Faculty of Economics and Political Science ( FEPS)- Cairo University(CU)
Giza
Egypt
- Democracy and community development
- International/Cultural relations
- Research
Due to the shortage of both the general knowledge and the specialized academic studies on Europe, the objectives of CEUS are twofold:
1- To study the economic, political, institutional, social and cultural aspects of the European societies, as well as to analyze the transformations that have taken place in the different regions of the continent.
2- To help in developing the Egyptian Foreign Policy towards Europe and managing Egyptian and Arab – European relations in a way that maximizes national and Arab interests.
The Center for European Studies Activities (2009/2010):
1. "The Conference Labour Markets and Migration Flows in Arab Mediterranean Countries, 11th and 12th October 2009: ", which was jointly organized with Cairo University, the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies of the European University Institute the European Commission. This conference was the final event to present and discuss the Study on “Labour Markets Performance and Migration Flows in Arab Mediterranean Countries: Determinants and Effects”, commissioned by the European Commission to the European University Institute and carried out with the participation of 17 experts and researchers from across the region.
2. Seminar on"The EU Energy Policy between Economy and Security": by Dr. Francesca Longo. Catania University, Italy,14th October 2009: the seminar was jointly organized with Konrad Adenauer Institution.the Seminar focused on The EU’s energy policy as one of the newest common areas of the European integration process. In this perspective EU energy policy has two different and strictly connected dimensions:
• the domestic dimension affecting the economic and the environmental sectors
• the external dimension affecting the foreign and security sectors.
The analysis of these two dimensions- as they have been developed by European institutions- was the main tool used for understanding the EU common energy policy
3. Meeting with the Finnish Foreign Minister discussing "Finnish Perspectives to the European Union as a Global Power in the Making", 20th October 2009: where the Finnish Foreign Minister met with Faculty staff and students elaborating on the EU integration and the project of a common Foreign policy with its implication on the integration process.
4. "Egyptian Danish Seminar on Understanding Global Issues", 27, Sep 2009 – 1, May 2010: The Seminar consists of an activity where Danish and Egyptian students together organize four public debates on four global issues. Issues will be chosen, organized and moderated by the students’ themselves. The debates will be carried out during the two academic semesters of 2009-2010(two each semester). The dates of the debates: 10th of November 2009, 15th of December 2009, 22nd of March 2010 and 28th of April 2010.
5. "The EU's Mediterranean Policy: Continuity and Change, Success and Failures", by Dr. Ingeborg Toemmel, Osnabrueck University, 29th of March 2010.