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This project compares strategies for internationalization in higher education in the US and the EU.
Ever since the 1924 Immigration Act, U.S academic institutions were the prime higher educational destination globally. During the Cold War, the attractiveness of an “American education” became a pivotal instrument in U.S. public diplomacy. However, times have changed. The US is dramatically falling behind in internationalization of higher education. Only 1.4 % of the total student population… Show more

This project compares strategies for internationalization in higher education in the US and the EU.
Ever since the 1924 Immigration Act, U.S academic institutions were the prime higher educational destination globally. During the Cold War, the attractiveness of an “American education” became a pivotal instrument in U.S. public diplomacy. However, times have changed. The US is dramatically falling behind in internationalization of higher education. Only 1.4 % of the total student population takes part in study abroad, principally at undergraduate level. And after years of steady growth, international enrollments in US institutions were declining already before COVID. When it comes to the more complex process of internationalization the first U.S. institution is MIT, ranking #30. Harvard ranks #52; Stanford #56; Princeton #58. The top universities in the ranking are all European and Asian.
In Europe, internationalization has grown out of, and been strongly influenced by, the Erasmus program. It piloted the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) and it paved the way for the Bologna Process and the realization of the European Higher Education area. The original Erasmus program was later grouped together with similar initiatives under Socrates and more recently under Erasmus+, which among other things, finances this project. Show less

Building on the results of the DC4SKI project, ESKI has a double aim of promoting coaches’ education and skills development and to create dual careers opportunities for Alpine ski racers – with special focus on higher ed.
ESKI brings together 7 institutions (ski race clubs, ski federations and universities) from 6 different countries (Italy, Bulgaria, Latvia, Greece, Ireland plus the United States) which together will:
- Innovate in Alpine ski training, create education and skills… Show more

Building on the results of the DC4SKI project, ESKI has a double aim of promoting coaches’ education and skills development and to create dual careers opportunities for Alpine ski racers – with special focus on higher ed.
ESKI brings together 7 institutions (ski race clubs, ski federations and universities) from 6 different countries (Italy, Bulgaria, Latvia, Greece, Ireland plus the United States) which together will:
- Innovate in Alpine ski training, create education and skills development opportunities for Alpine ski coaches, elaborate innovative pedagogical tools and best practices for Alpine ski training, which will allow to trade quantity (on snow) with quality (on and off-snow).
- Make available such innovative pedagogical tools freely available
- Create a European Alpine Ski Coaches’ Clinic and a European Network of Alpine Ski Coaches
- Create Dual Careers opportunities for European Alpine ski racers, by creating a Network of European Ski High Schools and a European Circuit of Mountain Universities, as well as by developing Higher Educations degrees specific for mountain professionals.
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The State of the Women research network aims to produce the first comprehensive mapping of the state of women, gender parity and women leadership in the European Union and the United States. This will be done by comparatively research and map the state of gender parity and role of women leaders in the European Union and the United States, across 10 ten areas which constitute the fabric of society: parliaments, governments, Courts,
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The State of the Women research network aims to produce the first comprehensive mapping of the state of women, gender parity and women leadership in the European Union and the United States. This will be done by comparatively research and map the state of gender parity and role of women leaders in the European Union and the United States, across 10 ten areas which constitute the fabric of society: parliaments, governments, Courts,
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military, diplomacy, academia, business, religion, media and sports. We will look at the state of gender equality for each of these areas, study the reasons underneath it, as well as look into individual case studies that will help better understand the level of gender equality in each of the ten areas considered.
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What are the specific features that characterize women leadership in international relations? Do women really make the difference when they are at the helm of foreign policy? What are the specific difficulties that women leaders have to face in negotiating internationally and making their way through in international relations?
On December 15, 2011, former U.S. Secretary Hillary Clinton announced the historic launch of the Women in Public Service Project (WPSP) in partnership… Show more

What are the specific features that characterize women leadership in international relations? Do women really make the difference when they are at the helm of foreign policy? What are the specific difficulties that women leaders have to face in negotiating internationally and making their way through in international relations?
On December 15, 2011, former U.S. Secretary Hillary Clinton announced the historic launch of the Women in Public Service Project (WPSP) in partnership with the Seven Sisters Colleges (Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mt. Holyoke, Smith and Wellesley Colleges) and the State Department. The WPSP is now house at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and has grown to include Mills, Mount St. Mary’s, Scripps, City College of New York and other colleges and universities around the world.
In Brussels, in July 2013 an innovative program focused on Women Leadership in International Relations. "Women Leaders in International Relations: Comparing EU and U.S. Experiences" took place. This project is the continuation of the work done in Brussels, now headquartered in Washington DC. Show less

What are the specific features that characterize women leadership in international relations? Do women really make the difference when they are at the helm of foreign policy? What are the specific difficulties that women leaders have to face in negotiating internationally and making their way through in international relations?
"Women Leaders in International Relations: Comparing EU and U.S. Experiences" took place in Brussels, in July 2013.

This research project funded by the Jean Monnet Program aims to compare the EU member states' foreign policies and, in turn, to compare them with the national foreign policies of the major international actors.
As we know, the Lisbon Treaty introduces enhanced tools in view of a EU foreign policy. The High Representative and the European External Service are fundamental steps forward, whose spill-over effects will grow as time passes. However, there will be no European Foreign Policy if the… Show more

This research project funded by the Jean Monnet Program aims to compare the EU member states' foreign policies and, in turn, to compare them with the national foreign policies of the major international actors.
As we know, the Lisbon Treaty introduces enhanced tools in view of a EU foreign policy. The High Representative and the European External Service are fundamental steps forward, whose spill-over effects will grow as time passes. However, there will be no European Foreign Policy if the member states will not be willing to work for an increased convergence of their foreign policies. The goal of the proposed project is therefore multiple.
First and foremost, it will analyze the level of convergence and divergence of the foreign policies of the EU member states by selecting a number of relevant and representative policies (energy; defence; UN). This will allow us to understand where the most critical points lie and, conversely, which are the areas of greater convergence. We will also define European minimum and maximum denominators for each of the policies analyzed.
Secondly, we will compare the member states' positions to the EU's positions on a number of policies. Thirdly, we will compare the EU's and the EU member states stances to those of the US, Russia, China, Brazil, Egypt and India. This last comparison will show how, regardless of the differences among Europeans, the gap between them is smaller than the gap that exists with the rest of the major world players. As an ultimate goal, the project therefore aims to suggest that by looking from the outside, those differences that seem so wide from the national capitals, are in fact much smaller when seen in a global context. It also aims to show how the single member states, however "big" they may be, will find it increaseling difficult in having their voices heard at the global level.
A book will be published in the spring 2012 by Brookings Press Show less

The course started on April 14 and ended on June 9, 2011, was attended by 25 young Afghan civilian officials from both national and local administrations.

The project was the result of a fruitful cooperation between the University of Rome Tor Vergata, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Italian National School of Public Administration (SSPA) and was part of the Italian Assistance Programme to the Afghan Institutions in order to contribute to a system of coherent national and… Show more

The course started on April 14 and ended on June 9, 2011, was attended by 25 young Afghan civilian officials from both national and local administrations.

The project was the result of a fruitful cooperation between the University of Rome Tor Vergata, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Italian National School of Public Administration (SSPA) and was part of the Italian Assistance Programme to the Afghan Institutions in order to contribute to a system of coherent national and sub-national governance and to raise the efficiency of the Afghan PA at both levels.

During the 8-weeks course foreseen by the programme, the participants attended high-level courses on the main topics and in a number of field trips, with institutional and cultural visits.

The course took place in Rome and Caserta and in Florence and it was divided in the 8 following modules:

- Introduction to Italy: public and private institutions at work in a decentralized system.
- Public management I (the new public management)
- Public management II (project management and ethics)
- Public Finance and State Accounting in multilevel governance
- Human resources management
- Communication and Leadership
- Institutional visits
- The EU as a case of devolved Sovereignity

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Intensive Training Course for Young Civil Servants 2011

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Presented at the Conference: 5th Euro-Mediterranean Dialogue on Public Management, September 25th to 27th, 2012, Jordan.: "Learning from Afghanistan and Somalia: How to improve capacity building in fragile situations", Federiga Bindi, Marco Amici and Andrea amici
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The project is ongoing since 2008. the goal is to examine and asses the EU Foreign Policy, looking at both “horizontal” and “vertical” issues. Vertical issues are area-related studies, horizontal issues are themes that are generally relevant to the external dimension of the EU.
Thus, in the vertical analysis one finds the EU action in different parts of the world: Transatlantic Relation – to which a special attention will be devoted by the conference - Latin America, Mediterranean Area… Show more

The project is ongoing since 2008. the goal is to examine and asses the EU Foreign Policy, looking at both “horizontal” and “vertical” issues. Vertical issues are area-related studies, horizontal issues are themes that are generally relevant to the external dimension of the EU.
Thus, in the vertical analysis one finds the EU action in different parts of the world: Transatlantic Relation – to which a special attention will be devoted by the conference - Latin America, Mediterranean Area, Middle East. Africa, Neighborhood policy, Far East.
Among horizontal issues there are: CFSP decision-making and procedures; European Identity and Foreign Policy; Human Rights, Peace, Democracy; Public opinion perception of the EU as an international actor; EU Integration & Other Integration Models.
In concrete terms,we look at the following issues:
1.How have the historical relations between the EC/EU and the rest of the world developed?
2.Which are the past and current legal instruments the EC/EU has set up to deal with the different areas of the world?
3.Which are the past and existing treaties and agreements between the EC/EU and the area?
4.Which are the main objectives that the EU wants to pursue in the different areas of the world? Have they changed along the years? If yes, how?
5.Is it possible to say that there has been a shift from economic relations to political ones?
6.Has the EU contributed to the development of human rights, peace and democracy?
7.Has the EU contributed to the economic development of (which?) areas of the world?
8.Does the EU foreign policy contribute to the forging of an EU identity? Is the EU foreign policy perceived at all by the public opinion in the area? If yes, under which light? Is the EU considered as a positive/reliable partner?
9.Has the EU contributed to the promotion of other integration experiences in other areas?
Four books have already been published and one to come out in 2022, all with Brookings Press Show less

SENT is an innovative and ambitious project broughing together about 100 partners from all over the world in order to assess the state of EU studies today, as well as the idea of Europe as transmitted by schools, national politicians, the media, etc.
SENT’s main goal was to map European studies, in order to get a comprehensive picture of the evolution of European studies over the last decades in different disciplines and countries. Five disciplines were identified where EU studies have… Show more

SENT is an innovative and ambitious project broughing together about 100 partners from all over the world in order to assess the state of EU studies today, as well as the idea of Europe as transmitted by schools, national politicians, the media, etc.
SENT’s main goal was to map European studies, in order to get a comprehensive picture of the evolution of European studies over the last decades in different disciplines and countries. Five disciplines were identified where EU studies have particularly evolved: law, politics, economics, history, and social and cultural studies. national identities affect the study and teaching of Europe around the world.
The project was structured in various working groups, corresponding to their respective disciplines. These networks worked closely together to ensure a discussion across geographic boundaries. At the same time, the SENT network brought together scholars around the world in a direct and multidisciplinary dialogue in a General Assembly held in Rome in July 2010 to reflect on the state of the EU disciplines and their future.The following books are being published with Il Mulino:
European integration Process Between History and New Challenges, by A.Landuyt; Analyzing European Union Politics, by F.Bindi & K.Eliassen; Integration through legal education? The role of EU legal studies in shaping the EU, by V. Cattelan;
Questioning the European Identity/ies: Deconstructing Old Stereotypes and Envisioning New Models of Representation by V. Fortunati; Ideas of Europe in National Political Discourse by C.Ramos; Communication, Mediation and Culture in the Making of Europe, by J.Lodge &K.Sarikakis; Mapping European Economic Integration by A.Verdun & A.Tovias; Teaching European Studies Curricula and Teaching Methods, by S.Baroncelli, R.Farneti, I.Horga, S.Vanhoonacker. Show less

Each year we organize two SUMMER SEMINARS ON THE EUROPEAN UNION.
The EU Institutions and Decision Making after the Lisbon Treaty.
This first module will focus on the changes introduced by the Lisbon Treaty in the EU institutions and decision making procedures, also assessing the effectiveness of the new (reduced) rotating presidency, the EU President and the complex relations between these and the EU Commission President and the EU High Representative and. It will be an exciting hands-on… Show more

Each year we organize two SUMMER SEMINARS ON THE EUROPEAN UNION.
The EU Institutions and Decision Making after the Lisbon Treaty.
This first module will focus on the changes introduced by the Lisbon Treaty in the EU institutions and decision making procedures, also assessing the effectiveness of the new (reduced) rotating presidency, the EU President and the complex relations between these and the EU Commission President and the EU High Representative and. It will be an exciting hands-on course analyzing the changes introduced by the Lisbon Treaty both from a theoretical and practical point of view.
The EU Foreign Policy after the Lisbon Treaty
The second module will focus on the EU Foreign Policy. In particular, this year we will assess the degree of convergence / divergence of the Foreign Policy of the Union with that of its major member states and of the world superpowers and emerging powers (US, Russia, China, India, Brazil). As usual, it will have a hands-on approach thanks to the participation of the best scholars and decision makers in the field.
Students will interact with world class speakers that have included Giuliano Amato (Former Italian Prime Minister and Vice President of the European Convention); Franco Frattini (Italian Foreign Minister); Andrew Moravcsik, (Princeton); Simon Hix (LSE); Marta Dassu, (Aspen Institute); Joaquim Roy (University of Miami); Gilles De Kerkove (EU Coordinator for Counterterrorism), Jeremy Shapiro (US Department of State); Amy Verdun, (University of Victoria), David Andrews (Scripps College), Jan Techau (NATO Defence College), Fernando Gentilini (EEAS), Ian Ifversen (Aarhus University), John Peet (The Economist), Khalid Emara (Egyptian Foreign Ministry), Alfred Tovias (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Mark Entin (Moscow State University), Amichai Magen (Stanford University) and many other top other national and international scholars and decision makers. Show less

DC4SKI (Dual Careers for Ski) is a project financed by ERASMUS+ Sports. It aims to find solutions to the problem of early abandonment of ski racing and to promote dual careers for ski athletes. We also aim to show how educational and work environments that support dual careers in alpine ski racing are not only beneficial for the athletes but also for the sustainable economic and social development of the mountain areas where Ski Clubs operates. The project therefore advocates for the… Show more

DC4SKI (Dual Careers for Ski) is a project financed by ERASMUS+ Sports. It aims to find solutions to the problem of early abandonment of ski racing and to promote dual careers for ski athletes. We also aim to show how educational and work environments that support dual careers in alpine ski racing are not only beneficial for the athletes but also for the sustainable economic and social development of the mountain areas where Ski Clubs operates. The project therefore advocates for the development of European best practices in the field of dual careers for Alpine ski racers Show less

THE G8 AND BEYOND: THE ECONOMICS AND POLITICS OF A GLOBAL CENTURY?
On June 22nd 2009, the Italian Foreign Ministry and the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence convened a small but diverse group of the world's leading thinkers to stimulate bold ideas for a global economy and political system that could meet the challenges of
The goal was two-fold:
•to generate ideas that transcend the tyranny of the urgent and could help inform preparations for the Italy-hosted L'Aquila Leaders' Summit in… Show more

THE G8 AND BEYOND: THE ECONOMICS AND POLITICS OF A GLOBAL CENTURY?
On June 22nd 2009, the Italian Foreign Ministry and the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence convened a small but diverse group of the world's leading thinkers to stimulate bold ideas for a global economy and political system that could meet the challenges of
The goal was two-fold:
•to generate ideas that transcend the tyranny of the urgent and could help inform preparations for the Italy-hosted L'Aquila Leaders' Summit in July 2009;
•to generate debate and discussion on longer-term efforts to reform the international system.
A global vision cannot be forged in one day. However, the debate and discussion raised critical issues that heads of state and government must address when they gathered in L'Aquila in July 2009. If leaders can act today mindful of a long-term and sustainable vision, they can build the foundation for the economic and political systems needed to underpin a world where domestic security and prosperity is tied to global security and prosperity.
Important and esteemed speakers from all over the world took part to the conference, among them: Giuliano Amato Former Prime Minister of Italy, Mario Baldassarri President, Permanent Commission on Finances, Italian Senate, Jean Paul Fitoussi President of the Scientific Council, Institut d'Etudes Politiques (IEP), Franco Frattini Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy, Mario Monti Former European Commissioner and Professor, Bocconi University, Italy, Andrew Moravcsik Professor, Princeton University, United States, Edmund Phelps Nobel Prize for Economics, Professor at Columbia University, United States,Romano Prodi Former Italian Prime Minister and Member of the Club the Madrid, Italy, Jeffrey Sachs Director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University, United States.
The group was reconvened in Washington DC one year later and now it is leading to the publishing of a volume with SAIS John Hopkings. Show less

In view of the forthcoming G8 Italian Presidency (2009), the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Brookings Institution organized a high level conference to address the difficult relationship between the current rise in demand for nuclear civil power and the need to reinforce of the nuclear non-proliferation regime. The conference provided an opportunity to convey ideas for the forthcoming G8 Italian Presidency, while looking forward to the 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty review… Show more

In view of the forthcoming G8 Italian Presidency (2009), the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Brookings Institution organized a high level conference to address the difficult relationship between the current rise in demand for nuclear civil power and the need to reinforce of the nuclear non-proliferation regime. The conference provided an opportunity to convey ideas for the forthcoming G8 Italian Presidency, while looking forward to the 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference.
The conference included two high-level closed policy workshops with panel discussion and a public keynote address:
Session 1: The Rise in Demand of Civil Nuclear Power, including technical aspects, environmental effects, and economic factors (closed policy workshop).
Session 2: The Global State of the Non-proliferation Regime (closed policy workshop).
Session 3: The Keynote Address will be given by Nobel Laureate and Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Rajenda Kumar Pachauri (public session). A trascript of teh public conference can be found at www.brookings.edu/~/media/.../20081209_nonproliferation.pdf Show less

If the ECSC was negotiated today..” was a year long international simulation of the negotiation of a EU community if the field of energy . The main aims of the simulation were:
1.Contribute to the general discussion about the future of the European energy policy and increase the awareness about the need to have a EU energy policy,
2. Stimulate the adoption of EU simulations as a didactic tools in teaching European integration courses;.
The simulation was financed by an EU grant

The Jean Monnet Chairs of the School of Law and the School of Economics of the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy, jointly organized a conference in Rome on the 13th and 14th December 2007 titled: “The State of the Union. Europe between Enlargement and Constitutionalization”.
In dealing with some of the most relevant issues in European integration, the conference had a interdisciplinary approach, covering several aspects related mainly to the decision making process and the role of… Show more

The Jean Monnet Chairs of the School of Law and the School of Economics of the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy, jointly organized a conference in Rome on the 13th and 14th December 2007 titled: “The State of the Union. Europe between Enlargement and Constitutionalization”.
In dealing with some of the most relevant issues in European integration, the conference had a interdisciplinary approach, covering several aspects related mainly to the decision making process and the role of institutions and independent bodies within the European legal order. Among the speakers Giuliano Amato, Yves Meny, Simon Hix, Pierre Gerbet, Roberto Adam, Sergio Fabbrini, Peter Huber, Takis Tridimas, Miguel Maduro, Jurgen Schwarze.
The scientific convenors of the Conference were the holders of the above mentioned Jean Monnet Chairs, Prof. Giovanni Guzzetta and Dr. Federiga Bindi. The conference resulted in a book "Lo Stato dell'Unione" published by Giappichelli
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In view of the new Constitutional Treaty of the European Union the Institut d’Etudes Politiques of Paris and the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” initiated an in-depth discussion about the future of Europe bringing together other 25 partner universities from both the then EU and then candidate countries. In specific terms, the following activities were performed by the partner Universities:
- On-line debate among the students:
- The I Assises of the European Students: in January 2003… Show more

In view of the new Constitutional Treaty of the European Union the Institut d’Etudes Politiques of Paris and the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” initiated an in-depth discussion about the future of Europe bringing together other 25 partner universities from both the then EU and then candidate countries. In specific terms, the following activities were performed by the partner Universities:
- On-line debate among the students:
- The I Assises of the European Students: in January 2003 almost 1000 students from the 20 partner Universities - including a delegation of students from the University “Tor Vergata” – met in Paris, at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques, for the I Assises of the European Students (15-18 January 2003) and there they discussed some amendments to the draft European Constitution. The result of their work was a series of concrete proposals, already presented to the members of the European Convention.
- The organization of a referendum about the European Constitution, the 9th of May 2003: in all the partner Universities a poll will take place and the students will be asked to vote for the name of the new Union and for the European Constitution. On the same day, public debates about the future of the Union will be held in each University.
- The II Convention of the European Students, held Rome on July 1-3, 2003. As in Paris, the students met both all together and divided into working groups following specific issues. Public debates were also organized with experts and policy-makers such as PierFerdinando Casini, Giuliano Amato, Gianfranco Fini, Franco Frattini, Rocco Buttiglione, Valdo Spini, Umberto Ranieri, Inigo Mendes de Vigo, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal Antonio Martins Da Cruz, the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Jan Kohout, the Secretary of the Pontificial Council of Justice and Peace Giampaolo Crepaldi. Show less