Professional training - references

Own Initiatives

• Intensive Seminar on the European Union (1994-present) 
• EU Fact Finding - The EU at Your Fingertips (2005-present)
• EU Negotiations in Practice - Advanced Training Course (2005-present)

Partnerships

• Regulatory Impact Analysis with Jacobs & Associates (2006-2009)
• Southeast Europe and the EU – Leadership Development Programme with the TRANSFUSE Association and the European Fund for the Balkans (2006-present)
• EU Executive Programme with the European Business Summit and the Federation of Enterprises in Belgium (2007-2009)

Tailor-made (by theme)

Competition Law and Policy

• Advanced Community Law Training (ACLT) Programme 2005-2006)
• Vocational Training for Rekabet Kurumu, the Turkish Competition Authority (2009)

EU Accession and Integration Strategies

• EU Training Programme for Public Servants of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2004-2005)
• Recruitment and Training Strategy for the Judiciary - Bulgaria (2003-2005)
• Summer School on the European Union, organised for Officials of the Prime Minister's Office and related ministries of Kosovo (2004)
• Advanced Training Programme on the Theory and Practice of Legal Harmonisation, organised for Lawyers of the Prime Minister's Office and related ministries of Kosovo (2004) 
• Advanced Training Programme on EU Terminology, organised for the Translation Unit of the Prime Minister's Office of Kosovo (2004)
• Introductory Training Programme on EU Affairs, organised for officials of Kosovo (2004)

EU Studies - General

• Advanced training programme on 'European Integration' – European Commission & Secretaría de Integración Económica Centro Americana (2007)
• Training course on 'European Union Law: an Introduction' – Comunidad Autónoma de Murcia, Secretaría de Acción Exterior y Relaciones con la UE (2007)
• Training seminars for the European Space Agency (2004-2005)
• Training European Diplomats (EC initiative) "EDTI", 2005
• The Hansard Society Study visit (2002-2004)

External Relations, Security Policy and Development Cooperation

• EU Policy Workshop (26 February - 01 March 2007)

Internal Market

• Advanced Community Law Training (ACLT) programme (2005)

Media and Information/EU Terminology

• EU Policy Workshop on Information Society and Knowledge-Based Economy (20-23 March 2006)
• Training on Terminology and Terminography for terminologists of the Council of Ministers (2004-2005)

Public Administration Reform

• Urals "SPATU" Strengthening Public Administration training, Russia (2005-2008)
• PHARE: Developing the Corps of Professional Public Managers, Romania (2005-)
• PATENT – Leonardo pilot-project (2003-2005)
• Series of EU Training Programmes for Public Servants in Serbia and Montenegro (November 2003-April 2004)

Regional and Local Administration Development

• Strengthening and Developing Business and Administrative Education in Kaliningrad Region, Russia (2005-2007)
• Seminar on The Future of Territorial Cooperation in the Enlarged EU, organised for TECLA (June 2004)

Social, Employment and Gender Policies

• EU Policy Workshop (23-26 January 2006)

Trade Law and Policy

• EU Focus Sessions in Istanbul/Turkey (2007)
• EU Policy Workshop on Trade Policy and WTO Negotiations (24-27 April 2006)
• EU Policy Workshops (2007): Europe in the world
• Training Programme for DG Trade Officials (2002-2005)

Transport

• Annual training seminar in cooperation wit