leading policy-makers, renowned academics and civil society representatives from all over the world to foster the global debate on the European Union in a variety of fields and reflect on the past and future of the Jean Monnet Programme.

During the conference, Commissioner Figel' awarded the 2009 Jean Monnet Prize to Professor Catherine Flaesch-Mougin, Jean Monnet Chair and coordinator of the regional Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence of Rennes.

Programme

Conference speeches

OPENING SESSION
	President José Manuel Barroso
	Commissioner Ján Figel'
SESSION 1: 20 YEARS OF TRANSFORMATION IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE: THE JEAN MONNET ACTION AS A TOOL FOR EU ACCESSION
	Prof. Erhard Busek
	Prof. Vilenas Vadapalas
	Prof. Vinko Kandzija
	Prof. Jiri Zemanek
SESSION 2: THE GLOBAL JEAN MONNET NETWORK: ENHANCING THE INTERNATIONAL VISIBILITY AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
	Prof. Gerrit Olivier
	Prof. Toshiro Tanaka
	Prof. Woosik Moon
	Prof. Xinning Song
	Prof. Olga Butorina
	Prof. Amy Verdun
SESSION 3: THE JEAN MONNET NETWORK AND THE EVOLVING EUROPEAN UNION: ACCOMPANYING THE EU'S KEY POLICY CHOICES
Enhancing EU decision-making capacity and democracy: the impact of the Constitutional evolution
	Prof. Lenka Rovna
	Prof. Wolfgang Wessels
The world economic downturn and the role of the Euro
	Prof. Ramon Tamames
	Prof. Blanche Sousi
Migration, Euro-Mediterranean relations and Intercultural dialogue
	Prof. Maria Grazia Melchionni
	Prof. Peter G. Xuereb
	Prof. Elspeth Guild
	Prof. Enrique Banús
SESSION 4: THE JEAN MONNET ACTION AND THE DEVELOMENT OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION STUDIES
	Prof. Daniela Preda (History)
	Prof. Peter-Christian Müller-Graff (Law)
	Prof. Helen Wallace (Political science)
	Prof. Tatyana Muravska (Economics)
	Prof. Knud Erik Jorgensen (International Relations)
SESSION 5: TRACING THE HISTORY OF THE JEAN MONNET PROGRAMME
	Mr. Jacques-René Rabier
	Prof. Marc Maresceau
	Prof. Carlos F. Molina del Pozo
SESSION 6: THE FUTURE OF THE JEAN MONNET PROGRAMME AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION STUDIES
	Prof. Lucia Serena Rossi
	Prof. Catherine Flaesch-Mougin
	Prof. José Maria Beneyto
CLOSING SESSION
	Director General Odile Quintin

Conference contributions (written statements)

	Prof. Olga Bombardelli - European Dimension and Teacher Training (EU.DI.T.T.) in the European Union
	Prof. Yuri Borko, Olga Butorina - History and Development of the European Union
	Prof. Tanja A. Börzei, Karin Pieper, Freie - Cooperation in Higher Education as a Vital Tool of the Eastern Partnership Programme
	Prof. Olga Butorina - Regional Integration. Basic Notions
	Prof. Miguel Martinez Cuadrado - L'Europe refait son histoire: 1948-2009. Soixante ans de construction européenne commune
	Prof. Andrea Elekes, Péter Halmai - Financial Crisis - Euro Adoption and Potentia Growth. Old and new challenges for new member states
	Prof. Emilia Guéorguiéva - Les pays de l'Europe Centrale et Orientale (PECO) dans le contexte des processus d'intégration en Europe contemporaine. En quête d'identité
	Prof. Pablo Podadera Rivera - El proceso de construcción social en la Unión Europea. Espana en la estrategia de Lisboa
	Prof. Zbigniew ’. Rudnicki - The development of European studies in Poland after 1989 - from specialisation to institutionalisation
	Prof. Grigore Silasi - La consience européenne et les études européennes. Le rôle de l'Action Jean Monnet
	Prof. Eric Tremolada - Relaciones Unión Europea–América Latina: Reflexiones desde la Cátedra Jean Monnet de la Universidad Externado de Colombia

Contact

• Belén Bernaldo de Quirós, Head of Unit (Secr : 02/296 58 77)
• Youri Devuyst: youri.devuyst@ec.europa.eu