Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest, Romania
Founded in 1991, the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Bucharest set itself the objective of institutionalising political science as an important and autonomous domain in the area of academic research. Our mission is to conduct in-depth research in the field of political science and form students at high academic standards.
Our commitment to excellence is reflected through the international profile of the academic staff and student performance. Professors at the Faculty of Political Science graduated from prestigious universities and have extensive research experience both nationally and internationally. Our graduates have followed multiple career paths either as members of the European academic community, or as experts, civil servants in central and local institutions, ambassadors, journalists or private consultants, as well as employees of EU institutions.
The Faculty of Political Science stands out as a unique academic institution in Romania given its multilingual educational dimension, true to its European spirit. Our institution offers students complete BA tracks in one of the three following languages: Romanian, French or English. Students have thus the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of the main political science concepts and theoretical approaches in a foreign language and to acquire a fundamental understanding of the Romanian political system, European institutions or international relations.
The international nature of our programs is ensured not only by the multilingual perspective, but also by the numerous cooperation programs developed with over 90 universities and prestigious institutions in France, Belgium, Italy, Great Britain, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Greece, Finland, Germany and Norway. That character is equally confirmed by the mobility scholarships awarded to our students and by the constant presence of visiting professors from prestigious universities abroad.
The Faculty of Political Science at the University of Bucharest devotes itself to the advancement of in-depth research in political science, encouraging academic excellence and setting new standards in educational practices in Romania. The courses and seminars at our faculty promote an important interactive dimension both from a theoretical and practical perspective in order to encourage the students’ critical thinking ability.
Centre d’étude de la vie politique (CEVIPOL), Université Libre de Bruxelles
Le Centre d’étude de la vie politique (Cevipol) est une unité de recherche de l’Institut d’études européennes et de la Faculté des sciences sociales et politiques / Sovay Brussels School of Economics and Management de l’Université Libre de Bruxelles.
Il se consacre principalement à la recherche fondamentale, il mène aussi des activités d’enseignement et de vulgarisation en direction du grand public.
Le Cevipol est composé de chercheurs permanents (professeurs, maîtres de conférences, assistants, chercheurs FNRS, doctorants…), de “membres associés” issus de disciplines proches (sociologie, droit, géographie, histoire) et de correspondants issus d’autres universités.
Partners/ Partenaires:
Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie – Bureau Europe Centrale et Orientale
L’Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) est présente sur tous les continents, avec plus de 434 agents répartis dans 71 implantations rattachées à neuf bureaux. Depuis 1989, cette association d’universités est un opérateur de la Francophonie institutionnelle. Partenaire des établissements d’enseignement supérieur et de recherche qui ont choisi le français comme langue d’enseignement, elle propose plusieurs programmes de coopération visant notamment à soutenir la recherche et l’enseignement en français.
L’Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) est une organisation internationale, partenaire des établissements d’enseignement supérieur et de recherche qui ont choisi le français comme langue d’enseignement.
Opérateur de la Francophonie institutionnelle, l’Agence universitaire de la Francophonie a pour vocation de contribuer à la construction et à la consolidation d’un espace scientifique en français en:
- favorisant la coopération scientifique;
- formant des futurs acteurs du développement;
- soutenant la recherche et l’excellence;
- partageant l’expertise.
Organisée en association d’universités, l’AUF rassemble un réseau de 728 établissements, répartis dans 88 pays, c’est un réseau en pleine expansion puisque l’on note une progression de 50% du nombre d’établissements membres depuis 2000.
L’AUF est présente sur tous les continents à travers ses 71 implantations et 434 agents qui sont rattachés à neuf bureaux régionaux parmi lesquels le Bureau Europe centrale et orientale (BECO), ayant son siège à Bucarest en Roumanie.
Fondé en 1994, le Bureau Europe centrale et orientale représente l’AUF dans la région et s’appuie sur 7 autres implantations :
- une Antenne du bureau régional à Chisinau en Moldavie;
- cinq Campus numériques francophones (CNF), implantés en Albanie, en Arménie, en Bulgarie, en Géorgie, et en Moldavie et dix-huit Points d’accès à l’information (PAI), implantés en Albanie, en Bulgarie, en Moldavie, en Roumanie et en Ukraine, dans les locaux des universités membres AUF, afin de permettre aux établissements universitaires de s’ouvrir aux technologies de l’information et de la communication ;
- un Institut de la Francophonie pour l’administration et la gestion(IFAG), installé à Sofia qui dispense une formation de 3e cycle.
Le Bureau Europe centrale et orientale met en œuvre dans 17 pays de la région ses actions et ses programmes adressés à un public formé d’étudiants, d’enseignants et de chercheurs des établissements membres de son réseau. L’AUF compte en Europe centrale et orientale 82 universités membres.
En étroite coopération avec ces universités, l’AUF déploie en Europe centrale et orientale une série d’actions, regroupées autour de ses principaux axes d’intervention:
- Soutien à l’enseignement du et en français
- Projets de coopération universitaire
- Formations universitaires francophones
- Formations ouvertes à distance
- Accès à l’information scientifique et technique
- Formations des Formateurs
- Mobilités des enseignants
- Mobilités étudiantes
- Gouvernance universitaire
- Actions déléguées
Délégation Wallonie-Bruxelles International
Wallonie-Bruxelles International (WBI) est une administration publique chargée des relations internationales Wallonie-Bruxelles. Elle est l’instrument de la politique internationale menée par la Communauté française de Belgique la Région wallonne et la Commission communautaire française de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale.
Policy Center for Roma and Minorities, Bucureşti
The Policy Center for Roma and Minorities is a think-tank foundation established in May 2008 in Romania, which acts towards solving the social inclusion related issues of minorities and Roma. PCRM was established as a follow-up of Roma Diplomacy, a program that had as a main purpose the creation of a highly qualified, articulate group of European Roma with diplomatic skills (for more information please see www.diplomacy.edu/roma).
Vision:
We believe in the right of every human being to acknowledge and reach his or her potential, regardless of the minority he or she might belong.
Mission: We act to empower Roma and minorities in order to become active citizens of their societies and stimulate the majorities to actively participate in the social inclusion process . We act towards strengthening the commitment and responsibility sharing of both, majority populations and minorities in building up open societies.
For details, please consult our website:
European Institute of Romania
The European Institute of Romania (EIR) is a public institution whose mission is to provide expertise in the field of European affairs to the public administration, the business community, the social partners and the civil society.
Studies, training, translation and communication are EIR’s key areas:
- conducting studies and policies and strategy analyses to support Romania’s development within the European Union and to exercise its attributes as a Member State;
- organizing training activities in the domain of European affairs;
- coordinating the translation and the linguistic and legal revision of the pre-accession acquis, of the ECHR case-law, of Romanian documents of legal nature, and setting up a consistent terminology;
- stimulating public debates on European issues.
The European Institute of Romania (EIR) started its activity in January 2000 as an organization aiming at providing support to the Romanian decision-makers during the accession process of Romania to the European Union. EIR began its activity as a PHARE project, with an initial staff of 22 people. The newly-settled organization had also a wider goal, namely being a forefront platform for making the Romanian society, especially the policy makers and academia, aware of the most important developments in the rapidly changing and increasingly complex world.
After 1 January 2007, the EIR shifted its strategic focus on the new priorities arising from Romania’s EU membership, following the country’s accession to the Union. The new priorities pertain mainly to the role, positions and possible alliances to be assumed by Romania on the European scene, emphasizing the need for a deeper examination at national level of the evolutions of the EU institutional affairs and policy-making at community level.
Nowadays, the EIR functions as a public institution under the coordination of the Department of European Affairs, which is the office in charge with the executive secretariat of EU Affairs within the Romanian Government. The EIR views are independent of any public or private bodies and are not aligned to any political party, denominational group or ideological movement.
The PHARE assistance offered financial and technical support for the first four years on a degressive basis, until its complete phase out. According to the current legal framework, the financing of the EIR’s operating and investment costs can be covered from both public budget allocations and own resources.
The projects run by the EIR are focused both on building institutional capacity and creating specific expertise in the EU affairs area. It currently employs about 55 personnel, including researchers, training and communication experts and translators.
Main achievements:
- about 50 pre-accession impact studies (PAIS) aiming at providing policy recommendations for the decision-makers involved in the negotiation process, as well as about 23 strategy and policy studies (SPOS) focused on some major fields of activity meant to enhance Romania’s development and growth;
- about 36 training programmes and courses designed to develop the capacity of public administration to best answer to the challenges the European integration;
- more than 120 public conferences, round tables, debates and seminars aiming at stimulating at a national level in-depth public debate on European issues;
- more than 160,000 pages of Community acquis (translated and revised from a linguistic and legal point of view) and over 25,000 validated terminological entries.
