Preliminary programme

Monday

09:00

 Registration

09:30

 Welcome and introduction

 Aims and goals of the Summer School

11:30

 Lunch

12:30

 The EU Treaties and their Evolution

14:00

 Visit to the Belgian Parliament

17:00

 End of Session

18:00

 Drink and welcome dinner offered by the IES

Tuesday

09:30

 The European Decision-Making Process I

11:00

 Coffee break

11:15

 The European Decision-Making Process I

12:45

 Lunch

15:30

 Visit to the European Parliament

17:00

 End of Session

Wednesday

9:30

 The European Decision-Making Process I

11:00

 Coffee break

11:15

 EU Structural Diplomacy,

12:45

 Lunch

15:30

 Visit to the Council of the EU

17:00

 Study evening

20:00

 End of Evening Study Session

Thursday

09:30

 The European Decision-Making Process II

11:00

 Coffee Break

11:15

 The European Decision-Making Process II

12:45

 Lunch

14:45

 Visit to the European Commission

17:30

 End of session

Friday

09:30

 Governance mechanisms and soft instruments of policy-   making in the EU

11:00

 Coffee Break

11:15

 The EU and its Lobby Groups,

12:45

 Lunch

14:00

 Dealing with Complex Health Threats

15:30

 Coffee Break

15:45

 Negotiation Hints and Practice

17:15

 End of Session

Saturday

09:30

 Presentations + introduction to the simulation game

12:00

 End of Session

Sunday

 Flight to Vienna

Monday

09:30

  Welcome to the Diplomatic Academy

10:00

 Constitutional and legal issues

18:00

 End of Session

Tuesday

09:30

 The European Foreign and Security Policy

13:00

 Lunch

14:15

 Practical experiences with CFSP in the Western Balkans

15:45

 Video: The Death of Yugoslavia

17:30

 End of Session

Wednesday

09:30

 Simulation game on Health

18:00

 End of Session

Thursday

09:30

 The Economic and Monetary Union

13:00

 Lunch

14:00

 Visit to the Fundamental Rights Agency

17:45

 End of Session

Friday

09:30

 Simulation game on Foreign Policy

18:30

 End of session