Presentation �of the Jean Monnet Chair in EU Legal Studies and Legal Europeanization

20 January 2023

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Eurasia International University

National Erasmus+ Office in Armenia

What is a Jean Monnet Chair?

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• Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Actions support teaching, research and policy dialogue in the field of European Union Studies

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• Jean Monnet Chair is a teaching post for scholars with recognized achievements in EU Studies

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• EuroLaw is the first JM Chair in EU Legal Studies in Armenia

Needs addressed by the Chair

Knowledge

• further development of the domestic legal culture,
• Improving the quality of policy- and law-making,
• further advancement of implementation of the EU-Armenia CEPA,
• modernization of legal methodology (including the methodology of judicial interpretation and argumentation techniques),
• improvement of understanding of the EU as a global actor and the influence on its law and legal practice on the domestic legal order

Skills

• further development of professional skills of policy- and law-makers and the judiciary

Academic Networks

• Further development of the Armenian academic community,
• deepening the international integration of Armenian scholars,
• strengthening methodological capacity and interdisciplinarity

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Specific objective 1. Enriching the educational offer in EU Legal Studies in Armenia with high-quality courses�

1. Constitutional Transformations in EaP Countries: the Processes of Europeanization (30 h)
2. Implementation of the EU-Armenia CEPA: Europeanizing Legislative and Judicial Practices (40 h),
3. Comparative legislative studies: Law- and Policy-Making in the EU and Its Member States (24 h)

Target groups: Students, civil servants, lawyers, judges

Modes: regular courses for students; certificate modules for external participants

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Specific objective 2. Enhancing the academia-practice dialogue by organizing tailor-made trainings, providing methodological support and sharing research results with law- and policy-makers, the judiciary and other legal practitioners �

The following activities are planned under this objective:

• providing a tailor-made training 1 “Methodology of Law- and Policy-Making: Best Practices from the EU and Its MSs”
• providing a tailor-made training 2 “European Legal Methodology: Judicial Interpretation and Argumentation Tools”
• providing regular methodological and expert support (consultations) on EU law, legal approximation and law-making methodology to domestic and international practitioners (on their request)
• inviting practitioners to join the Roundtable “EU Legal Studies in the Domestic Context: Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Legal Europeanization” and the Conference “Europeanization of the legal orders of EaP countries: going beyond formal legislative approximation”

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Specific objective 3. Further development of international scholarship in Legal Europeanization and stimulation of the academic discussion �

This will be done by:

• preparing three academic publications (peer-reviewed articles)
• organization of the International Conference “Europeanisation of the legal orders of EaP countries: going beyond formal legislative approximation” and the Roundtable “EU Legal Studies in the Domestic Context: Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Legal Europeanization”

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Specific objective 4. Developing the capacity of the local academic community in EU Studies, its consolidation and further internationalization �

This will be done by:

• organizing the Academy of Research in EU Studies providing training by well-established international trainers on: (1) research design and methodology of research and (2) building academic careers in the field of EU Studies
• implementation of the Research Partnership Initiative (RPI) enabling cooperation (co-authorships) between scholars/students in Armenia and internationally. RPI opportunities will be open to both EIU students and participants of the Academy

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• May/June 2023 – AREUS (training part). Applications will be open in March 2023.
• Early October 2023 – AREUS (networking part). This even will be implemented jointly with the Association of European Studies for the Caucasus.

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Integration into the curriculum

Discussion and Q&A

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Any questions on the activities of the Jean Monnet Chair and the Jean Monnet activities in general are welcome!

Thank you very much for your attention!

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anna.khvorostiankina@eiu.am

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