2. WHAT ? EU –CONSENT: network on EU deepening and widening Wider Europe, deeper integration?Constructing Europe Network Sets of expectation The Re-invented Union: The Future EU is New for Everyone The Virtuous Spiral: The Vicious Spiral: Success Breeds Success Overstrain Leads to Overstretch Strategic objective 1: Development of a comprehensive, sustainable and open network for research and teaching Subject: EU deepening and widening Strategic objective 2: Analysing past experiences and future trends: Starting Point: contrasting sets of expectations

3. Priority 7, Research Area 4 Partners: 51 Partners from 27 countries (Universities, Research Institutes, think tanks) Project duration: 48 months Coordinator: Prof. Wolfgang Wessels, Jean Monnet Chair for Political Science, University of Cologne Project Manager: Dipl. Jana Fleschenberg, Jean Monnet Chair for Political Science, University of Cologne WHO ? EU-CONSENT ( WHO ? EU-CONSENT (NoE)

4. HOW ? Thematic Structure – EU-CONSENT WP I : HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION AND COMMUNICATION (G. Bonvicini, M. Karasinska-Fendler, W. Wessels) WP II/III : ANALYTICAL & NORMATIVE APPROACHES & SETS OF EXPECTATIONS ( W. Wessels, B. Laffan) WP V: DEMOCRATIC LIFE (M. Karasinska-Fendler) WP VI: ECONOMIC & SOCIAL POLICIES ( I. Begg) WP VII: EXTERNAL & INTERNAL SECURITY (G. Bonvicini, A. Vasconcelos) WP VIII : EU – 25 WATCH ( B. Lippert) WP IX : WEB- CONSENT ( E. Greco, M. Cricorian) WP IX: TEACHING ON DEEPENING & ENLARGEMENT (W. Wessels) WP X I : PhD CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (A. Agh) WP XII : EXTERNAL IMPACT AND DISSIMINATION ( G. Herolf) WP XIII : COORDINATION CONSENT ACTIVITIES (W. Wessels) WP XIV : EVALUATION OF THE NETWORK (L. Rovna) WP IV: INSTITUTTIONS & POLITICAL ACTORS ( E. Best)

5. Overview Deliverables

6. COORDINATOR W. Wessels WP XIII PROJECT MANAGER J. Fleschenberg EXECUTIVE BOARD M. Karasinska-Fendler, G. Bonvicini, W. Wessels STEERING GROUP WP leaders WEBMASTER IAI WP I – COMMUNICATION M. Karasinska-Fendler G. Bonvicini, W. Wessels WP II / WP III – Analytical and normative approaches & sets of expectations WP IV – INSTITUTIONS E. Best WP V– DEMOCRATIC LIFE M. Karasinska-Fendler, WP VI – ECONOMIC & SOCIAL POLICIES I. Begg WP VII – EXTERNAL RELATIONS G. Bonvicini, A. Vasconcelos WP VIII – EU- 25 WATCH B. Lippert WP IX – WEB-CONSENT E. Greco WP X – TEACHING W. Wessels WP XI – PhD CENTER A. Agh WP XII – DISSIMINATION G. Herolf WP XIV – EVALUATION L. Rovna INTERNAL EVALUATORS : L. Rovna, J. Louis, Y. Esmer EXTERNAL EVALUATORS W. Wessels B. Laffan W. Loth A. Von Bogdandy / L. Rovna E. Best, T. Christiansen J. Peterson B. Donnelly, A. Maurer S. Piattoni M. Karasinska-Fendler / Lequesne H. Klingemann J. Torreblanca, P. Ehin P. Roter C. Hill / O. Höll J. Monar A. Vasconcelos E. Greco D. Hanf, J. Pelkmans I. Begg K. Dyson, K. Dezseri, F. Heinemann P. Madsen J. Le Cacheux D. Gros L. Tsoukalis A. Agh/ K. Goetz ORGANISATION CHART

7. Overview Teaching Deliverables Available online / General access For special target groupsFor members of the network Conferences Papers online Press conferences E -Library EU – 25 Watch Website Public debates Multilingual glossary A new text book on theories of EU and the enlargement EDEIOS (online school) Conferences Seminars Annual evaluating conferences Workshops for young researchers Restricted workshops Categorisation of the acquis acadèmique C ross border teaching Virtual study units Policy recommendations PhD Centre of excellence Core curriculum as a new didactical concept