OAFP 9595 - Ukraine from war to reconstruction: policies and politics of Geopolitical Europe

The course aims at exploring the challenges and opportunities linked to Ukraine’s

reconstruction for Europe and the Ukraine.

Grounded in an understanding of the stakes of the conflict, the sessions will deal with the

financial, economic, defence and human aspects of reconstruction putting a special

emphasis on the operational implications for European policies and politics (tools for

assistance and partnerships, EU enlargement, role of financial institutions) as well as for

the mobilisation of national actors to unlock the potential of development and

transformation of Ukraine (private sector, civil society, local communities).

An understanding of European policies would be a plus.

• After a short introduction (20 min), work will very much focus on the presentation of

2/3 students (20 min) and which will be the basis of open exchanges with participants

to the seminar (1h20min).

• The policy briefs will be based on case studies and will test both the understanding of

the substance but also the ability to provide useful analysis and recommendations in

real professional settings.

• According to the sessions, guest teachers may be involved.

The validation of the course will be based on three grades weighted as follows:

• a presentation on a specific subject for each session (2 to 3 presenters per session

over the 12 courses): weight 40%

• an individual policy brief on a topic which will be assigned to each student at session

• General readings: 2 compulsory reference books and policy reports;
• Academic and policy readings linked to the oral presentations
• Readings linked to the policy brief would be based on individual search on open

sources on the internet.