Erasmus+/Jean Monnet Programme

Ref. 599763-EPP-1-2018-1-IT-EPPJMO-PROJECT

• Coordinatore scientifico: Dott. Gianmaria Milani – Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza

Ref. 2020- 621042-EPP-1-2020-1-IT-EPPJMO-MODULE

• Coordinatore scientifico: Prof. Massimiliano Montini – ​Dipartimento Studi Aziendali e Giuridici

The proposed Jean Monnet Chair “Circular Economy for the Internal Market” (CE4INT) aims to operate in the framework of the 2019 European Green Deal and the 2020 European Circular Economy Strategy. The European Union’s action for promoting the circular economy involves a reorganization of European value chains with a transformation from a linear logic of production and consumption to a circular one. In order to support this gradual but irreversible process, the EU has to rethink its policies and regulations in the coming years, encouraging the transition to the circular economy, both in terms of production and consumption. Moreover, the EU’s actions must be in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the United Nations and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular SDG 12, dedicated to responsible production and consumption. Within this framework, the proposed project aims to analyze the impact of the transition to the circular economy on the European Internal Market. More in particular, the analysis will focus on the impact of European circular economy policies and legislation on the European internal market, from the point of view of both producers and consumers. In this context, three university courses (per year) at the Department of Business and Law of the University of Siena, an annual series of seminars (in presence and online) and several events will be organized. Those events will include educational and training initiatives for high school students, associations and citizens, and will be organized jointly with the Centre Europe Direct Siena. Moreover, an annual event with the participation of Members of the European Parliament will be scheduled. The project will trigger synergies between the University of Siena and other public and private bodies such as local authorities, trade associations, schools, ect. with a range of actions including not only the territory of the Siena province but also the rest of southern Tuscany.

Ref. 2020-621004-EPP-1-2020-1-IT-EPPJMO-MODULE

• Coordinatore scientifico: Prof.ssa Alessandra Viviani – Dipartimento Scienze Politiche e Internazionali

Ref. Project 101047855

• Coordinatore scientifico: Prof. Pierangelo Isernia – Dipartimento Scienze Sociali, Politiche e Cognitive

The mission of the CoE in international cultural relations (ICR), cultural diplomacy (CD), and public diplomacy (PD) is threefold:- to rethink the nature of diplomacy and culture in the EU’s International Relations;- to transform research results into knowledge and insights that can support European policy making; and - to develop communication, dissemination, and exploitation activities using innovative and integrated approaches. Based on the cooperation of four departments and one innovation Lab, the Centre of excellence will seek to cross-fertilize the extended resources of the University of Siena with its external partnerships to offer an articulated set of innovative solutions in the domains of research, teaching & training, and dissemination and exploitation. This will include new interdepartmental research groups; co-creational sessions -based on the interaction between academics, practitioners, and policymakers- internships, a summer school, an international forum, and others. The Centre will address at least five kinds of audiences and stakeholders: Students at UNISI; young researchers and university faculty and staff from different departments of UNISI; practitioners stakeholders at the local, national, and European level, and policy-makers at the local, national, and European level. The Centre is expected to have long lasting effects on the University of Siena, on the departments benefitting from it, on the other organizations and individuals involved, and on the target groups. Overall, all stakeholders will benefit from an increased allocation of human and financial resources to teaching and research on EU subjects within the institution. The Centre will produce an articulated set of outputs. Regarding communication, the expected outputs are a Website; a project blog; a Regular Newsletter; and Social media channels. Regarding dissemination & exploitation, the expected outputs are publications, events and networking initiatives.

Ref. n° 101085742

• Coordinatore scientifico Prof.ssa Elena Bindi – Dipartimento Studi Aziendali e Giuridici

Financial Markets and Administrative Sanctions in the EU Legal Framework

FINMADS aims to promote knowledge of European rules on the sanctioning powers of banking and financial markets regulators, by promoting dialogue between academia, European institutions, the professional world and civil society.

In recent years, European market regulation has grown a lot, also as a consequence of the recent pandemic. Together with it, the powers of regulatory authorities, both European and national, have grown.

The object of the FINMADS teaching modules will be to deal with cases involving the application of administrative sanctions to banking and financial market participants and the analysis of the different approaches of European and individual national regulatory authorities. It will seek to identify whether there is a unified European approach to market regulation and whether sanctioning procedures are uniform across the European Union.

The module will be included in the courses of Public Economic Law, held by Professor Elena Bindi and Professor Andrea Pisaneschi at the University of Siena. FINMADS will enhance innovative teaching tools such as moot court, flipped teaching tools and e-learning platforms.

Professors from the University of Siena, representatives of European and national market regulation institutions, lawyers and industry professionals will be invited to the classes and seminars.

FINMADS is based on the results of several studies that Professor Bindi and Professor Pisaneschi have carried out so far through teaching, European projects and other initiatives in the field of banking and financial market regulation.

FINMADS promotes excellence in the teaching of European Union Law in order to achieve a correct application of new forms of EU regulation​ ​through analytical and capacity-building activities aimed at business and law students, PhD students and legal professionals, and the general public.

The module will produce a better knowledge of European Union law, the ability to analyze and interpret banking and financial regulation, and the development of the skills necessary for students to be employable and successful as professionals and public administrators.