The Jean Monnet Teaching Module on Agenda-Setting in the European Union (EST3203), held at the University of Malta, is scheduled to begin on 11 February. Co-ordinated by Dr Marcello Carammia of the Institute for European Studies, the Module will address key theoretical and empirical aspects of EU agenda-setting, such as how problems enter (or not) the political agenda of the EU.

The first part of the Module will deal with institutions, actors and processes relevant to EU agenda-setting, while the second part will analyse EU priorities in eight key policy areas: migration, environment, the Mediterranean, the economy, morality policies, agriculture and fisheries, responses to the economic crisis in southern member states and foreign aid. The Module will be closed by a two-day simulation of inter-institutional negotiations in the EU, coordinated by a researcher and training officer who regularly delivers training on negotiation in several EU institutions and bodies.  Single lectures will be held by members of the academic staff of the Institute for European studies and by leading scholars from universities overseas.

The Module, which is supported by the Lifelong Learning Programme, is open to university students, as well as to the general public. Members of the general public may register for the Module by following this link: http://www.um.edu.mt/publiclecturesregistration.

More details are available on the Module website at http://www.um.edu.mt/europeanstudies/aseu. Further information can be obtained by contacting Dr Carammia at [email protected]