Executive Trainings 2018 Learning from Conflicts: Approaches to Peace-Building and the Role of Europe Date: 12-14 December 2018 Place: European University Institute, Florence Scientific Coordinators: Luigi Narbone (EUI) and Saumitra Jha (Stanford University) This Executive Training focuses on approaches to conflict resolution and peace-building and the role that Europe can play in these processes. The training will draw on practitioners’ experience and on the latest academic analysis and field-based research, examining three comparative case studies: Syria, Colombia and Ukraine. READ MORE Cultural Diplomacy 2.0: Transnational Cultural Relations in the Digital Age Date: 28-30 November 2018 Place: European University Institute, Florence Scientific Coordinators: Anna Triandafyllidou (EUI) and Jeremie Molho (EUI) The digital revolution has radically transformed the daily practice of international cultural relations. The goal of this training is to explore the possibilities that the digital era is opening in the field of transnational cultural relations; it will provide participants with a comprehensive overview of the new digital environment in which cultural organisations operate, and train them to make use of digital tools and face the new vulnerabilities. READ MORE Transnational Regulation, Voluntary Standards, and Trade Date: 24-26 October 2018 Place: European University Institute, Florence Scientific Coordinators: Bernard Hoekman (EUI) and Philip Schleifer (University of Amsterdam) This executive training provides a comprehensive and practical discussion of standard setting in a rapidly changing global regulatory environment. Participants learn about the WTO's rules on product standards, the work of private standard setting bodies such as the International Standardization Organization, as well as the highly dynamic field of voluntary sustainability standards (VSS). While exploring these subjects and considering the associated policy challenges, participants will have the opportunity to interact with practitioners from relevant international organizations, such as the International Standardization Organization and the International Trade Centre. READ MORE Gender and Media Date: 26-28 September 2018 Place: European University Institute, Florence Scientific Coordinator: Ruth Rubio Marín (School of Transnational Governance) This Executive Training Seminar brings together leading academics and practitioners from around the world to provide participants with an accurate analysis of gender-based discrimination in both traditional and digital media, as well as an comprehensive overview of the strategies and best practices to overcome it. Through a combination of theory-based sessions, training sessions and case-studies the seminar will cover a wide range of topics and domains, including journalism, publicity, media regulatory bodies and guidelines, sexism in the use of language and the representation of violence against women, (new) masculinities and LGBTQI communities in the media. READ MORE Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Security Governance: Actors, Strategies and Modus Operandi Date: 20-21 June 2018 Place: European University Institute, Florence Scientific Coordinator: Andreas Gofas (Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences and European Law and Governance School) This Executive Training Seminar offers in-depth exposure to the major characteristics of modern terrorism, its actors, strategies and modus operandi. By bringing together the best of academic research and practical expertise, it constitutes a unique opportunity to come into contact with the latest developments, as well as to meet with some of the most distinguished scholars and practitioners in the field of counter-terrorism. READ MORE Welfare Motore di Sviluppo: Città e Periferie di Migrazione Data: 18-19 Maggio 2018 Luogo: European University Institute, Firenze Coordinatore Scientifico: Anna Triandafyllidou (EUI) Una delle sfide delle società contemporanee, in particolar modo di chi le amministra, è rappresentata dalla gestione dello spazio pubblico e urbano, intendendo con esso un insieme di luoghi e relazioni. Lo spazio cittadino diviene centrale quando ci si occupa di amministrare i fenomeni migratori, sia in termini di accoglienza che d’integrazione. Durante il training approfondiremo con i partecipanti gli esempi di pratiche virtuose dove si è fatto delle migrazioni un valore aggiunto e riqualificante dello spazio urbano. Parallelamente analizzeremo i bisogni delle città coinvolte con i loro Sindaci, cercando di capire insieme possibili soluzioni ai problemi d’integrazione presentati negli spazi urbani specifici. READ MORE Is the EU Democratic Enough? Measuring the Health of EU Democracy Date: 26-28 April 2018 Place: European University Institute, Florence Scientific Coordinator: Daniel Innerarity (EUI) This Executive Training Seminar examines the health of European Democracy: how democratic is the European Union, and how democratic should it be? This will be discussed taking into account the EU’s specific complex context and, from a practical point of view, to what extent the management of the Euro crisis has jeopardized its democratic nature. READ MORE Leadership Challenged: Politics and Policy-Making in the European Union at a Time of Crisis Date: 16-18 April 2018 Place: European University Institute, Florence Scientific Coordinators: Kalypso Nicolaïdis (EUI), José Manuel Barroso (Universidade Católica Portuguesa and Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies), Emily Jones (University of Oxford) The aim of this Executive Training Seminar is to discuss and analyse the tensions and challenges faced by EU politics and policy-making at a time of crisis. By sharing their experiences and analysing the issue, the speakers will provide their insights on Europe’s current predicaments connected to its on-going polycentric crisis. READ MORE