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The NEWGOV Follow-up Workshop “Civil Society, New Modes of Governance and Enlargement”, organised by Cluster 3 coordinator Tanja Börzel, is a continuation of the workshop that took place in early May, 2008. The workshop will prepare the submission of a manuscript for a special journal issue. This special issue, a cross-cluster activity of NEWGOV, will explore the relationship between NMG and civil society in the context of Eastern enlargement. On the one hand, the EU induced emergence of NMG may provide civil society actors with a new opportunity structure that empowers them in domestic policy-making. On the other hand, civil society actors are crucial to make NMG work. One set of papers adopt a top-down perspective, while the others approach NMG and civil society from the bottom-up. They also cover different policy areas: environment, regional policy, and social policy. Participation is restricted.download programme
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The final Consortium Conference will be organised in Florence at the European University Institute on 5 and 6 June, 2008. The conference will serve as a final input into the synthesis report for the project as a whole. Participation is restricted; please contact NEWGOV for further information.go to Consortium Conference 2008
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The Workshop is organised in the framework of the NEWGOV Project 18a: "Distributive Politics: Experimentation, Learning and Reform: National Social Pacts". During the workshop, the authors of the case studies and experts will discuss and assess the work done since the beginning of the project. The workshop will be preceded by a public seminar with practitioners at the European Commission representation in Lisbon. The topic is: “Patterns of Social Concertation in Europe: Portugal compared with other European Countries”. The event is sponsored by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Lisbon.download programme
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In the last ten years, EU regulation has been transformed. However, in order for regulation to be implemented, appropriate institutions also have to be established. This workshop looks at such institutions, notably for the regulation of markets in network industries. The implementation of public policies always raises questions of discretion and diversity. But, in the case of the EU these questions are particularly difficult because there is a strong tension between the creation of a single European market through centralised EU-level legislation and its decentralised implementation by often diverse and recently-reformed national -level authorities. In addition, there are strong national traditions of protecting domestic firms and economic interests. Thus the institutions for implementing EU legislation are particularly important and the topic of much current debate in Brussels.
This policy workshop begins by setting out different possible regulatory network models, before analysing the development of European Networks of Regulators in Telecommunications and Energy from the perspective of business, national regulators and the European Networks central administration. It concludes by looking at current debates and the potential for EU Agency and network plus solutions.
Participation is restricted, please contact us for further information.download programme
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The conference is the first step towards a more structured cooperation with both national judiciaries and the European Court of Justice concerning the modes and scope of European legal integration. The conference will be structured over two days. The first day will be devoted to a discussion of the role of National Supreme Courts and the ECJ in the creation of European private law. The second half a day should debate the potential for improvements in judicial dialogue between State Supreme Courts, the ECJ and academics. The medium term goal is to establish a stable dialogue between academics and the judiciary on the strategic issues concerning European legal integration and the relationships with third countries and international organisations. Restricted attendance, contact Anna Coda of the EUI’s Law Department.download programme
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The NEWGOV Cross-Cluster Workshop “Civil Society, New Modes of Governance and Enlargement”, organised by Cluster 3 coordinator Tanja Börzel and her team as well as Heiko Pleines from project 24, seeks to explore the societal preconditions, in general, and the role played by civil society actors, in particular, in the emergence, evolution and effectiveness of New Modes of Governance during enlargement. The aim of the workshop is to contribute to the comparative analysis and consolidation of research findings from different NEWGOV clusters and individual projects dealing with these issues. The workshop will be complemented by a Practitioners Event that will bring together specialist working in the state and non-state sector and contribute to the dissemination of findings of NEWGOV researchers during the last years.
Participation is restricted.download programme
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The Dissemination Conference “Governance in the EU: Are we on the right track?” took place on 10 April 2008 in Brussels. The aim of this conference was to present the main achievements of the CONNEX Network and the NEWGOV project. Conference presentations are now available for download.go to the Dissemination Conference website |
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At this conference the projects participating in cluster 3 will present their major findings in light of the research agenda of the cluster. The conference is open to members of the Integrated Project who do related research. Moreover, other scientists, policy experts, and practitioners will be invited to participate and comment on the papers. The cluster conference shall not only help to communicate research findings among members of the cluster and the Integrated Project but also contribute to the dissemination of knowledge to other target groups, including the international scientific community, practitioners, and policy experts. Participation is restricted.download draft programme
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The workshop of Cluster 2 will again be dedicated to discuss accountability and legitimacy issues posed by new modes of governance. The contributors to a planned joint publication shall present their draft articles. On this basis the common conceptual and theoretical framework of the special issue shall be further developed. Participation is restricted.download draft programme
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The Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) is pleased to invite you to the NEWGOV International Seminar “New Modes of Governance in the New and Old Member States – Similarities and Differences”. The aim of the seminar is to reflect on the emergence, functioning and impact of new modes of governance in new and old member states. Participation is restricted, please contact either NEWGOV or the IPA.download final programme
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This workshop, organised by NEWGOV project no. 11, "The Role of Civil Society in Democratizing European and Global Governance ", brings together high-level practitioners from the EU, agencies, and civil society to discuss the work produced in this project and to bring in the practitioners’ perspective into the subject field. The workshop takes place at the European Economic and Social Committee. Participation is restricted, but please contact Stijn Smismans for further information.download programme
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The Institute of Public Affairs is pleased to invite paper proposals for the International Seminar “New Modes of Governance in the New and Old Member States – Similarities and Differences”. The aim of the seminar is to reflect on the emergence, functioning and impact of new modes of governance in new and old member states. Researchers from NEWGOV and CONNEX are invited to submit abstracts of papers by 29th July 2007. Participants from NEWGOV and CONNEX without a paper are invited to register by 1st September 2007.download call for papers
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This workshop of the CONNEX Network of Excellence is organised with the support of the NEWGOV Project and the Centre de recherches politiques de Sciences Po (CEVIPOF). It is convened, among others, by Patrick Le Galès, leader of the NEWGOV Project „Choice and Combination of Policy Instruments”.download programme
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The conference at the EUI is organised by Deirdre Curtin (Utrecht School of Governance), Peter Mair (EUI) and Yannis Papadopoulos (Université de Lausanne)download programme
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The training course, jointly organised by NEWGOV and the CONNEX-Network, focuses on questions of research design and methods in social science, in particular theoretically guided empirical research. It will include the deductive and/or inductive development of explanatory hypotheses, the specification of variables, the selection of cases, variable operationalization, the definition of data needs, methods of data collection (quantitative and qualitative), methods of data structuring and interpretation. The aim will be to enhance the general skills of the students involved and to bring the expertise of the invited scholars to bear on their particular projects and research designs. The course will be directed by Profs. Adrienne Héritier and Tanja Börzel.download programme
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The third annual Consortium Conference of the New Modes of Governance project is dedicated to parallel meetings of the clusters and discussions on cross-cutting topics.go to the conference section |
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During the Workshop of NEWGOV Cluster 2, researchers from the projects of cluster 2 and members of the Democracy Task Force will present their research with a special focus on accountability and legitimacy questions. Participation is restricted.Download Programme
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The Practitioner Forum will in particular assess the role of European Agencies in new modes of governance. Practitioners from the European Institutions will comment on papers presented by NEWGOV researchers. Participation is restricted but the workshop is open to the public.Download Programme
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The goal of the workshop is to discuss the intended and unintended ways Structural Funds regulations have influenced the evolution of diverse modes of governing regional development, including the evolution of diverse patterns of representing sub-national state and non-state actors in developmental decision-making. The workshop wants to focus on developments in the new member countries and contrast the experiences of the evolving new modes of governing regional development in these countries with experiences in some of the ‘old’ member countries. Special focus will be given to comparative discussions on cohesion countries in their consecutive programming periods and accession countries' experiences after their "first round" of developmental programming. Participation is restricted.Download Programme
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The workshop of the Network of Excellence CONNEX, the sister network of NEWGOV, aims to assess the current situation regarding corporate social responsibility (CSR) in European and non-European contexts and to identify driving forces in the company environment and on the company level determining the degree to which companies engage in these new modes of governance. At the same time, the effectiveness and legitimacy of such private self-regulation schemes will be investigated. The workshop will take place in Darmstadt, 01-02 June 2007. It will consist of a maximum of 15 paper givers, with additional interested participants. Deadline for paper proposals (max. 500 words): 9 March 2007. Additional information can be found in the call for papers.download call for papers |
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The workshop will especially deal with the research hypothesis stated in the Scientific Objectives of the NEWGOV Project: “If redistributive, prisoners’ dilemma and institutionally deeply entrenched problems are at stake, new modes of governance are less likely to be effective.” Several NEWGOV projects explore this hypothesis, and the a key question for the workshop is then whether New Modes of Governance actually serve to reformulate or reconstruct policies in a way that they have low political salience and lead to conspicuous positive-sum games of efficiency-enhancing regulation.go to Cluster 4 Website
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The second NEWGOV Practitioners Forum will focus on "Old and New Modes of Governance: Effectiveness, Efficiency, Legitimacy". Practitioners from the European Institutions will discuss with NEWGOV researchers governance modes in the areas of JHA, CFSP, and social policy.download final programme
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The aim of the meeting is to present the first results of the scientific project “New Modes of Governance - Coping with Accession” (COPA) to scientists, policy experts, and practitioners. The COPA project explores how transition countries in Southern Europe and Central and Eastern Europe have coped with the challenge of accession. In particular, the study analyses the role of New Modes of Governance in the adoption of and adaptation to selected EU policies in the field of environment as an example of positive integration, and energy, as an example of negative integration.download draft programme
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The workshop aimed to further theoretical and empirical insight into the working of laboratory federalism in three policy areas that are of particular relevance to EU economic governance: policy coordination through social partnership, tax policy and macroeconomic stabilisation.go to Workshop website (including presentations)
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After the successful first Conference in May 2005, this second Consortium-wide conference will again bring together researchers from all projects and Task Forces. The conference will be organised around a selection of focused four Es questions (Emergence, Effectiveness, Execution, Evolution). This will allow a systematic comparative discussion during the workshops and the plenary sessions so that transversal issues emerge more clearly. The conference will be attended by more than 80 NEWGOV researchers and invited guests.download draft programme
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The workshop is organised in the framework of the NEWGOV Task Force Ib "Which governance structures for European private law?", led by Prof. Fabrizio Cafaggi, EUI Law Department.Email-Registration
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At the workshop members of the NEWGOV Project "Learning and Local Innovation Systems" team will present - in Italian - main results of their research.Contact Luigi Burroni for further information
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This workshop is organised in the framework of the NEWGOV Legal Task Force on "New Modes of Governance and the Relevance for EU law". It brings together the members of the LTF and other NEWGOV project partners.Contact D. Chatzimanoli for further information
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The meeting of the participants in the NEWGOV project 24 on ‘Accountability/ Participation of Civil Society in New Modes of Governance’ will take place at the Law Faculty of the University of Amsterdam. Project participants will discuss the definitive versions of their contributions to the book entitled ‘Eastern European Civic Groups in European Union Governance’, one of the planned project deliverables.Contact Dr. D. Obradovic for further information
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The seminar series (October 2005 - May 2006) at the European Institute of the LSE focus on the political economy of European integration and features presentations/lectures by: Willem Buiter (LSE), Jean Pisani-Ferry (Bruegel), Stephan Leibfried (ZES Bremen), John Driffill (Birkbeck), Kathleen McNamara (Georgetown), Paul de Grauwe (Leuven), Francesco Giavazzi (Bocconi), Charles Goodhart (LSE), Fritz Scharpf (MPI Cologne), Christian Joerges (EUI). (revised announcement)Contact Waltraud Schelkle
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The programme of the training course, jointly organised by NEWGOV and the CONNEX-Network, will include state-of-the-art lectures on approaches to the study of governance, training in basic social science research and presentation skills, and presentations by the participants of their own research, be it PhD projects or NEWGOV and CONNEX-related research. The course will be facilitated by the following scholars: Renate Mayntz, Andreas Føllesdal, Wolfgang Wessels, Jelle Visser, Martin Rhodes, and Adrienne Héritier. Deadline for submitting the application is: 28 February, 2006.download call
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The main aim in this workshop is to promote a high-level discussion among policy-makers, academics, and stakeholders on the concept of public interest in international taxation and its policy implications. Another aim is to broaden the discussion of the public interest in international and EU taxation by highlighting multiple dimensions. This aim will be achieved by structuring the workshop around thematic round tables. The assumption is that there are several contested notions of public interest, and that politically and intellectually it is important to examine how different notions impact on key dimensions of international tax policy.contact for further information |
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This second workshop of the NEWGOV Cluster 2 on "Delegation, Hierarchy and Accountability" will deal with ‘New Modes of Governance and the Shadow of Hierarchy - Functional Governance and Territorially Bound, Democratic Government’download programme
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The Workshop of the NEWGOV cluster three on "Effectiveness, Capacity and Legitimacy" focuses on the topic of 'state capacity'. Participation is restricted.go to cluster three description
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The workshop is organised in the framework of the project “Reflexive Governance in the Public Interest (REFGOV)” by Prof. Fabrizio Cafaggi, EUI Law Department and Leader of NEWGOV Task Force Ia.download Programme
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The seminar series (October 2005 - May 2006) at the European Institute of the LSE focus on the political economy of European integration and features presentations/lectures by: Willem Buiter (LSE), Jean Pisani-Ferry (Bruegel), Stephan Leibfried (ZES Bremen), John Driffill (Birkbeck), Kathleen McNamara (Georgetown), Paul de Grauwe (Leuven), Francesco Giavazzi (Bocconi), Charles Goodhart (LSE), Fritz Scharpf (MPI Cologne), Christian Joerges (EUI).Contact Waltraud Schelkle
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Conference organised by NEWGOV Legal Task Force 1 and the Academy of European Lawdownload Programme
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Several NEWGOV Researchers will present research results as this workshop of the sister network CONNEXgo to CONNEX website for further information |
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Several NEWGOV researchers will attend the forthcoming Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) and present NEWGOV research results. The NEWGOV Project 'Smoothing Eastern Enlargement: Independent Regulatory Agencies and Non-Hierarchical Steering' organises a panel on 'Adopting and Adapting to EU policies in Southern and Central Eastern Europe'.download panel programme of project no. 14
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At the first Consortium Conference more than 80 participating reseachers discussed the overall scientific objectives of the Integrated Project and advanced the research on the cluster and task force levels. This two-day meeting included joint opening and concluding sessions as well as a full day for parallel meetings of the four clusters and the two task forces.to go Conference page |
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This seminar builds on some of the extensive research findings now presented in the book 'The Open Method of Co-ordination in Action' edited by Jonathan Zeitlin and Philippe Pochet, with Lars Magnusson and focuses on two highly developed OMC processes: the European Employment and Social Inclusion Strategies. Alongside the empirical assessment of the OMC processes, the workshop will discuss the role of the method within the Lisbon strategy and the future of EU social governance in general, in the aftermath of the 2005 Spring European Council and in view of the stance of the Barroso Commission. The seminar is organised by the ‘Research Unit on European Governance’ of the Carlo Alberto Foundation, affiliated to NEWGOV through our partner Maurizio Ferrera (Uni Bocconi) and project 18 on ‘Distributive Politics: Experimentation, Learning and Reform’.download programme
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The workshop will take place at the Institute of Public Affairs, Warsaw. It will include sessions on 'The impact of socialism on the administrative culture during the transition period - the case of Poland', 'New Modes of Governance - basic definitions and hypotheses for national reports', as well as on the case studies to be carried out within the project. By invitation only.visit project page |
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John Christensen will visit the Department of Politics of the University of Exeter to talk to a small number of academics who are research-active in international political economy, critical global studies, the role of NGOs and related topics (14 April 2005, 2-4 pm, Conference room 2, Xfi Building). Please book with Ulrike Kraemer, u.s.kraemer@ex.ac.uk, Tel. +44-1392- 26-4185.visit project page
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Several NEWGOV researchers will attend the forthcoming International Conference of the European Union Studies Association (EUSA) in Austin, Texas.
Two papers will present first NEWGOV research results: Daniela Obradovic (University of Amsterdam) will present a paper on 'Participatory Democracy and the Open Access Policy for Interest Groups in the European Union', Charalampos Koutalakis (Free University of Berlin) will talk about 'Smoothing Eastern Enlargements through New Modes of Governance? Independent Regulatory Agencies and Non-hierarchical Steering in Environmental Policies'.
In addition, a number of NEWGOV researchers will present work linked to the NEWGOV project, for example Gerda Falkner and Olvier Treib (Institute for Advanced Studies), Brigid Laffan (University College Dublin), Tanja Börzel and Thomas Risse (Free University Berlin), Helen Wallace (EUI), Wolfgang Wessels and Udo Diedrich (University of Cologne), Sandra Lavenex (Unversity of Berne); Gráinne de Búrca (EUI), Susanne Schmidt (Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of Societies), Nicolas Jabko (Sciences Po, Paris); and Loukas Tsoukalis (University of Athens).go to the list of clusters and projects
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The workshop is orgainsed within the framework of the project "New Approaches to Economic Governance in the EU (ECONPOL)". By invitation only.download programme
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The workshop discussed the following intellectual themes: classification of formal and informal governance; interaction between new and old governance; emergence of new governance; quality of new policy instruments; effectiveness of soft law and new governance in general; and type of social theory better suited to understand new governance. One of the main conclusions of the meeting is that the term ‘soft law’ has limited intellectual mileage, both for lawyers and political scientists.visit project page
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The conference ‘Instruments d’action publique et technologies de gouvernement’ is organized by the group 'Politique publique' from the Association Française de Science Politique with the support of the NEWGOV project, the Centre de recherche politique de Sciences Po and the GDRE Sciences Po / Université d’Oxford.visit project page |
