Regional Session Sarajevo - May 2008

Topics covered:

• Overview AER
• Introduction European institutions 
• Lobbying on European level
• Networking
• EU Funding and project managment

  Methodology:

• The seminar is combining tutorial input, case studies, workshops, group discussions and delegate presentations, set in an open, hands-on, how to-apply-it-today atmosphere. 

 Target group:

• Regional representatives from Sarajevo Canton region

What have participants learned:

• Importance of networks and lobbying,
• EU institutions and their administration,
• Lobbying as a strategy (system),
• Experiences and good practices from Croatia
• New information about Assembly of European Regions
• Understanding the relationship between regions and institutions
• One has to write a project in a way the EC wants to see/read them