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EU – CONSENT Network of Excellence Wider Europe, Deeper Integration?

Work Package IV ‘Institutions and Political Actors: New Forms of Governance?’ ------Research Team 7 The Commission and the European Civil Service

Workshop on The European Commission: What ‘Views from the Inside’ Might Tell Us

Part of this workshop will be devoted to final preparatory work on the ‘The Commission of the 21st Century’ survey project (scheduled for 9.08)

30-1 July 2008 University of Edinburgh

DRAFT Programme

tel: (+44) (0) 7974 695 992 email: [email protected] website: http://www.pol.ed.ac.uk/eu_consent List of Participants (provisional)

1. Michael Bauer (University of Konstanz)

2. Andrea Birdsall (University of Strathclyde)

3. Charlotte Burns (University of Leeds)

4. Laura Cram (University of Strathclyde)

5. Renaud Dehousse (Sciences Po, Paris)

6. Stefaan De Rynck (European Commission) tbc

7. Francesca Gains (University of Manchester)

8. Caroline Grøn (University of Copenhagen)

9. Miriam Hartlapp (WZB Berlin)

10. Charlie Jeffery (University of Edinburgh)

11. Hussein Kassim (University of East Anglia)

12. Louise Maythorne (University of Edinburgh)

13. John Peterson (University of Edinburgh)

14. Andrew Thompson (University of Edinburgh)

ACCOMMODATION

Out-of-town guests will be accomodated at:

IBIS Edinburgh Centre 6 Hunter Square Off Royal Mile EH1 1QW EDINBURGH

Tel : (+44)131/2407000 Fax : (+44)131/2407007 http://www.ibishotel.com/ibis/fichehotel/gb/ibi/2039/fiche_hotel.shtml

2 PROGRAMME

Wednesday (30 July)______

Morning Arrival of delegates

12:30 Welcome buffet lunch

Crystal Macmillan Building George Square (staff room, 6th floor)

A map showing the location is on page 4 of the programme.

13:15 Welcome to the workshop Charlie Jeffery

13:30 Introductions to: 1. participants 2. the research team 3. the survey project Led by Hussein Kassim and John Peterson

This session is will: 1. Update on the work of the survey research group 2. Set the agenda for the remainder of the workshop

14:00 Decentralising the Commission Michael Bauer

14:20 Commentary

14:30 Open discussion

15:00 ---Coffee break---

15:15 Competing Claims to Legitimacy: Between a Rock & Hard Place? Caroline Grøn

15:35 Commentary

16:15 The Commission as a Unitary Actor? Miriam Hartlapp

16:35 Commentary

3 17.15 Comparing Bureaucracies and Bureaucrats: Competing Research Agendas Francesca Gains

17:45 Open Discussion

18.00 End of Session

19:00 ---Dinner--- The Tower restaurant Museum of Scotland Chambers Street Tel: 0131 225 3003 http://www.tower-restaurant.com/index2.html

Thursday (31 July)______

0930 Surveying the Commission: Key Hypotheses Hussein Kassim

1015 Commentary

1030 Open discussion

1100 ---Coffee break---

1115 The Commission of the 21st Century survey: where things stand Led by John Peterson and Hussein Kassim

1230 ---Buffet lunch---

1330 The Survey: Making the Most of the Data Led by Andy Thompson

1415 The Survey: agreeing a work plan Led by John Peterson

1515 ---Coffee break---

1530 Agreeing a publication plan Led by John Peterson and Hussein Kassim

1700 Close and delegates depart

CAMPUS MAP

To Edinburgh City Centre

4 Chrystal Macmillan Building

Ibis Hotel

Tower Restaurant

EDINBURGH CITY CENTRE MAP

5 Airport Bus Stop and Waverley Train Station

Chrystal Macmillan Building