This issue provides a selection of papers presented at the international conference: REGIONAL POLICY Historical and Comparative Approach 13-16 June 2012. The articles are dedicated to the European regional policy and identity; the European Union’s system of values and the importance of the Black Sea Regional Cooperation.

The Faculty of European Studies, Jean Monnet Ad Personam Chair – Modelling the New Europe  announces the public opening of the European Center for Regional Policy. The Center is dedicated to making accessible to the  public the DG Regio Archive donated by the European Commission in 2011. All the documents are available on micro cards and ( more… )

The Faculty of European Studies, Jean Monnet Ad personam Chair – Modelling the New Europe, in collaboration with the Faculty of Business, Regional Development Evaluation – POSDRU/18/1.2/G/39819, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, organised the workshop: Agriculture Policy – European and National Agenda. The keynote speakers stressed the necessity of evaluating the EU agricultural policies and programs ( more… )

The Executive Agency organises every year a Cluster Meeting in the context of its monitoring strategy, thus providing a forum for beneficiaries of the Jean Monnet Programme working in a shared area and allowing a dialogue with the European Commission and the Executive Agency. While the past meetings grouped together ( more… )

 Between the 20th and the 23rd of November 2011, Professor Păun participated in an international exchange activity organised by the Europe Direct Network, as coordinator of the European Documentation Centre (EDC) of the Babeș-Bolyai University. This visit was reserved for EDC representatives from the 16 Centres active across Romania and ( more… )

 Professor Nicolae Păun was invited by the organisers of the Committee of the Regions’ 2011 Thesis Competition to be a member of the Competition Evaluation Board for the 20 papers selected as being the most relevant for this year’s topic, namely Local and Regional Authorities in the European Union. Hence, ( more… )

 On the 13th of July 2011, Professor Nicolae Păun conducted a visit to the University of Cergy-Pontoise, in light of the partnership between the latter and Babeș-Bolyai University, which relies on best practice exchanges and joint studies at the bachelor, master and doctoral levels. The purpose of the abovementioned visit ( more… )

 On the 18th of January 2011, the Faculty of European Studies received an invitation from the part of the Directorate General Regio of the European Commission, which had decided to declassify its collection of microcards, covering the following documents: -Official Journal 1952-1998 (Member State languages); -COM 1983-1999 (Member State languages); ( more… )

    We utter in the beginning our approval with the Reflections sent by Leonce Bekemans. His opinions and proposals about the role and future of the Jean Monnet Program correspond entirely with ours. Still, we would like to add a few things like: More visibility and impact: The national ( more… )