Soft law and other non-standard methods of EU policy-making Ian Thomson University of Zagreb: Faculty of Law: Library Seminar: New developments in EU legal research, 27 October 2008
University of Zagreb: Faculty of Law: Library: Seminar: New developments in EU legal research, 27 October 2008: Soft law & other non-standard forms of EU policymaking Structure of talk Policy making initiatives comprising forms of co-ordination between the EU Member States Policy making initiatives involving the EU Institutions and external stakeholders (civil society) The work of committees and agencies in the EU
University of Zagreb: Faculty of Law: Library: Seminar: New developments in EU legal research, 27 October 2008: Soft law & other non-standard forms of EU policymaking Policy making initiatives comprising forms of co-ordination between the EU Member States Hard Law – Soft Law Hard law – legally binding acts Soft law – non legally binding Legal instruments against versus political instruments? Open Method of Co-ordination (OMC)
University of Zagreb: Faculty of Law: Library: Seminar: New developments in EU legal research, 27 October 2008: Soft law & other non-standard forms of EU policymaking Policy making initiatives comprising forms of co-ordination between the EU Member States Open Method of Co-ordination (OMC) In context of the Lisbon Strategy (2000) to become the most competitive, dynamic, knowledge based economy + to modernise the European social model Aim: to spread best practice and achieve greater convergence without adopting binding regulation at EU level
University of Zagreb: Faculty of Law: Library: Seminar: New developments in EU legal research, 27 October 2008: Soft law & other non-standard forms of EU policymaking Policy making initiatives comprising forms of co-ordination between the EU Member States Open Method of Co-ordination Key Concepts: Benchmarking – Peer-review – Scoreboards – Non-binding – Best practice – Policy co-ordination – Common objectives – National implementation – Surveillance by the European Commission and Member States Guidelines: with specific timetables – Quantitative and qualitative indicators – Translation of European guidelines into national action plans – Periodic monitoring at EU level
University of Zagreb: Faculty of Law: Library: Seminar: New developments in EU legal research, 27 October 2008: Soft law & other non-standard forms of EU policymaking Examples of OMC
University of Zagreb: Faculty of Law: Library: Seminar: New developments in EU legal research, 27 October 2008: Soft law & other non-standard forms of EU policymaking Examples of OMC
University of Zagreb: Faculty of Law: Library: Seminar: New developments in EU legal research, 27 October 2008: Soft law & other non-standard forms of EU policymaking Examples of OMC
University of Zagreb: Faculty of Law: Library: Seminar: New developments in EU legal research, 27 October 2008: Soft law & other non-standard forms of EU policymaking Further information on OMC
University of Zagreb: Faculty of Law: Library: Seminar: New developments in EU legal research, 27 October 2008: Soft law & other non-standard forms of EU policymaking Policy making initiatives comprising forms of co-ordination between the EU Member States
University of Zagreb: Faculty of Law: Library: Seminar: New developments in EU legal research, 27 October 2008: Soft law & other non-standard forms of EU policymaking Policy making initiatives involving the EU institutions and external stakeholders Standardisation Social Policy
University of Zagreb: Faculty of Law: Library: Seminar: New developments in EU legal research, 27 October 2008: Soft law & other non-standard forms of EU policymaking Standardisation
University of Zagreb: Faculty of Law: Library: Seminar: New developments in EU legal research, 27 October 2008: Soft law & other non-standard forms of EU policymaking Social policy
University of Zagreb: Faculty of Law: Library: Seminar: New developments in EU legal research, 27 October 2008: Soft law & other non-standard forms of EU policymaking The work of committees and agencies in the EU
University of Zagreb: Faculty of Law: Library: Seminar: New developments in EU legal research, 27 October 2008: Soft law & other non-standard forms of EU policymaking Committees in the EU
University of Zagreb: Faculty of Law: Library: Seminar: New developments in EU legal research, 27 October 2008: Soft law & other non-standard forms of EU policymaking Agencies
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