English

Good level of English
Basic knowledge of the legal importance of EU Treaty, EU Regulation and EU Directive.

Lectures and case discussions, included students’ PowerPoint presentations and seminars with specialist guests

To provide the students with the fundamental knowledge regarding the legislative making process, especially as far as the relationships between EU Institutions, on one hand, and the role and position of citizens, on the other hand, are concerned.

The final knowledge should allow to be able to utilise EU means in own work and to address correctly the EU actors

To know how EU works is nowadays necessary in all labour fields, with a special focus on public European Adminitration

Introduction on the EU Legal system: legislation and institutional functioning
The European Administration: principles, organization and values
The perspective of a European Administrative Law
The role of Administration in managing Covid-19 emergency: the European Parliament case-study
The Strategies policies of the EU: economy, institutional and administrative system
The legislative power
The financial power
The political Supervisory power
The management of the economic problems at the EU level (included the Next Generation plan)
The Ombudsman and the Administration
The Data Protection Supervisor and the Administration
Citizens’ rights and Administration
The perspectives of the European Union.

For the Attending students, the methodology is based on a participative and seminarian approach: students will be requested to debate and submit presentation during the whole course. The course will be held in a module of two weeks time, with lessons and seminars. The examination could include a writing test {prova scritta) at the end of the course.
For students with disabilities and/or SLD: upon students’ request, it is possible to adapt how the exam is taken, in accordance with the University Guidelines( https://www.univpm.it/Entra/Accoglienza_diversamente_abili).

For the attending students, presentation of an oral report on specific issue, participation to the discussions and working groups as well as to seminars, check of the level of fundamental knowledge during the course
For NOT attending students, it is a classical oral exams on the knowledge of the texts indicated below

Positive grades: from 18 to 30. Cum laude can be bestowed to outstanding performance.
It will be considered the difference between the very demanding effort requested for attending students.

Showing the capacity to find the answer to operational questions

For the attending students, all the texts will be provided during the course-lessons and will be composed by original documents, resolutions, reports with in addition some essays: the course will be based on concrete real documents.
For NOT attending students the texts to be studied are:
- J. ZILLER, Advanced Introduction to European Union Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023, ISBN 978 1 03532 313 5

- G. VILELLA:
Second half of the ninth legislature: challenges and potential opportunities for the European Union – CERIDAP n.3/2021
Challenges and opportunities for the European Union: a step forward – CERIDAP n. 4/2022
European Election 2024: the legacy of the ninth European legislature – CERIDAP 6 July 2023
The latter three articles are accessible online for free on CERIDAP.EU

For the attending students the use of the e-learning site is fundamental during the course, indeed all materials will be published on the site. For NOT attending students, the materials on e-learning site are useful for possible deepening study.