Report from the Dean of External Relations
Introduction
Engaging globally is one of the priorities of the European University Institute. This goal is pursued through graduate education, fellowship programmes for early-stage researchers and young global policy leaders, professional training courses for practitioners and policymakers, international research projects and high-level policy dialogue initiatives. In 2019, the EUI created an external relations and support function, through the appointment of a Dean of External Dean of External Relations: Relations and the recruitment of an External Relations Professor Bernard Hoekman Officer. The overall objective of the EXTS is to create a supportive framework for all EUI members interested in pursuing a collaboration with outside partners, and to strengthen the EUI’s international profile as a leading European higher education and research institution in the social sciences. More specifically, external relations is meant to: • Develop an operational framework to contribute to the realisation of the EUI’s broader external strategy; • Provide strategic advice to EUI Management on issues concerning internationalisation and stakeholder engagement; • Engage with potential partners on opportunities for international cooperation on research, training and international mobility; • Maintain institutional contacts with national authorities in Croatia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Hungary and Slovakia, to encourage them to become EUI Contracting States. Slovakia joined the EUI on 6 December 2019; • Support staff within academic units and administrative services in ACTIVITY REPORT 2019
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