The Master's degree in Citizenship, European institutions and policies organizes a series of public events on The Future of the European Union and the Development of Friuli Venezia Giulia.
Europe is changing. Global economic and political dynamics have an effect on the European area and the profile of European states changes from an economic, political and social points of view. Furthermore, the ongoing wars within Europe and on its borders are reshaping trade routes with a huge impact on the European production structure. The European Union is rethinking itself to manage these changes: the treaties have recently been revised and further revisions are proposed by several member states; enlargement procedures are underway; many European policies aim to provide Member States with the means and tools to deal with the crisis. The decisions taken by the EU and those that will be taken open up different possible scenarios before us. How could the different possible scenarios affect Italy? And on Friuli Venezia Giulia in particular, both as an Italian region and as part of a European cross-border area? How can we influence the decisions yet to be made? How can we exploit the opportunities offered by the EU for the development of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region?
To answer these questions, leading figures from European and local politics, institutions and administration present their experiences in a dialogue with the Faculty of the Master's Degree in European Citizenship, Institutions and Policies.
16th February 2024: A Dialogue with Politics
A dialogue with three MEPs of different political orientations on the future of political representation in the EU. How to make local voices heard in Brussels? How do the central European institutions position themselves with respect to the needs of individual states and individual regions? How can we express a single European voice to survive on the global stage? Introduction by Professor Elena D'Orlando, director of the Department of Legal Sciences. Speakers: Isabella De Monte (Italian MP, former MEP), Martina Dlabajova (MEP), Elena Lizzi (MEP). Some Faculty members of the Master's Degree in Citizenship, Institutions and European Policies dialogue with the MEPs: Prof. Elisabetta Bergamini, Prof. Claudio Cressati, Prof. Maurizio Maresca. Chairman: Prof. Gabriele De Anna.
8th April 2024: The Future of Agricolture between Tradition and Innovation
The effects of global transformations on the trade of agricultural and food products are enormous and have strong effects at a global level. What scenarios open up for Friuli Venezia Giulia? And what are the opportunities and risks inherent in European agricultural policies? The issue is addressed in a public lecture by Franz Fischler, who was Austrian Minister of Agriculture and European Commissioner, father of European agricultural reform. The themes of the lesson are then discussed in a panel discussion with University professors (Mariarita D'Addezio, Antonio Massarutto and Michele Morgante), representatives of the institutions (Corrado Pirzio Biroli and Serena Tarangioli), representatives of the trade associations and the productive world (Claudio Filipuzzi, Giovanni Giavedoni, Phillip Thurn Valsassina) and the regional councilor for agriculture Stefano Zannier. The journalist Rossano Cattivillo chairs.
22 aprile 2024: Welfare, Health, Sustainability
What direct and indirect impact do the European Union's welfare policies have on the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, with particular reference to the healthcare sector and the organization and management of services to protect individual and collective health? In light of technological progress, the aging of the Italian population, the low birth rate combined with the increase in life expectancy and other irrepressible socio-economic phenomena, is the Italian and European public health model, which dates back to the middle of the last century, still sustainable? How can the health rights of all Italian and European citizens and of people who live in a certain territory be safeguarded? Talking about it are Silvio Brusaferro, full professor of general and applied hygiene at the University of Udine and former President of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Sandra Gallina, general director for Health and Food Safety at the European Commission, and Gianna Zamaro, central director Health, social policies and disabilities of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region. Moderated by Valeria Filì, full professor of labor law and social security at the University of Udine. Introduced by Claudio Cressati, deputy director of the Department of Legal Sciences, and Gabriele De Anna, coordinator of the Master's degree course in European Citizenship, Institutions and Policies.
9 maggio 2024: Condividere la conoscenza per innovare la società
Quali opportunità offre l’Unione europea per finanziare lo sviluppo della conoscenza e la sua applicazione per lo sviluppo sociale, anche in Friuli Venezia Giulia? Come decide le sue politiche la Commissione europea e come analizza le esigenze sociali che emergono dai territori? E come possono le realtà locali fare emergere le loro criticità perché siano considerate nelle politiche della Commissione? Se ne discute nell’aula magna della sede dell’ateneo friulano di via Santa Chiara 1 a Gorizia nel convegno dal titolo “Condividere la conoscenza per innovare la società”.
Portano i saluti istituzionali e introdurranno la discussione Francesco Pitassio, delegato del Magnifico Rettore per il Centro polifunzionale di Gorizia, Claudio Cressati, direttore vicario del dipartimento di Scienze giuridiche e presidente dell’Accademia europeista del Friuli Venezia Giulia, e Gabriele De Anna, coordinatore del corso di laurea magistrale in Cittadinanza, istituzioni e politiche europee. Seguono gli interventi di Ezio Andreta, già direttore della Commissione europea e presidente dell’Agenzia per la Promozione della Ricerca Europea (APRE), Daniele Del Bianco, direttore dell’istituto di Sociologia internazionale di Gorizia, Patrizia Quattrocchi, docente dell’Università di Udine e coordinatrice del progetto Marie Skłodowska-Curie Staff Exchange Obstetric Violence, Alberto Soraci, dell’Area Science Park di Trieste, esperto del progetto di ecosistema europeo integrato per la transizione verde North Adriatic Hydrogen Valley e Enzo Tomellini, già funzionario della Commissione europea e capo della segreteria tecnica del Ministro della Transizione ecologica. Modererà l’evento Alex Pessotto, giornalista e direttore dell’Accademia Europeista del Friuli Venezia Giulia.