Events
Upcoming PACO Events
22 February - 17 May 2017
2017 Spring Lecture Series: Rebels With a Cause? Parliamentary Resilience in European and Global Governance
Participation is free. We kindly ask you to register for each lecture.
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22 February 2017 18.00 - 20.00 : Venue : De Valk, DV1 02.54 (Zeger Van Hee), Tiensestraat 41 - 3000 Leuven |
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23 March 2017 18.00 - 20.00: Venue : De Valk, DV1 02.54 (Zeger Van Hee), Tiensestraat 41 - 3000 Leuven For registration, please click here |
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20 April 2017 14.00 - 16.00: Venue : Kleine Aula (MTC3 00.15), Sint-Michielsstraat 6, 3000 Leuven |
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26 April 2017 18.00 - 20.00: Venue : De Valk, DV1 02.54 (Zeger Van Hee), Tiensestraat 41 - 3000 Leuven For registration, please click here |
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27 April 2017 14.00 - 16.00: Venue : Kleine Aula (MTC3 00.15), Sint-Michielsstraat 6, 3000 Leuven For registration, please click here |
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3 May 2017 18.00 - 20.00: Venue : De Valk, DV1 02.54 (Zeger Van Hee), Tiensestraat 41 - 3000 Leuven |
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4 May 2017 14.00 - 16.00: Venue: Kleine Aula (MTC3 00.15), Sint-Michielsstraat 6, 3000 Leuven |
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17 May 2017 11.00 - 13.00: Venue : De Valk, DV1 02.54 (Zeger Van Hee), Tiensestraat 41 - 3000 Leuven |
Past PACO Events
20 May 2016
'Scrutinising Diplomacy: The Roles of the European Parliament and the US Congress'
A one-day conference organized by the PACO Jean Monnet Network in conjunction with the European Parliament Information Office in London at Europe House, Smith Square, London SW1
18 & 19 February 2016
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International Conference "Parliamentary Cooperation and Diplomacy in Europe and beyond – Theories, Practices and Comparisons", Brussels |
The Lisbon Treaty has given a boost to parliamentary cooperation within the European Union. The greater role the European Parliament now plays in EU external action is emphasized not only in terms of legislating, budgetary control and executive accountability, but also in view of its external relations through a tight network of parliamentary delegations.
This conference will contextualize such developments by analyzing parliamentary cooperation and diplomacy both at the EU level and within other European and international organizations. The ambition is to cover the numerous dimensions of parliamentary cooperation and diplomacy in Europe and beyond:
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First, inter-parliamentary cooperation in European organizations and the European Union, as well as parliamentary cooperation in other regional and international organizations;
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Secondly, parliamentary diplomacy between the European Union and third countries as well as the parliamentary diplomacy of other parliaments in other regions of the world.
By focusing on these two dimensions, the conference hopes to shed light and help explain the workings of parliamentary cooperation in other regional organizations around the world, as well as the practice of parliamentary diplomacy of the other actors outside the EU.
While the two dimensions – parliamentary cooperation and parliamentary diplomacy – have been conceptualized in different ways, the conference wants to provide a comprehensive overview of the different theoretical accounts and the realities in the field, channels, fora and policy fields of inter-parliamentary cooperation and parliamentary diplomacy.
Programme and registration
15 February - 19 May 2016
2016 Spring Lecture Series: Global Governance, International Law and the EU - Actors, Institutions, Policies and Rules |
Participation is free. We kindly ask you to register for each lecture.
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Lecture by Prof. Eyal Benvenisti (University of Cambridge/Tel Aviv): Global Governance and International Law Date: 15 February 2016 from 11am until 1 pm Venue: De Valk, DV3 01.19, Tiensestraat 41 - 3000 Leuven Registration: click here |
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Lecture by Prof. Thomas F. McInerney (Loyola University Chicago): Global Governance and Multilateral Treaties Date: 23 February 2016 from 11am until 1 pm Venue: De Valk, DV1 02.54 (Zeger Van Hee), Tiensestraat 41 - 3000 Leuven Registration: click here |
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Lecture by Prof. Cedric Ryngaert (Utrecht University): NGOs as Global Governance Actors Date: 29 February 2016 from 11am until 1 pm Venue: De Valk, DV3 01.19, Tiensestraat 41 - 3000 Leuven Registration: click here |
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Lecture by Prof. Radu Mares (Raoul Wallenberg Institute and Lund University): Business Enterprises and Global Governance: the Case of Human Rights Date: 14 March 2016 from 11am until 1 pm Venue: De Valk, DV3 01.19, Tiensestraat 41 - 3000 Leuven Registration: click here |
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Lecture by Prof. Daniel Thym (University of Konstanz): Global Governance, the EU and Migration: the Path to International Cooperation Date: 22 March 2016 from 11am until 1 pm Venue: De Valk, DV1 02.54 (Zeger Van Hee), Tiensestraat 41 - 3000 Leuven Registration: click here |
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Lecture by Prof. Jonathan Zeitlin (University of Amsterdam): Experimentalist Global and European Governance: Which consequences for democracy and accountability? Date:24 March 2016 from 2 pm until 4 pm Venue: Faculty of Arts, LETT 08.16 (Justus Lipsius Zaal), Blijde Inkomststraat 21 - 3000 Leuven Registration: click here |
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Lecture by Prof. Zachary Selden (University of Florida/College of Europe): Global Security Governance, the Rule of US and Europe Date: 21 April 2016 from 2 pm until 4 pm Venue: Faculty of Arts, LETT 08.16 (Justus Lipsius Zaal), Blijde Inkomststraat 21 - 3000 Leuven Registration: click here |
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Lecture by Dr. Amichai Magen (IDC Herzliya/ Stanford University): Global Governance and the Right to Democratic Governance in International Law Date: 25 April 2016 from 11am until 1 pm Venue: De Valk, DV3 01.19, Tiensestraat 41 - 3000 Leuven Registration: click here |
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Lecture by Prof. Laurent Pech (Middlesex University): Global Governance, the Rule of Law and the EU Date: 26 April 2016 from 11am until 1 pm Venue: De Valk, DV1 02.54 (Zeger Van Hee), Tiensestraat 41 - 3000 Leuven Registration: click here |
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Lecture by Prof. Duncan Snidal (Oxford University): Global Governance and International Organizations as Orchestrators Date: 9 May 2016 from 11am until 1 pm Venue: De Valk, DV3 01.19, Tiensestraat 41 - 3000 Leuven Registration: click here |
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Lecture by Prof. James Mackie (ECDPM/ College of Europe): Global Sustainability Goal’s and the EU Date: 12 May 2016 from 2 pm until 4 pm Venue: Faculty of Arts, LETT 08.16 (Justus Lipsius Zaal), Blijde Inkomststraat 21 - 3000 Leuven Registration: click here |
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Lecture by Prof. Tom Pegram (University College London): Towards a Third Generation of Global Governance? Date: 19 May 2016 from 2 pm until 4 pm Venue: Faculty of Arts, LETT 08.16 (Justus Lipsius Zaal), Blijde Inkomststraat 21 - 3000 Leuven Registration: click here |
Past PACO Events
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Roundtable ‘Interparliamentary Cooperation and the Role of the European Parliament in EU External Action’
Date: Tuesday 16 June 2015, 9.15-13.15
Venue: Info Point Europe, Rue Archimede 1, 1000 Brussels
Programme: Please click here
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Spring Lecture Series on 'Parliaments in European and Global Governance'
This lecture series addresses the roles and challenges of parliaments in European and global governance, takes stock of recent developments which have affected the functions of parliaments and looks into the challenges, and focuses on future opportunities in the context of an increasingly interdependent world.
European and global governance have become widely used terms to cover policy-making and problem-solving beyond traditional nation states. Often, the role of parliaments in their capacity as legislators, scrutinizers of executives and democratic gatekeepers is overlooked in this regard. In fact, multi-level governance poses a key problem for parliaments: it may hollow out legislative control functions of governments who willingly upload decision-making to European or global levels of decision-making which are beyond parliaments’ reaches. More particularly, multi-level governance cooperation can also include problems of double-democratic deficits, the lack of democratic accountability on the national and European or global level of decision-making. To cure this problem, various proposals have been made, including the strengthening of national parliaments on the domestic level, the empowerment of the European Parliament on the European level and the idea of a parliamentary assembly at the United Nations. Alternatively, it has been argued that parliaments have to form networks across different levels of governance so that they can mutually assist one another in order to fulfill their parliamentary functions.
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Lecture by Prof. Dr. Ben Crum (Free University of Amsterdam): Depoliticisation versus Accountability – Is There a Role for Parliaments in Euro Governance? Date: 9 February 2015, 16:00-18:00 Venue: Kleine Aula, MTC 3 (room 00.15) Registration: please click here |
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Lecture by Mr. Klaus Welle (General-Secretary of the European Parliament): The European Parliament as a Democratic Gatekeeper - Evolutions and Future Challenges Date: 13 February 2015, 16:00-18:00 Venue: Auditory Jean Monnet (AP 01.30) Registration: please click here The pictures of this lecture can be found here. |
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Lecture by Professor Baroness Julie Smith (Member of the House of Lords, University of Cambridge): Which Role for National Parliaments after Lisbon? Date: 20 February 2015, 16:00-18:00 Venue: Auditory Zeger van Hee (DV 91.56) Registration: please click here The pictures of this lecture can be found here. |
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Lecture by Dr. Alexandre Stutzmann (Head of AFET Secretariat, European Parliament): Which Role for the European Parliament in the EU's External Action? Date: 9 March 2015, 10:00-12:00 Venue: Auditory Zeger van Hee (DV 91.56) Registration: please click here The pictures of this lecture can be found here. |
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Lecture by Dr. Nicola Lupo (LUISS, School of Government, Rome): Opportunities and challenges of interparliamentary cooperation in the light of the EU’s "composite" Constitution? Date: 16 March 2015, 16:00-18:00 Venue: Kleine Aula, MTC 3, room 00.15 Registration: please click here |
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Lecture by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wagner (Free University of Amsterdam): Which role for parliaments in CFSP? – The new inter-parliamentary conference on CFSP/CSDP Date: 23 March 2015, 16:00-18:00 Venue: Kleine Aula, MTC 3, room 00.15 Registration: please click here |
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Lecture by Mr. Andreas Bummel (Global Coordinator for ‘Campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly): The Case for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly Date: 5 May 2015, 11:00-13:00 Venue: De Valk DV1, room 02.54 Registration: please click here The pictures of this lecture can be found here. |
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Lecture by Prof. Steven Wheatley (Lancaster University): Can Global Parliaments Strengthen the Democratic Legitimacy of International Law? Date: 11 May 2015, 11:00-13:00 Venue: De Valk DV3, room 01.19 Registration: please click here |
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Lecture by Mr. Anders Johnsson (Former Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union): Parliaments in Global Governance: Lessons learnt at the Inter-Parliamentary Union Date: 12 May 2015, 11:00-13:00 Venue: De Valk DV1, room 02.54. Registration: please click here |
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Lecture by Prof. Dr. Amie Kreppel (University of Florida): Is the EU looking more and more like a state? Parliamentary democracy in the EU after Lisbon Date: 22 May 2015, 16:00-18:00 Venue: Auditory Zeger van Hee, DV 91.56 Registration: please click here |
Date: 10 April 2015
Venue: London School of Economics
Presentation by Dr. Kolja Raube and Prof. Dr. Jan Wouters
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International Workshop: Interparliamentary Cooperation in EU External Action - Parliamentary Scrutiny and Diplomacy in the EU and Beyond
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Date: 5 December 2014, 09:30-12:45 Venue: European Parliament, Brussels, Altiero Spinelli Building, Room A3G2 Registration: Participation is free, but registration is required before 1 December 2014. Programme: Please find the preliminary programme here (update: 4 December 2014). Pictures: Click here Abstract: While the EU has progressively become an actor in international relations in its own right thanks to its increased powers in the field of external relations, the Lisbon Treaty has also underlined the need for more increased inter-parliamentary cooperation between the European Parliament (EP) and national parliaments. Hence, the need to exchange information between the EP and national parliaments regarding EU external action and the need to scrutinize the external actions of the EU has become more prominent. At the same time, given the greater diplomatic engagement between the EU and the rest of the world, public diplomacy has become an ever-more important instrument. In this context, the bilateral and multilateral parliamentary diplomacy between the EP and third countries and regions has the potential to become a complementary element of EU external action and diplomacy. The objective of this workshop in the context of the Jean Monnet Network PACO is to focus on and analyse inter-parliamentary cooperation and parliamentary diplomacy. The workshop aims to discover and explain: (i) if and why inter-parliamentary cooperation in the field of external relations (e.g. CFSP/CSDP, human rights, development, trade) has added to an increased scrutiny via the EP and national parliaments; and (ii) if and why parliamentary diplomacy can add to the diplomatic tools set in the EU’s cooperation with third partners via its own parliamentary delegations at bilateral and multilateral levels (e.g. ACP, Eastern Partnership, African Union). |
Teaching and training
In the framework of PACO, teaching activities are offered by the network partners.
Teaching and training activities in 2014/2015:
- Parliaments in European and Global Governance (KU Leuven)
- MaRBLe project “Diplomacy behind closed doors? The role of parliaments in foreign policy” (Maastricht University)
- Parliaments in the EU's Security Policy (Peace Research Institute Frankfurt)
- Advocating on development and human rights: the role of the European Parliament and its inter-parliamentary relations with ACP countries (Ghent University)
- Talking shop or relevant actor? The role of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in EU Development Policy (Ghent University)
- The European Union, Parliamentary jurisdiction and External relations (Sabanci University)
