ESF Operational Program: Human Resources

   Masaryk University, Brno CZ

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   EU GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGEMENT:

   CONTENTS, LEVELS AND ACTORS OF DECISION-MAKING

   

   Prof Rinus van Schendelen

   Erasmus University Rotterdam, NL

   March 15, 2007

   

   

   

   

   Background reading: R. van Schendelen, Jak Lobbovat v Evropské unii: aneb Machiavelli v
   Bruselu (2004) or Machiavelli in Brussels: The Art of Lobbying the EU (2005, 2^nd ed.)

   

   

   

   

   Contents:                                                                     cf pages:   
   chapters:

   - Pre-work                                                                  02

   - Backwards Lobbying/ PAM                                               03               1, 3

   - The EU Arena: Decision Flows and Work Floors   04-05                   2

   - Influencing the EU Legislative Process                    06-07                   2, 3

   - Mapping the Arena of Stakeholders                        08-09                   3, 4

   - Best Practices of PA Management                                    10               4, 6

   - Organising the Homefront Arena                             11-12                   5

   - Backwards Lobbying again                                               03

   - Post-work                                                                           13

   - Annexes                                                                     14-15