ECOWAS-ZEI Academy in Comparative Regional Integration, 16 – 27 March 2009

ECOWAS ZEI Academy in Comparative Regional Simulating EU Negotiations Integration 2009 Matthias Vogl (ZEI Program Coordinator) with Dr. Jonas Participants, Alexander Count Lambsdorff (MEP), Prof. Hemou (Director External Relations ECOWAS Commission), Dr. Matthias Winiger (Rector of University), Monika Dr. Abdel Dansoko (ECOWAS Parliament) and Dr. Daouda Pottgiesser (GTZ Program Coordinator), Prof. Dr. Paul Fall (ECOWAS Court of Justice) Vlek (Director ZEF) and Prof. Dr. Ludger Kühnhardt (Director ZEI)

Lectures, Workshops, Excursions, Group and Panel Discussions, Simulation Politics Economics Law The Current Situation in the European Regional Asymmetries and Protectionist The Primacy of Law – National vs. Union Pressures European Law Alexander Count Lambsdorff, Member of Prof. Dr. Simona Beretta, ASERI, Prof. Dr. Andreas Haratsch, University European Parliament (MEP-Group of the Catholic University Milan of Distant Learning of Hagen Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in Europe) Winners and Losers of Integration: The Current State of Affairs of the Exchanging experiences Prof. Dr. ECOWAS Court of Justice Dr. Daouda The Role of Regions in the European Simona Beretta Fall – Director of Research and Union Michael Mertes, State Secretary, Documentation, ECOWAS Court of Ministry for Federal and European Managing a Common Currency – The Justice Affairs, North Rhine-Westphalia EURO Experience and the ECOWAS Perspective Challenges of EC Competition Law Hans H. Stein, Representative of the Prof. Dr. Simona Beretta Robert Klotz, Hunton & Williams LLP, State of North Rhine-Westphalia in Brussels Regional Integration in Africa: Assessing the Experiencing of Bi- Acquis Communautaire and the Regional Trade Negotiations Petra Common Market Multilevel Governance: The European Pongracz, German Development Karlis Svikis, ZEI Experience Prof. Dr. Ludger Kühnhardt, Institute (DIE), Bonn ZEI Director Acquis Communautaire and National The History of EU Central Banks on Law Measuring and Comparing Regional their Way to EMU Karlis Svikis, ZEI Integration Prof. Dr. Philippe de Erwin Nierop, Project Manager, DG Lombaerde, United Nations University – International and European Relations / Acquis Communautaire and Comparative Regional Integration Legal Services, European Central Bank Enlargement Studies (UNU-CRIS), Bruges Karlis Svikis, ZEI ECB in the EU – Working with the EU Learning from Failure: EU and ECOWAS Fora and Institutions Experiences Compared Prof. Dr. Jürgen Theo Martens, Head of Division, EU Elvert, University of Cologne, ZEI Senior Institutions and For a, DG International and European Relations, European Fellow Central Bank

Panel: How do Media and Public Opinion Establishing Monetary Unions – Interact in the Region-Building process: Lessons Learned from the European European and African Experiences Experience Erwin Nierop, Project Compared Manager, DG International and Ute Schaeffer, Deutsche Welle, Bonn; European Relations / Legal Service, Kurt Gerhardt, former correspondent of European Central Bank the WDR in Brussels; Felix Y. Pwol, Ministry of State for Foreign Affairs, The Regional Policy of the European Nigeria; Dr. Cheick Abdel Kader Union Dansoko, ECOWAS Parliament; Charles White, International Relations Prof. Dr. Ludger Kühnhardt, ZEI, Bonn Officer – Europe, Neighbourhood, Africa, DG Regional Policy, European The Ahead of the Next Commission, Brussels Elections to the European Parliament Michael Stabenow, “Frankfurter The Common Agricultural Policy and Allgemeine Zeitung” (FAZ), Brussels Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) Leonard Mizzi, Head of Unit European Foreign Policy “ACP and South Africa, FAO, Food Andrew Standley, Head of Unit Planning Aid”, DG Agriculture and Rural and Analysis, DG External Relations, Development, European Commission, European Commission, Brussels Brussels European Lobbying in Action Panel: The EU and ECOWAS – The Angelika Wessels/Christoph Frank, Agenda Ahead German Confederation of Skilled Crafts, José Manuel Lopez Blanco, Director Brussels West Africa, Central Africa, Caribbean and OCT, DG Development, European Simulation: Directive on Cocoa and Commission, Brussels; Chocolate Products Yaya Sow, Head of Office, ECOWAS, EUROSOC, Think Tank for European Brussels; Decisions Dr. Sanoussi Bilal, European Center for Development Policy Management, Maastricht

Civil Society and the Integration Process – long term trends Antonis Papacostas, Head of Unit “Research and Political Analysis”, DG Communication, European Commission, Brussels

List of Participants from ECOWAS Mr. Mouhamed Assani –Director for Integration, Ministry of Finance, Benin

Mr. Kalifa Sougue – Inspector of the Treasury, Ministry of Finance, Burkina Faso

Mr. Bouréhima Ould Aidara – Head of ECOWAS National Unit, Ministry of African Regional Integration, Ivory Coast

Mr. Belarmino Monteiro Silva – Special Coordinator, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cape Verde

Mrs. Nana Antwiwaa Dodoo – Assistant Director Africa and AU, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ghana

Mr. Alpha Yaya Diallo – Head of ECOWAS National Unit, Ministry of African Regional Integration, Guinea

Mr. Vicente Poungoura – Economic Counselor, Ministry of Economics and Regional Integration, Guinea Bissau

Mr. Salhatou Amani – Director of African Regional Integration and NEPAD Programs, Ministry of African Regional Integration, Niger

Mr. Felix Y. Pwol – Head of ECOWAS National Unit, Ministry of State for Foreign Affairs, Nigeria

Mr. James Freeman – Senior Assistant Secretary ECOWAS National Unit, Ministry of Finance and Development, Sierra Leone

Mrs. Kassah Traoré Zouréhatou – Head of ECOWAS National Unit, Ministry of Economics and Finance, Togo

Dr. Cheick Abdel Kader Dansoko – Chief Communications Officer, ECOWAS Parliament

Dr. Daouda Fall, Director for Research and Documentation, ECOWAS Court of Justice

Dr. Jonas Dedou P. Hemou – Director for External Relations, ECOWAS Commission

Mr. Essien Abel Essien – Director Strategic Planning, ECOWAS Commission

Mr. Gaspard Akou Adjogou – Head of Monitoring and Evaluation, ECOWAS Commission

The ECOWAS-ZEI Academy in Comparative Regional Integration was kindly supported by: