Second Annual Research
Symposium
Central and Eastern Europe in the EU: Power and Representation
This event is now over. For a full report about the symposium please click HERE. The details below are archived for information use only.
Following the success of Assessing Accession's first Annual Research Symposium at the University of Glasgow in June 2008, we are delighted to announce that the 2009 Research Symposium will be hosted by the Széchenyi István University in Győr, Hungary. The symposium will take place on Monday 11th May 2009.
This one day symposium is intended to provide a forum for scholars to identify some of the broad strategies CEE member-states use to influence policy making within the EU. In particular, there will be a specific focus on how CEE countries and their respective governments and private actors (e.g. unions, employers, and civil society organisations) organise and manage their position within the EU institutional frameworks. In other words, how have the past five years represented a continuation of integration, from a ‘bottom-up’ perspective, in terms of different CEE agents seeking to integrate and become effective actors in various EU institutional environments?
Keynote Speaker
Former Hungarian Foreign Minister János Martonyi will give this year's Keynote Address. Professor Martonyi was part of the Amato Group that unofficially drafted a new treaty for the European Union after the European Constitution was rejected by the French and Dutch voters.
The title of Professor Martonyi's talk is "The Next Five Years: Objectives and Responsibilities"
Information for Paper Givers
Paper givers should complete and return a registration form no later than 28th February 2009. Completed papers should be submitted by email no later than April 24th 2009. This is to give all participants time to download and read the papers in advance of the symposium. We would like to give individuals two weeks to do this. The purpose of the workshop format is to ensure that paper givers obtain constructive feedback and comment on their work, as well as an opportunity to disseminate new and original material.
Information for Non-Paper Givers
The programme has now been confirmed. The event is still open to selected non-paper giving participants. To apply please conmplete the registration form available at the bottom of this page.
Format
The symposium will take the format of three 2-hour roundtable workshops, in addition to a keynote address. The papers for each workshop session are thematically linked. All participants should aim to read as many of the papers from the three sessions (not just their own), so that they will be able to contribute with full feedback and siscussion. As participants should have read the papers in advance, paper givers will be restricted to 15 minutes to present their work (depending on the number of papers in the session). Full papers will be made available to download two weeks before the workshop from the Assessing Accession Online Research Community (ORC) Workspace. All participants should ensure that they have registered for ORC access.
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Programme
| Sunday 10th May 2009 |
| 6pm | Pre-Symposium Reception and Dinner (venue to be confirmed) |
| Monday 11th May 2009 |
| 9-9.30am | Registration and Coffee |
| 9.30-10am | Welcome Address and Introduction - Professor János Rechnitzer (Vice Rector Széchenyi István University)
- Professor Richard Berry (Director of CRCEES)
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| 10-12noon | Session 1: CEE Influence on the EU from below - Ms Aleksandra Lis (CEU, Budapest, Hungary) - A Game Between Two levels: Polish Civil Society Actors negotiating the EU Climate and Energy Package
- Dr Katarzyna Kosior (Tischner European University, Krakow, Poland) - From Simple Bargaining to Deliberative Negotiations: the New EU Member States and the CAP Reforms
- Ms Senka Neuman Stanivukovic (University of Groningen, Netherlands) - Czech Regions Utilizing EU Channels of Regional Representation: a Bottom-up Perspective on the Decentralization Process
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| 12-1pm | Keynote Address - Professor János Martonyi (former Hungarian Foreign Minister) - "The Next Five Years: Objectives and Responsibilities"
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| 1-2pm | Lunch |
| 2-4pm | Session 2: CEE States and EU External Policy - Dr Nathaniel Copsey (University of Birmingham, UK) - Poland's Power and Influence in the EU: the Case of its Eastern Policy
- Dr Dimitry Kochenov (University of Groningen, Netherlands) - At Home in the Union: New Member States and the Shaping of EU Foreign Policy
- Dr Eamonn Butler (University of Glasgow, UK) - Representing Whose National Interest? The Internal and External Geopolitics of Energy Security: Central Europe, Russia and the EU
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| 4-4.15pm | Coffee |
4.15-6.15pm | Session 3: Member State Case Study - Poland - Dr Urszula Kurczewska (Warsaw School of Economics, Poland) - In Search of the Polish Interests Representation Pattern in the European Union - the Case of Sector Interest Organizations
- Dr Christian Schweiger (University of Durham, UK) - Poland's Role in the EU 27 - From Candidate Country Towards Leading Player
- Dr Bogusia Puchalska (University of Central Lancashire, UK) - Charter of Rights: Empower the People? The Case of Poland
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6.15-6.30pm | Closing Remarks and Conclusions |
| 7pm | Annual Symposium Dinner |