OAFP 9050 - Regions & Cities as Actors in EU Policy-Making — Fabrique des Maquettes Pédagogiques

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Descriptif

Europe's regions and cities, with over 1 million elected representatives, play an ever-growing role at the EU level, regardless of the degree of decentralisation within individual EU Member States. Being responsible for implementing 70% of EU legislation explains why the scope of their activities goes well beyond national borders, aiming to influence the decision-making processes taking place in Brussels. With more than 300 representations of regions and cities, Brussels can be considered the world capital of regional diplomacy, or so-called 'paradiplomacy'.

The objective of this course is to explain the role regions and cities play at the EU level and the tools they have at their disposal to achieve their objectives. The key questions to be answered during the course relate to models of subnational governance, the strategies regions and cities use to influence EU policy-making, and the role of the European Committee of the Regions and other organisations and networks of local and regional authorities.

The lectures will be complemented by weekly EU media monitoring and interactive quizzes.

Six of the twelve classes will additionally offer practical insights into diplomatic protocol, equipping students with a working knowledge of its everyday application in international affairs, diplomacy and the public sector.

Pré-requis

Basic knowledge of EU institutions and decision-making processes at European level.

Compulsory reading:

Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

Part three, Title XVIII: Economic, Social and Territorial Cohesion

Part Six, Title I: Institutional Provisions

Mode de validation

Students will be validated on:

Final assignment 50%
Group work 30%
Active participation 20%

Lectures

Lectures principales 5

Cîrlig (Carmen-Cristina ), Understanding the European Committee of the Regions, European Parliament Research Service, 2021 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2021/689377/EPRS_BRI(2021)689377_EN.pdf

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Opinions of the European Committee of the Regions: Rautio (Sari), Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) post 2027, including own resources package, European Committee of the Region, 2026 Part – Political Recommendations https://www.cor.europa.eu/en/our-work/opinions/cdr-2839-2025 Boc (Emil), Alvez Cordeiro (Vasco), NRPP Fund Regulation, European Committee of the Region, 2026 Part – Political Recommendations https://www.cor.europa.eu/en/our-work/opinions/cdr-3467-2025 Guardiola Martín (Mar
Schakel (Arjan H), Multi-Level Governance in a Europe with the Regions, The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 2020

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The Role of Cities in the Institutional Framework of the European Union, European Parliament, Brussels, 2017

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The State of the Regions and Cities 2025, European Committee of the Regions, 2025 https://www.cor.europa.eu/en/plenaries-events/state-regions-and-cities-european-union-2025 The State of the Regions and Cities 2026 (available as of October 2026)

Lectures secondaires 5

Bachtler (John), et al., Towards Cohesion Policy 4.0 - Structural Transformation and Inclusive Growth, Brussels Regional Studies Association, 2017

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CoR rules of procedures, European Committee of the Regions, Brussels, 2024i https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32024Q02142
Hoorens (Dominique), et al., Sub-national Governments in the European Union, Dexia Edition, 2008

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Schiavon (Jorge), et al., The Routledge Handbook of Paradiplomacy, Oxon 2026

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Tavares (Rodrigo), Paradiplomacy: Cities and States as Global Players, Oxford University Press, 2016

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Unités pédagogiques

N° d'UP	Type d'UP	Unités pédagogiques	Enseignants	Nombre d'heures	Crédits
17551	Cours séminaire	Regions & Cities as Actors in EU Policy-Making	Tomas TELEKY, Boris ESSENDER	24	4

OAFP 9050 - Regions & Cities as Actors in EU Policy-Making