Jean Monnet Conferences

The Jean Monnet Programme has established a tradition of consulting the academic world in order to reflect on current issues of European integration. This reflection often culminates in a major international conference with the participation of policy-makers, civil society and top-level academics.

To prepare the academic reflection on the occasion of such conferences, the Commission calls in particular on the network of Jean Monnet professors and centres.

On many occasions, the independent and critical considerations of the members of the Jean Monnet network have provided the policy-makers with new insights and concrete policy suggestions. Conference results are made available to the public via the Jean Monnet website and in the form of a publication.

The most recent Jean Monnet Conferences are:

• Sustainable growth in the European Union - the role of education and training (Brussels, 13-14 November 2012)

• European economic governance in an international context (Brussels, 24-25 November 2011)

• Evolutions in the Southern Mediterranean: Implications for the European Union (Brussels, 30-31 May 2011)

• The Eastern Partnership and the Europe 2020Stategy: achievements and future (Brussels, 8-9 December 2010)

• The Jean Monnet Programme and the Eastern Partnership (Kiev, 25-26 October 2010)

• The European Union after the Treaty of Lisbon (Brussels, 25-26 May 2010)

• The Role of Education and Training in the New European Economy (Madrid, 25-26 January 2010)

• 20 Years of Support for European Integration Studies: From the Jean Monnet Action to the Jean Monnet Programme (Brussels, 7-8 September 2009)

• A Europe of achievements in a changing world (Brussels, 24-25 november 2008)

• The European Union and the Balkans (Zagreb, 23-24 june 2008)

• The European Union and World Sustainable Development (Brussels, 5 - 6 November 2007)

• The Reform Treaty and the EU's Future (Brussels, 20-21 September 2007)

• Europe's challenges in a globalised world (Brussels , 23-24 November 2006)

• Dialogue between Peoples and Cultures: The Artists and the Cultural Actors (Brussels, 25- 26 February 2005)

• The European Union and Emerging World Orders: Perceptions and Strategies (Brussels , 30 November - 1 December 2004)

• Dialogue between Peoples and Cultures (Brussels, 24-25 May 2004)

• Gender Equality (Brussels, 4 March 2003)

• Intercultural dialogue (Brussels, 20-21 March 2002)