EUROPEAN POLICIES FOR TERRITORIAL COHESION AND EUROPLANNING

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

000412L

Academic Year of enrolment:

2019

Year of supply:

2019/2020

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in LEGAL SCIENCES FOR INTERNATIONALISATION AND BUSINESS INNOVATION

Disciplinary Sector:

European Union Law

Location:

PESCARA

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

OTTAVIANO ILARIA

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

102

Prerequisites:

Knowledge of EU Law is required.

Objectives

The course aims at developing theoretical knowledge and applied understanding of the policies and instruments of the European Union's cohesion policy. Under the first profile, students will be able to discuss the different doctrinal positions in terms of interactions between legal systems, based on the different academic positions on this topic, and to interpret and describe them autonomously. Under the second profile, students will be provided with operational competence in relation to the management and reporting of the various financial instruments (direct and indirect management), and will be able to activate the knowledge acquired in specialized professional contexts.

Contents

The course deals with the evolution of the European Union's cohesion policy, from its origins to its current configuration. Starting from the division of competences between the European Union and the Member States, it analyzes policy content and tools, deepening the complex issues arising from the involvement of multilevel governance in its planning and management. The course focuses on cohesion policy and its role for the harmonious development of all the regions of the European Union. The structural funds and their operational are analyzed in detail: common and specific regulations, planning, management, monitoring, reporting, evaluation. Territorial cooperation is also deepened, both internal to the EU borders (Interreg) and at the external borders (IPA and ENI), together with specific national and international legal and financial instruments dedicated to it. The course is completed with an examination of the general aspects of the Development Cooperation, highlighting similarities and differences with Cohesion policy. The course is also enriched by the presence of authoritative representatives of regional and national public administrations, daily engaged in the planning and management of cooperation programs and projects, to benefit, together with the theoretical deepening, of an operative knowledge of these topics.

Extended Syllabus

• Article 3, par. 3 TEU: the objectives of the European Union.
• The EU competences: exclusive, shared and of support, coordination or supplement
• Article 174 ss. TFEU: Cohesion Policy: legal basis. Economic and social cohesion. Territorial cohesion. The principles of subsidiarity and partnership.
• Cohesion policy and EU Values.
• Structural Fund regulations. Programming, management, reporting, evaluation.
• Composite administrative procedures.
• The role of Cohesion Policy in managing emergencies.
• The European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC).
• The European Pre-accession and Neighborhood Policies and their financial instruments. Interaction between internal and external instruments of territorial cooperation.
• The Development Cooperation.

Recommended Bibliography

During the course will be distributed educational material in the form of photocopies. Suggested readings:

• M. CAPPELLO, Guida ai fondi strutturali europei 2014-2020, Maggioli editore, 2015 (Capitoli da II a X), soggetto a modifica, in caso di approvazione da parte della Commissione europea del nuovo ciclo di programmazione 2021-2027
• I. OTTAVIANO, Gli accordi di cooperazione territoriale nell’Unione europea, Bari, 2017 (Sez. I, Cap. II; Sez. II, Cap. II).

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

The course consists of classroom lectures (and/or online) and practical seminars with representatives of national and regional public administrations (Managing Authority of the Adriatic Cross-border Cooperation program, Contact point of Creative Europe Italy, Italian Agency for Development Cooperation ...). Practical exercises and educational visits will also be carried out.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Oral exam (vote expressed in thirtieths), aimed at ascertaining the knowledge and ability to interpret and analyze the policies and instruments of the European Union in the field of territorial cohesion and cooperation. The test will be based on the materials distributed in class and on the photocopies from time to time indicated in class. The attendance of lectures is recommended.

Contacts/More Information

E-mail: ilaria.ottaviano@unich.it

Office hours: during the lesson period after the lesson, in the other periods by appointment.
Thesis: Knowledge of English and possibly of other EU languages is required.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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