EUCN European in Residence Programme
The European in Residence Programme is aimed at improving the EUC Network's capacity to reach and involve target groups beyond academic circles. The initiative will see four EU practitioners hosted by EUCN Partner Universities from 2006-2009, with a view to developing EU-NZ relations through linking these practitioners with New Zealand policy-makers and the business community at a high level. The European in Residence would be expected to provide formal and informal policy recommendations to the New Zealand groups they engage.
The Programme is based on the experience gained from previous Europeans in Residence hosted at the National Centre for Research on Europe.
The Rt. Hon. the Lord Christopher Patten of Barnes CHPC
The EUCN will be hosting the Rt. Hon. the Lord Christopher Patten of Barnes CHPC as the European in Residence. His visit is sponsored in collaboration with the University of Canterbury.
The Rt. Hon. Lord Patten of Barnes has had a distinguished career in European and International Politics. He was the Member of the British Parliament for Bath from 1979 -1992. While in Parliament he was the Minister of Overseas Development and Secretary of State for the Environment. He has been the Chairman of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party and was the 28th Governor of Hong Kong, overseeing the handover from British to Chinese rule in 1997. In 1999 he was appointed as the Commissioner for External Relations for the European Union’s European Commission. He has published six books which showcase his knowledge of politics and international relations. He is currently the Chancellor of Oxford University.
Whilst in New Zealand he will be speaking at a number of different events.
- EUCN Europa Lecture, 'London, Hong-Kong and Brussels – Leadership and Sovereignty in
a Muddled World'
29th October 2009, Great Hall, Arts Centre, Christchurch, 6pm - EUCN Public Lecture, 'Fit for purpose? Europe after the crash and the election of
President Obama'
30th October, Castle 1 Lecture Theatre, University of Otago, Dunedin 5pm - Conference Panel Europe Reunited and Revitalised
2nd November, Northern Club, Auckland, 5:30pm - Book Launch -“What Next? Surviving the Twenty-First Century”
4th November, Turnbull House, 11 Bowen Street, Wellington, 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Mr Pawel Swieboda, EUCN European in Residence
The EUCN is delighted to announce that the European in Residence for 2009 will be Mr Paweł Świeboda, Founder and Director of demosEUROPA – Centre for European Strategy, Poland. Mr Świeboda will be primarily based in Otago from 30 August -19 Sept 2009.
For further details, please click here.
Previous Europeans in Residence
2007
Mr Terry Wynn
Former Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 2006.
2006
Mr Graham Avery
Former Director in the European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
2004
Dr Martin Sajdik
Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Austria
2003
Sir Brian Crowe
Former British diplomat in the Council Secretariat in Brussels, Belgium