CLEER Summer School 2024
CLEER and the T.M.C. Asser Instituut present their 9th summer school in EU External Relations Law, from 24 to 26 June 2024 at the campus of VUB University in Brussels.
The programme will comprise interactive lectures delivered by renowned academic experts and discussion led by experienced practitioners. All lectures will be held in English. We ask for an in-person participation. The organizers reserve the option to switch to an online format if necessary.
Admission requirements:
- For students, civil servants or practitioners with an academic background or practical experience in law, political science or international relations.
- Please register by clicking on the Green Registration Button.
- 6 scholarships are available for students attending in person, waiving the tuition fee which will be awarded on the basis of merit and financial need. If you apply for a scholarship do not register but please provide a statement of interest, explanation and CV with your application before 1 June and send it by email to:
elke.hundhausen@maastrichtuniversity.nl. You will be informed by Friday, 7 June.
Tuition fee
Tuition fee for participation in-person includes lecture material, visit to the EEAS, certificate of attendance and catering. Accommodation is not included.
- Tuition fee Maastricht University students/Maastricht University alumni: €310 pp
- Tuition fee VUB students: €310 pp
- Tuition fee non-VUB/non-Maastricht University students: €350 pp
- Tuition fee practitioners: €650 pp
- Tuition fee practitioners 1 day attendance: €150 pp
Programme on 24 June (day 1)
10.00h | Registration |
10.30h | Welcome & Introduction by CLEER Governing Board |
11.00h | Andrea Ott - EU external competences |
12.30h | Lunch break |
14.00h | Merijn Chamon - The law and practice of mixed agreements |
15.30h | Coffee break |
16.00h | Ramses Wessel - The normalization of the CFSP |
17.30h | Drinks |
Programme on 25 June (day 2)
EU external relations | |
10.00h | Joris Larik - EU trade policy |
11.30h | Coffee break |
12.00h | Peter Van Elsuwege - ENP/EU enlargement policy |
13.30h | Lunch |
14.30h | Eleftheria Neframi - Green and Digital Transition: External Dimensions |
16.00h | Coffee break |
16.30h | Keynote lecture by Prof. Inge Govaere - Promoting the Rule of Law in EU External Relations: Conceptual Framework and EU Actorness |
18.00h | End of day 2 |
Programme on 26 June (day 3)
EU external relations: an institutional perspective | |
09.30h | Anders Neergaard - The European Parliament in EU external relations |
11.00h | Coffee break |
11.30h | Antonios Antoniadis and Josephine Norris - Recent developments in EU external relations, Council and Commission perspectives |
13.30h | Lunch break and travel to the EEAS |
15.15h | Visit to the EEAS Lóránt Havas - Role of the EEAS in EU external relations |
18.00h | End of the Summer School |
Speakers
Dr Antonios Antoniadis is member of the legal service of the Council of the European Union.
Prof. Merijn Chamon is professor of EU law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe (Bruges). He is member of the Governing Board of CLEER.
Prof. Peter van Elsuwege is professor of EU law at Ghent University, and member of the governing board of CLEER.
Prof. Inge Govaere is professor of EU Law, Director of the Ghent European Law Institute (G.E.L.I.) and Director of the LLMs at Ghent University. She is also the Director of the European Legal Studies Department at the College of Europe in Bruges.
Lóránt Havas is Deputy Head of Unit in the Legal Department of the European External Action Service (EEAS), Brussels.
Dr Joris Larik is Assistant Professor of Comparative, EU and International Law at Leiden University. He is member of the Governing Board of CLEER.
Anders Neergaard is Head of Unit in the Legal Service of the European Parliament.
Prof. Eleftheria Neframi is professor of European Union law at the University of Luxembourg. She is member of the Governing Board of CLEER.
Josephine Norris is member of the legal service of the European Commission.
Prof. Andrea Ott is professor of EU External Relations Law and Jean Monnet Chair in EU law at Maastricht University. She is member of the Governing Board of CLEER.
Prof. Ramses A. Wessel is Vice Dean of the Faculty of Law, Professor of European Law and Head of the European and Economic Law Department at the University of Groningen. He is member of the Governing Board of CLEER.