Re-EUnion Funding

About

This is an open, competitive call for UACES Re-EUnion funding.

The Re-EUnions are designed to offer insight on the origin of policy initiatives and events in the EU's history and to afford an opportunity to reflect critically upon the understanding of events and decisions and their consequences for the contemporary EU.

Re-EUnions are envisioned as one or two day events designed to bring together academics, commentators and analysts with those policy-makers who devised or implemented policy initiatives, were present at key events and/or who devised activities for the EU. Examples of Re-EUnion events might include those that focus on anniversaries, landmark summits or meetings, new policy directions for the EU, contested legislation, or crises confronting the Union.

A successful proposal will demonstrate both the insight to be drawn from the topic of the Union and the degree of commitment by practitioner participants to participate. Further, there is the expectation that the event would subsequently be made available via podcast, or other medium, to the wider UACES membership.

If appropriate, it is envisaged that the event should take place in the city, or place, of significance to the original event.

Partners

UACES would like to collaborate with partners including think-tanks, other associations or Universities (or a combination of all). Ideally, the partnership would also include a media partner.

Membership of UACES is not a condition of funding.

Events would be co-branded.

Outputs

UACES is also looking for proposals that would produce outputs to form the basis of a mini-archive on the topic.

Outputs from the event should include podcasts of the sessions, interviews conducted during the Re-EUnion event and an article for the UACES newsletter.

Other desirable outputs include policy briefings, conference papers, research articles or other publications.

Further outputs, perhaps prepared in advance of the event, might include a bibliography (of material published at the time, or shortly after) or copies of original material (e.g. flyers, posters).

Re-EUnion events should be open and accessible and promote the participation of the public and students.