Jean Monnet Chair project “Teaching the European Transnational Constitutionalism inside and outside the EU”

Project title: Teaching the European Transnational Constitutionalism inside and outside the EU
Program: Erasmus+
Jean Monnet Activity: Jean Monnet Chairs
Project Number: 575172-EPP-1-2016-1-LT-EPPJMO-CHAIR
Grant Decision Number: 2016 – 2409 / 001 – 001


Donor: European Commission via Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency / ЕАСЕА
Project implementation period: September 1, 2016 – October 31, 2019
The mission of the project is, via the EU Constitutional Law studies, to foster the dialogue between the academic world, policymakers and civil society on the fundamentals of European integration.
The aim is to equip the EHU students studying the EU Law with a deepened knowledge of EU subjects relevant to their professional lives and enhance their civic skills.

The objectives:

  • promoting excellence in teaching and research in the sphere of the EU Law in general and the EU Constitutional Law in particular;
  • mainstreaming and diversifying EU-related subjects throughout the curricula;
  • promoting innovation in teaching and research in the sphere of the European transnational constitutionalism in the EU states and in the Eastern Partnership states (Belarus and Ukraine in the first instance).

Outcomes of the project:

— Workshop (1) “Teaching of the Constitutional Law of EU at the University: the main challenges and methods to ensure students’ competence” (April 4-6, 2017, Lithuania). The workshop program is available here.

— Workshop (2) “EU Constitutional Law: teaching at universities of Eastern Europe” (May 31, 2018, Belarus). The workshop program is available here.

— Spring school on International and the EU Law (March 19-23, 2018, Lithuania). The school program is available here.

— Workshop (3) “Applied Human Rights” (December 8, 2018, Lithuania)

— Final Conference “European Education on values and humanity” (September 19-23, 2019, Lithuania). Final conference program.