Jean Monnet

The Jean Monnet Programme includes three „key activities”:

·     The Jean Monnet Action stimulates teaching, research and reflection on European integration in higher education institutions worldwide. It includes the creation of Jean Monnet Chairs, Centres of Excellence, Modules, information and research activities as well as support for academic associations of professors and researchers in European integration.

·     Support for six specific academic institutions: the College of Europe (with campuses in Bruges BE and Natolin PL), the European University Institute, the European Institute of Public Administration, the Academy of European Law, the International Centre for European Training, and the European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education.

·     Support for European-wide associations active in education and training and/or European integration and present in several EU Member States. There is a specific annual call for proposals for the selection of these associations.

High-level Policy Reflection

The Jean Monnet Programme has created an ongoing debate with the academic world to reflect on political issues of European integration, including the EU’s role in the dialogue between peoples and cultures.

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Education and Culture organises this type of reflection through:

·       Jean Monnet Conferences that allow decision-makers to benefit from academic reflection, to promote the interaction between the academic community, policy-makers and civil society; and to stimulate new thinking on policy issues;

·       Jean Monnet Thematic Groups with a selected number of Jean Monnet professors and other intellectuals to discuss particular topics of political interest with European Commission officials and Members of the European Parliament;

·       Jean Monnet policy support on intercultural dialogue: the Commission’s Jean Monnet unit assisted the work of the ‘High-Level Advisory Group on the Dialogue between Peoples and Cultures in the Euro-Mediterranean Area’.

How to apply?

Centralised, application to be sent to the Executive Agency.

Description of the action:

Further information is available in the programme fiches:

Jean Monnet Chairs

Jean Monnet Chairs ad personam

Jean Monnet Teaching Modules

Jean Monnet Information and Research Activities

Jean Monnet Information and Research Activities for Learning EU at School

Jean Monnet Associations of Professors and Researchers Specialising in European Integration

Jean Monnet Multilateral Research Groups

and on the following website:

EACEA: http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-programme/monnet_en.htm