WINTER SCHOOL ON FEDERALISM AND GOVERNANCE

The international Winter School on Federalism and Governance is a common project of the Institute for Studies on Federalism and Regionalism of the European Academy Bozen/Bolzano (EURAC), the Faculty of Law and the School of Political Science and Sociology of the University of Innsbruck. Every edition pays special attention to a particular topic, which is approached in detail by legal scholars, political scientists and practitioners.

The next edition of the international Winter School on Federalism and Governance will take place in February 2011. This time the focus will be on cross-border cooperation.
The application process will be open from September 27th till October 29th, 2010 (application deadline).
Please visit this website again in late September for further information.

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FIRST EDITION OF THE WINTER SCHOOL (February 2010): INFORMATION AND PRESS RELEASES

The first edition of the international Winter School on Federalism and Governance from 1-12 February 2010 focused on Local Government in Federal and Regional Systems.

DATES AND VENUES
1-5 February 2010 in Innsbruck (Tyrol, Austria) and
8-12 February 2010 in Bolzano/Bozen (South Tyrol, Italy).

WHAT IS THE WINTER SCHOOL ABOUT?
The Winter School analyzes the phenomena of federalism, regionalism and multi-level governance from a legal and a political science perspective.
Successful participants of the 2-week-programme are awarded 10 ECTS credits (European Credit Transfer System).

Click here to download the flyer of the Winter School 2010!!!

The Winter School welcomed participants from all over the world.

Young researchers or academics with focus on comparative federalism
Post-graduate or undergraduate students with basic knowledge of federalism, multi-level governance and constitutional issues
Civil servants from a local, regional or national government
Employees of international organizations or NGOs dealing with regional and local development

WHAT WAS TO EXPECT IN INNSBRUCK AND BOLZANO/BOZEN?
To get directly involved with long-established Austrian federalism, unique South Tyrolean autonomy and the Italian "federation in the making".
To benefit from an exciting academic programme on both sides of the Alps that includes

lectures by distinguished academics from Europe and worldwide;
discussions, roundtables and case studies with experts from different administrations at local, regional,European and international level;
institutional study visits in Innsbruck and Bolzano/Bozen;
public lectures and debates with politicians and civil servants.

For the press release of the Municipality of Bolzano/Bozen on the meeting of the Winter School participants with the Mayor Luigi Spagnolli on 11.02.2010 click here (in Italian, with pictures)

For the press release of the University of Innsbruck on the opening of the Winter School on 01.02.2010 (in German) click here

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